About

It all started when…

At the age of 12, Tom started to show a passionate interest in music. Surprisingly, the first musical instrument he ever picked up was a guitar. That may come as a bit of a surprise to anyone that knows Tom’s piano music. But the guitar was his gateway into the world of music and writing. After having played the guitar for a couple years, he became quite accomplished.

One Sunday, Tom’s family took him to see Superman II.  This was the first time Tom heard an actual orchestra, and the music of John Williams. He was so mesmerized by the score, he came home from the movie, and without ever having had a piano lesson, sat down at the piano and played the theme song by ear.

His "super" talent was definitely apparent and piano lessons immediately followed. As Tom continued to excel in his musical accomplishments and after having surpassed the expectations and abilities of a number of different music instructors, he finally became a private student of the acclaimed James Tannenbaum of the Cleveland Institute of Music.  

After having attended an Indiana college for two years, Tom decided to come back to his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio and started performing. He quickly got gigs playing piano at upper scale malls and restaurants, often performing songs of Broadway, American standards, and pop tunes.

In December of 1998, Tom recorded his first album, “Treasure The Gift.” It was his first CD of all original music, and was well received in the Cleveland area. The next year, a chance meeting with piano sensation Jim Brickman led Tom to move to Los Angeles to further pursue his musical career.

Once in Los Angeles, Tom began working for Jim Brickman, arranging and scoring various projects. Tom’s arrangements can be heard on a vast array of Jim’s albums, including “Beautiful World” and the holiday album “Joy”.  Inspired by the birth of his niece and nephews, Tom recorded his second album, “Little Miracles”, which was his first all solo piano CD.

Tom then hooked up with Mood Entertainment, a Canadian record label, and released 5 albums for them. The first two, “Lavender” and “Inner Peace” are Wal Mart exclusives. The third album, “Love At First Sight” is available through amazon.com, and theme parks throughout the country. His latest projects, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Starfish”, under the Fisher Price label, can be found at Toys R Us and Babies R Us stores.  His next release “Solo Piano Moments”, a collection of cover music featuring songs from Lady Gaga to Madonna, is available on iTunes. Samples of all of these albums can be found on the site.

Tom then released 4 Disney themed albums: solo piano versions of his favorite ride music from Walt Disney World and Disneyland. They were so popular that two of the albums made the top 10 Billboard New Age charts.

For his latest original music, Tom released two albums with The Outlaw Ocean Music Project and The Noam Chomsky Music Project spearheaded by New York Times best selling author Ian Urbina. All the original songs are based on chapters in Ian’s book “The Outlaw Ocean” and his work with philosopher Noam Chomsky.

Tom’s latest Disney album, “Even Villains Have A Soft Side” features eleven classic villain songs reimagined to show the softer, contemplative, and melancholy side of the characters that sing them.

In his spare time, Tom enjoys reading, and is a big video game junkie. He currently resides in Los Angeles.