Originally from the Toronto suburbs, Tony started laying down the grooves to Chuck Berry and The Beatles when he was five years old. By eight, he began playing with an original band and working club dates. His major influences were blues and jazz, but his scope went much further. He finished high school at seventeen after studying with Dan Bodanis and attended Berklee College of Music in Boston on scholarship, where he graduated cum laude after 2 years.

Tony then moved to New York to complete his Masters Degree in Jazz Performance at the Manhattan School of Music, where he studied with Justin DiCioccio and John Riley. With New York City as his new home, he rediscovered his childhood backbeat roots and met his mentor, Steve Jordan.

Inspired by Jim Keltner, Al Jackson, Keith Richards, and Ry Cooder, Tony has a loose approach; he is fluid in many different styles ranging from Latin/Funk to R&B and Rock. This up-and-coming drummer has performed with top artists such as Tom Jones, Moby, Lew Soloff and Chris Barron of The Spin Doctors, and has played great venues and festivals in such places as North Korea, Switzerland, France, Caribbean, and in the United States. Presently, Tony works as an in-house drummer, composer and instrumentalist for Limebeat Music and Sound in NYC. Tony recently released a solo instrumental album, entitled "Reflections On Steel", which is a wistful and worldly collection of acoustic and slide guitar instrumentals.