[2] Suomi attended Bible college for a year before choosing to take a new direction with his life: "They give the students this great experience, but then I realized later that I was having the same experiences at concerts and bars, where there's this collective conscious, you're surrounded by the people you love, everyone's singing songs, and something just clicks.
"[1] Beginning songwriting in his early twenties, Suomi played with Dame[3] before moving to Ireland for a year and a half.
[4] Following this, Suomi found regional success with pop band Memoranda but left shortly thereafter to pursue music closer to his own heart.
Touring tirelessly since November 2009 with Andy Zipf and Lauris Vidal, Suomi rejoined former Memoranda bandmates Ian and Gavin Little, Zac Sullivan, and along with David Fountain, in January 2010 to resume touring as Damion Suomi and the Minor Prophets.
[9] Aside from P is for Panda proceeds, one third of which are donated to various charities,[10] Suomi frequently shares his time, his profits, and his story[11] to support TWLOHA (To Write Love on Her Arms),[12] "a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.