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Thomas Mckay is a music producer, songwriter, (bassist) multi instrumentalist and studio owner who lives in Toronto Canada. Music has always been his work and passion. In the mid 1980's Thomas started working with Jonathan Evans in Ottawa Canada. They recorded Evans compositions primarily and after a few early incarnations were the foundation of the band "FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE" After deciding their music would be a better fit with the UK music scene Evans, McKay and the 3rd member to join the final lineup, keyboardist Meg Lunney moved to London and began playing shows which would bring them to the attention of Mark Goldinger and Phil Hay AKA "Miles Ahead Management" After management secured them a record contract with RCA UK, FGNM released a self titled record which enjoyed top 40 success in the UK, France and Canada with songs "She's On A Mountain" and "Breathing" The record was produced by Donal Lunny and mixed by Donal Lunny, Tim Martin, Bill Price, Graham Dickson and Gavin McComb. The music was tracked at Ringsend Road Dublin and mixed at Ringsend Road Studios, Red Bus Studios, Wessex Studios, Sarm West Studios and Cava Studios in Glasgow. The songwriting of Jonathan Evans had a profound effect on McKay.

In the early 1990's Thomas started working with Glasgow band "NIGHTCRAWLERS" Nightcrawlers were a Glasgow Scotland band that played "Acid Jazz" and McKay's deep love of soul, funk and disco would come in handy in this band. Nightcrawlers released an MK Remix of their single "Push The Feeling On" and that mix went #1 in the UK and a number of European countries. The band toured doing shows with Brand New Heavies, Incognito, K Creative, Galliano and Extreme After an amazing run at radio and live, singer John Reid moved into a songwriting and arranging role working with Westlife, Tina Turner, Rod Stewart and a number of signed artists. The entire band have all remained in music and continue in live, recording, producing, engineering and teaching capacities to this day.