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. Gradually, he began to explore other musical styles and playing opportunities as his education continued to evolve. While attending junior college, Peter soon found himself playing in various blues and jazz groups around the Bay Area 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 with Broadway stars John Davidson and Pamela Blake.

During this time, Peter also began to become much more involved with the recording aspect of music. 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 facility/studio 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 he began to become much more involved in private drum set instruction. Joining Studio Hibiki as the their resident engineer, Peter soon found himself also managing the recording facility. While at Hibiki, Peter engineered sessions for various projects and clients. Some notable mentions include mastering the first WPMA concert DVD (featured artists - INXS, Maxi Priest and Gloria Gaynor), working with star session musicians such as Pete Escovedo, Dennis Chambers and Jimmy Degrasso and establishing Studio Hibiki as a leading Bay Area recording studio. Upon Hibiki closing its door, Peter moved onto freelancing both as a mixing/recording engineer and as a drummer. In addition, he also became a Pro Tools certified instructor at Future Rhythm. Recently Peter has joined the Guitar Hero audio/note-tracking team at Activision (Underground) where he juggles developing the drum performance aspect of the game as well as the audio production side.

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