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DJ Tommy D (also known as DJ D-Gnosis) grew up in the small town of Petersburg, Ohio, where he developed a love for music of different types. He moved to Columbus, Ohio, at the end of the summer in 1989 to pursue an Aerospace Engineering degree at The Ohio State University, but little did he know, there would be something else in his future. He ventured out onto the strip of bars to a club called Purity, where he experienced a sound like no other he had ever heard back home. It was a mixture of industrial and electronic dance music finely blended by DJ Zero and DJ Rob Engel. Watching them made him want to learn how it was done. He then began the journey that he continues today.

He started out as "DJ Tommy D" in 1989 and eventually played at just about every club on the campus' legendary High Street strip, as well as performing at various warehouse and house parties. He has dropped tunes from almost every genre of music at one time or another, and used this variety to help him fine tune his mixing abilities. However, his true passion now is for progressive house and trance. He credits the incredible sounds of Sasha, Digweed, and Paul van Dyk for driving him to the love he has for the sounds they define to this day.

In June of 2001, he almost decided to give up DJing. It was then that he lost his very best friend, business partner, and former college roommate Michael deBruin (known by most as Big Mike) to an untimely death stemming from diabetes. It was "Mikey" that gave "Tommy D" his name in the beginning, and his loss really created an emotional impact that almost caused him to step away from the turntables. However, his family (wife Amy, oldest daughter Jordan, and his twin girls Kessi and Kylie) and a strong group of friends inspired him to return to the decks after a few months away.

Since then, Tommy D has resolidified himself as one of the best DJs in the midwest. In 2003, he won the "Greater Columbus DJ Championships" against an incredible pool of talented DJs, and has been booked to play events with DJs like PvD, Carl Cox, Tiesto, Christopher Lawrence, Paul Oakenfold, and many other of the world's greatest DJs. The fire inside is now burning stronger than ever, and the journey continues........