Tom

BORN IN MANCHESTER, UK, IN 1990. TOM BROGAN COULD NOT HAVE BEEN RAISED UP IN A MORE INFLUENTIAL MUSICAL CITY AT THE TIME. WITH ROCK BANDS SUCH AS OASIS DOMINATING THE INDIE ROCK CHARTS AND THE HACIENDA CLUB PUTTING THE CITY ON THE MAP AS THE CLUBBING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD - THE FOUNDATIONS WERE SET IN PLACE TO INSPIRE ANYONE GROWING UP IN THIS EXCITING CITY. TOM STARTED HIS MUSICAL INTEREST WHEN HE WAS JUST 9 YEARS OLD, TAKING PIANO LESSONS EVERY WEEK. HE THEN WENT ON TO PASS HIS FIRST EXAM WITH THE ASSOCIATED BOARD OF THE ROYAL SCHOOLS OF MUSIC WHEN HE WAS JUST 11 YEARS OLD AND THEN GOING ON TO PASS A FURTHER 4 EXAMS OVER THE YEARS UNTIL HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO EXPAND HIS AMBITIONS ON TO OTHER INSTRUMENTS. HE PICKED UP THE GUITAR WHEN HE WAS 16 AND MANAGED TO TEACH HIMSELF ALL HIS FAVOURITE SONGS AND STARTED SINGING IN THE PROCESS. THIS BECAME SUCH AN OBSESSION THAT HE WANTED THE NEXT BEST THING - PLAYING LIVE TO AN AUDIENCE. HE STARTED GOING TO OPEN MIC NIGHTS AROUND MANCHESTER, PLAYING IN DIFFERENT BARS AND EVENTUALLY GETTING PAID TO DO SO. THIS ALSO LED TO HIM MEETING OTHER MUSICIANS AND EVENTUALLY JOINING A BAND, PLAYING KEYBOARD AND GUITAR WITH BACKING VOCALS. WHEN TOM WAS 18 HE WAS OLD ENOUGH TO GO OUT CLUBBING WITH HIS FRIENDS. THIS CREATED A NEW WORLD OF MUSICAL AMBITION FOR HIM - THE DISCOVERY OF DANCE MUSIC. AT THIS TIME HE WAS LOOKING UP AND SUPPORTING HIS OLDER SISTER WHO WAS ALREADY GETTING A BIG NAME FOR HERSELF AS DJ NATALIE BROGAN. AT AGE 21 HE STUDIED AT MANCHESTER MIDI SCHOOL, LEARNING HOW TO PRODUCE MUSIC. IN HIS SPARE TIME HE BUILT HIS OWN STUDIO AND SPENT MOST OF THE TIME CREATING AND LEARNING. WITH HIS SISTER NOW IN THE UAE, TOM TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO DUST OFF HER OLD DECKS AND ADDED THEM TO HIS STUDIO. HE QUICKLY PICKED UP DJING AND STARTED COMBINING ALL HIS INTERESTS INTO ONE. WHAT STARTED OFF AS A HOBBY; PLAYING AT HOUSE PARTIES TURNED INTO PAID EVENTS. HAVING SUCH A BROAD TASTE IN MUSIC IT OPENED THE DOORS TO EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITIES. OVER THE YEARS HE WOULD LAND GIGS AT INDIE ROCK, HOUSE AND TRANCE CLUB NIGHTS IN AND AROUND MANCHESTER. WITH THE CLUBBING SCENE IN THE UK DIMINISHING, TOM SET HIS EYES ON THE UAE. HE LANDED HIS FIRST GIG WITH IMMACULATE TOUCH ON AL MAYA ISLAND IN ABU DHABI AND A NYE GIG AT SUN& ON THE PALM JUMEIRAH, THIS FOLLOWED WITH A RESIDENCY AT TWENTY THREE AT THE GRAND PLAZA. NOW BEING REUNITED WITH HIS SISTER, HE COULD NOT BE IN A BETTER PLACE TO FURTHER HIS CAREER.