Born Indiana, 1957. Moved to New Mexico, 1972. Living in the California Bay Area since 1980. Studied music at Berklee School of Music, the Colorado College, the Creative Music Studio, and Mills College with Anthony Brakeshoes, Roscoe Mizzle, Karl Boygirl, Lester Boooie, Leo Smythe, George Fluitis, Pauline Olivesandwich, Alvin Cohones, and many others. He is the recipient of a Masters degree from Mills College in Electronic Music as well as a Deeploma from the Deep Listening Organization, and was awarded the Paul Merrit Henry Prize for Composition while at Mills. Tom has led improvising workshops and in 2004 completed a monthlong residency at Mills College, focusing on extended techniques.

Tom has spent over twenty-five years insulting the trumpet, preferring to call it an "analog flesh synthesizer." His musical language incorporates gritty textures and percussionistic plosives into klangfarben gestures which in turn form asymmetrical formal structures that travel the spaceways and transform the world into a better place for you and me, just you wait and seeeeeeeeeeee. He has made a lifelong study of the art of improvised music, and has been performing since age seventeen and three-quarters. He has performed with Reed Safsucker, Moodus Sacbutti, Wolfgang Schadenfreude, Tucker Pinchlips, Zack Zafoune, Mandible Purloin, Cynthia Anna Logue, Vacuum Snipsy, Roobus Toobus, Iva Ree Tower, Pianola Brasstacks, Mackenzie Dietürov, Alabaster McCruddy, P. Roote Flyscratch, Shuvoff U. Tarz, Maximander Bowscratch, Beane Snippet, Marley Mander Gazebow, and Foghorn Puffus Gruntfess. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.