A native of Kansas, CCM singer and composer Bryan Thomas wrote his first song shortly after beginning piano lessons as a kindergartener, later earning numerous music scholarship offers before choosing to attend Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. He later transferred to Cal State University at Fullerton, graduating in 1992 with a degree in communications; Thomas then accepted a position at Greystone Communications Inc., working on television documentaries for networks including A&E, NBC, CBS, TNN and the Discovery Channel. Concurrently he continued his pursuit of music, touring extensively across the nation in support of Anchored Music Ministries and the Salvation Army; after issuing a four-song EP in 1996, in 1998 Thomas issued his debut full-length Stand. ~ Jason Ankeny