Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, Peter Thomas started his first involvement in music behind a set of drums. His initial musical leanings were towards the rock music of his youth yet he gradually began to explore other musical styles and playing opportunities as his education continued to evolve. With continued persistence and dedication behind the kit, Peter soon found himself playing in various blues and jazz groups around the Bay Area performing in many different venues and settings. 

Moving to Los Angeles to earn a degree in ethnomusicology at UCLA, Peter got the opportunity to play alongside some of LA's finest jazz figures such as Oscar Brashear, George Bohanon, Roberto Miranda and legendary guitarist Kenny Burrell.  In addition to freelancing around the Los Angeles area with various jazz outfits, Peter also played with the rock trio Earshot, pop vocalist Alana Gentry and the popular West LA jazz/funk group the Septones. Furthermore, Peter lent his drumming talents to movie soundtracks ("Shafted") and played in Europe with funk rockers Calicosoul and later on with Broadway stars John Davidson and Pamela Blake. 

During this time, Peter also began to become much more involved with music and audio production. After a short internship at Cherokee Studios, Peter landed a studio assistant position at Craig Harris Music working alongside composer/sound designer Craig Harris (Quincy Jones, "Braveheart"). Moving to Primal Scream, Peter oversaw the technical operations of the post-production facility as well as engineering spots for clients such as Dodge and Mattel. While at Primal Scream, he also worked alongside such composers and sound designers as Claude Letessier (“Thin Red Line”) and Ralph Schuckett (“PokeMan”).

After moving back to the Bay Area, Peter briefly taught Commercial Music Recording at Foothill College in addition to becoming much more involved in private drum set instruction. After joining Studio Hibiki as their chief engineer, Peter soon found himself also managing the recording facility. While at Hibiki, Peter engineered sessions for various projects and clients while establishing Studio Hibiki as a leading Bay Area recording studio. Some notable mentions include mastering the first WPMA concert DVD (featured artists - INXS, Maxi Priest and Gloria Gaynor) and working with artists such as Jon Secada, Shankar and Ginger, Colin Jesse James, Pete Escovedo, Dennis Chambers, Hiram Bullock, and Jimmy Degrasso. Upon Hibiki closing its door, Peter moved onto freelancing both as an audio engineer and as a drummer.  During that time he also played drums for Squaretape, who opened notable shows for groups such as Cracker and the Tubes. In addition, he also became a Pro Tools certified instructor at Future Rhythm. Recently Peter worked as a sound designer on the popular Guitar Hero video game franchise for Activision (Underground Development) where he was involved in game audio production and mixing as well as developing the drum performance aspects of the game. Currently he is involved in sound designing the generation of mobile games for Disney Mobile as an Audio Producer.

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