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Thomas Dary Battaglia was born Dec. 12, 1993 in Dallas, Texas to Tom and Sabrina Battaglia. He has a Step-Brother Aaron who is 6 years older. He moved from Dallas to Austin in May 1998. It was a life of gymnastics, ice skating and the neighborhood pool. After 5 short years in Austin it was up to Duvall, Washington (Sep 2003) where his father had taken a position with Microsoft. Gymnastics and ice skating had been the passions in Texas but Washington opened up new opportunity. His parents purchased his first black body over-sized “Lefty” Ibanez guitar in the fall of 2005. From there his passion grew. He soon enrolled in voice classes. He performed as a youth leader in the local church every Thursday for over a year, with a couple appearances in the main church in front of 400 or so people. He had found his calling. He could not wait for the next opportunity to perform. In 2008 he enrolled for a freshmen music class at Cedar crest High School. Over the next four years the school guitar concerts and talent shows became his next forum. His second instrument was a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. It was sold a couple years later to purchase his custom made Martin. He had decided to stick to acoustic guitars. Being a "Lefty" limits his selection so his Martin had to be ordered. After 4 months of waiting it arrived and was worth the wait. He also enjoys playing left handed because no one can come up, grab his guitar and play. He enjoys the look on their faces when they hand it back. He can also stand as a bookend to a “Righty” and mirroring chords is a breeze.

Song writing has been difficult. It is challenging to put down the words from experiences when all you want to do is play. After a short struggle 6 songs have risen to the top. It was in the studio for a few months to record. Since that time he has written a couple more for this first album.

Album to release: My Miracle Coproduced by Steven Bell, Top of the Hill Productions

'''Title: My Miracle 2012
 * 1) 	Like an Angel
 * 2) 	Girl Don't Cry
 * 3) 	My Miracle
 * 4) 	I Get
 * 5) 	I'm Telling you
 * 6) 	Laurens Lullaby
 * 7) 	Timber
 * 8) 	I Bet
 * 9) 	I'll Always Love You
 * 10) 	My Miracle (Piano Mix)'''

Thomas is currently performing Monthly with the Puget Sound Music for Youth Association in Tukwila, WA at The Swiss. Other interests are indoor soccer, ultimate Frisbee, fugitive and a little woodworking.