Meeting Thomas & Others Along The Way .​.​. (1996​-​2001) is the debut compilation album by David Leikam independently released in early 2002 that covers the years between late 1996 to early 2001 while studying audio engineering at the Musician's Institute (1996-1997) and music composition at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts, 1998-2001).

• David Leikam - conductor (all), synthesizers (4, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13), electric bass (1, 4, 5, 9), sequencer (2, 3), acoustic piano (6, 7)

Tracks 9, 11
• Thomas Merácz - beats (9), cello (11)

Track 10
• Chris Thompson - oboe
• Eric Barber - baritone saxophone
• Roman Cho - bowed cymbal and Tam Tam
• Eric Getter - six timpanis