Yes please, I'm always keen to hear what my fellow contemporaries are doing!

I've really tried, but the fundamentals of playing are so instinctive to me, that I struggle to break them down in a way that's genuinely useful to someone learning from the ground up. Then there's sight reading and grades... I'd rather prioritise my strengths!But never say never. However I can point you towards some genuinely excellent people who I'm lucky to be friends with.

Never say never, but I'm not actively looking to join any more bands. I'm in greater demand as a band member than I'd like to be, to the point where it feels like people sometimes overlook that I'm an artist in my own right, rather than simply a desirable sideman for their own ambitions!Between my own creative ambitions and the bands that developed naturally around my artistic identity, it'd take something utterly extraordinary to tempt me away. Whatever I do musically, I have to be Tom Monks first and foremost.I'm always up for session work and the odd dep gig, but for anything ongoing, my ethos is "let's be friends first". Every meaningful musical commitment in my life has grown from a genuine relationship.

Frankly... if you're contacting me via my website, we're probably not quite at that stage just yet 🙃 Hell, even if it was a text or Instagram DM!!Actual collaborations aren't pitched: they happen naturally when you become so close with another musician that, at some point, you realise you've made music together and need to figure out what to do with it!If you're after my playing or ideas for your project, that's exactly what my session packages are for - and they're affordable, especially if you're a grassroots artist! I'm benevolent by nature, but even my close musical friends appreciate that I can't build a living exclusively around goodwill.But if we're already super duper close, maybe bring it up in person next time we're watching How It's Made repeats at five in the morning. Unless I beat you to it.