If you'd told the younger version of me—back when I was spending long nights recording music, pulling things apart to see how they worked, and trying to make ideas real with whatever tools I had—that one day I'd have a place like this, I'm not sure I would have believed you.

But here we are.

The Monk Project didn't appear overnight. It grew slowly, one idea at a time, through years of music, software, electronics, experimentation, successes, failures, and more than a few moments where I wondered whether any of it would ever lead anywhere.

Eventually I realised I needed somewhere that could bring everything together. Not just somewhere to sell products, but somewhere that told the whole story. The music that started it. The technology that followed. The ideas that kept evolving. The community that I hope will grow around them. Most importantly, the journey that connects them all.

Every piece of music I recorded, every line of code I wrote, every circuit board I designed, every prototype that failed, every late night spent chasing an idea—they all became part of something much larger than I ever imagined.

If you're discovering The Monk Project for the first time, welcome. I hope you won't just find an interesting product here—I hope you'll become part of the journey that continues to shape it.

And if you've been following along for a while, thank you. You've already seen just how long this road has been.

Looking Back

I've gathered together some videos from different stages of that journey below. They're not polished promotional pieces or carefully scripted productions. They're simply honest snapshots of where I was at the time—the excitement, the frustrations, the experiments, the small victories, and the occasional breakthrough.

Taken together they tell a story that no single video ever could.

If you'd like to explore further, you'll find plenty more on my YouTube channel. This collection is simply a good place to start.

Looking back now, it's remarkable how many seemingly unrelated ideas eventually converged into a single question:

What if a musical instrument could actively help people become better musicians?

That question eventually became The TMA Device.

Everything before it suddenly made sense.