Tim was born and raised around the Arts & Music. His Grandfather is Paul Horiuchi Sr. who is the renowned mosaic artist well known for his mosaic mural at the Seattle Center Amphitheatre, that was built for the 1962 World's Fair.

Tim’s father was the first Japanese American in the Metropolitan Opera Chorus.

Tim started his musical journey playing piano at the age of 7. He received a certificate by the Robert Pace Piano program at the age of 9.

Tim started playing drum set at the age of 11, his first teacher was Louis Wilcox, and he stayed with Mr. Wilcox until the age of 14, then started his first band and continued playing in various bands around the Seattle area until the age of 21. He then enrolled into the Cornish School of Allied Arts, where he was exposed to Jazz and World music. Tim played in various ensembles and studied Music Appreciation, Jazz History and Rhythm and Music theory classes. He had private instructions on drum set with Jerry Grannelli and Jon Bahlman.

Tim then started to add to his percussion vocabulary by studying Orchestral Percussion from Michael Clark of the Seattle Symphony. Tim incorporated orchestral percussion to the drum set.

Tim has also studied “The Time Frame Concept” with Steve Smith at the Seattle Drum School and had various teachers on hand drums and Latin percussion.

Tim is also a J-Town Sound recording artist. He played percussion on “The Seattle Groove” CD in 1998, and in the year 2000 played percussions on the CD “Love West” by Deems and Seattle Groove and in 2002 Tim plays percussion on Deems and Seattle Groove's CD “My Music Loves Christmas.”

In 1995 Tim built a recording studio and took classes on audio engineering and sound design. Tim completed his first CD as an engineer in 2000, “On My Way” by Blue Meadows and was featured on drum set and percussion on various tracks of the CD.

In 2002 Tim executive-produced his first CD titled "Soulatude - The Soul Has An Attitude” which features Tim on drum set and percussion.

In 2005 Tim started his own record label Urban Mosaic Records with friend and musical partner Gordon Uchima, and had his first release under that label with Gordon entitled “The Fountain.” Tim is one of the producers of the CD and plays drum set and percussion on the CD.

You can often catch Tim onstage, in the Studio, or just practicing.