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 Biography
Tom Guard was born April 20, 1960 in Redwood City California. He and his family lived for five and a half years in Sydney Australia then returned to the San Francisco area in late 1967. Throughout the years his interest in film, graphic art and music grew so after high school he attended the San Francisco Art Intstitute. He received a B.F.A. in film in 1983.
He then started a silk-screen printing business of his own called Harpo Zygote Productions and created mostly original designs. After fifteen years of doing commission work and being a street artist near U.C. Berkeley he decided to enter the growing world of digital graphics. He enrolled at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. and received Multimedia Certificate in the year 2000.
Tom has lived in North Attleboro, Massachusettes since 2001. He animates, designs web pages, and teaches guitar at White's Music, a local music school. He is co-parenting a son and daughter who are in middle and high school and lives with his life partner, Karen and her son in a Victorian on a half acre filled with beautiful trees. Tom's gotten used to the weather, "wicked" New England expressions and he feels right at home in a great community.
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Tom has gotten his feet wet performing at the local open mics. Now he can be found either playing gigs at local parties or benefits. HIs first record, Shy River is complete and will be available September 23, 2008. It combines his folk roots with bluesy rockers. Tom describes it laughingly as, "A fresh new sound with the flow of a classic cerebral concept album from a bygone era." Please visit