About Us. Hm. That was the phrase bandzoogle provided when I built this site there last week in June, 2006. No "royal us," either, by the way. Just me. Although if you want to take ownership in the Atomsound thing. That'd be grand! I actually think it'll be a phrase (or one very similar to it in spirit) ballied about in the coming Milennial Reign of our King Yeshua! Ah.... we'll see.

Anyways! "us" is me. Ok... onward.

I'm your basic, global love-child. My Dad (on the cover of my first album - see his legacy site at www.wordsinred.com) faithfully carted me and my Mom and siblings through a dozen different states, Canada, Turkey and Germany.

Being frustrated with existence and teen-hood, I found hope when I saw an image of the Crucifix and suddenly understood the eternal YES God provides in Yeshua (Jesus), King of the Universe.

I was lifted into a profound sense of worship and openness unsurpassed by any earthly phenomenon and thus began my prolific song-writing career!

My Atomsound project, a Multi-Media content gig (www.atomsounduniverse.com), conceived in the summer of 2002 provided the launching pad for my music work. My first album, al Panai, was done as a retrospective of years of unpublished music and focused on a hebrew phrase meaning "on the face" or, mystically, "in the breath of" - as in extreme intimacy. In fact, the impetus for pulling together those tunes (some new, some old, some only in lyric form - 21 audio tracks) was to have a unique, personable gift for the good people of Israel during my first visit to that miraculous country in the summer of 2003. Our whole family went - me, my wife, Michelle, my children of ages 1, 3 and 4 and another in the pocket! When we returned to New York City, the lights of the entire Northeast went out! Good times...

But we don't need natural light in this dark world. We need spiritual light. I'm just striving to be among those on the earth who are restoring to first place the first commandment... to be ready for God's choosing - now as a servant in our world of increasing turmoil and, hopefully, later into a rapturous state of wedded bliss with our BrideGroom King, Yeshua. I'm choosing the "one thing" that's most important of all - Luke 10:42!

Check out my first album, al Panai, here - or on iTunes.

I'll also be releasing songs for my new album, House of Invention, here on this page.

Peace in the Middle East in Yeshua, Toma