“Music is about conversations. It’s a language that speaks louder than words. It has no boundaries!”

Thom was originally born on this planet. Through his childhood years he became enamored with music. As Thom grew up he wanted to experience the places he'd heard music from. Yearning to travel, he set out on the road. “Music always stayed a constant, a way to find a common bond with people everywhere." Growing as a person and a musician, he decided to travel a new road. Thom set his sights on becoming a master musician, on the touch-guitar.

Thom is a graduate of the Hartford Conservatory of Music, Hartford, Connecticut. After graduation, he continued his studies at the University of Limerick's World Music Centre, Ireland, and the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. During this time he studied with Andy Mayo, Pat Martino, Jimmy Bruno, Tommy Hayes, Jai Johanny Johanson , and many other master musicians. “Some hadn’t seen a touch-guitar before, but it made no difference to them. They taught me the instrument is only the way you generate the note[s], past that - it’s all music…and their fresh insight on was incredible. [It] Changed the way I looked at music.”

Thom’s primary instrument is the touch-guitar, a guitar with the octave range of a piano, which allows the performer to play bass and melody simultaneously by touching [or tapping] the strings. Thom's 12 string touch-guitar is made by Mark Warr.

For more than a decade he has performed at bars, clubs, festivals, and conferences around the world. Whether performing as a solo performer, with a full band, or even accompanying a turntablist; Thom effortlessly shapes the music into the unique sounds of a modern urban soundscape. “I love city life. It’s the blending of so many different cultures and personalities. It can’t be defined by just one type of person. This is what I strive for in my music. I am influenced by so much different music, I feel its only natural to reflect it in my playing.” Give a listen and you hear jazz and hip-hop, R&B, even hints of punk. You also hear elements of music from the places Thom has traveled. All of these places and experiences have helped define him as a musician.

Aside from perfoming his original music, he's also a member in 'Detective Honey' [a down-tempo triphop band], and a drum and touchguitar duo, 'Theropod'. Thom also performed with Glen Branca's symphomy for 100 guitars, "Symphony No. 13, Hallucination City", in Seattle. He also plans on performing in future performances of the work. Thom gives private lessons in the greater Seattle area, and on tour stops when pre-arranged.

Thom is also a stencil/graffitti artist. "Street art has been a big obsession with me for many years. It can be an unusual conduit for idea exchange, and it looks better than the onslaught of advertising that is consuming the urban landscape." In addition, Thom makes one-of-a-kind stencil tshirts.