He met his bandmates Andrew Forsman and Thomas Erak while there,[1] and they began a band called The 30 Years War with another member, Mike Munro.

In late high school Munro left the band, and the trio decided to continue their music, calling their new group The Fall of Troy.

During his departure from The Fall of Troy, Ward relocated to Riggins, Idaho and in November 2008 began posting new demos on his MySpace page since under the moniker of Stranger Danger.

He now makes music under the monikers "Cool Timmy" and "Messedupcoyote", both of which are signed to the online record label run by Father LongLegs "Woozy Tribe".

[2][3][4] He joined a band called Trash Kids which consisted of Ward and Tyler Koykas of The Parallax View.