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Tommy Onyx (born May 7, 1972) is a musician from Detroit, Michigan. [1] He is best known as the producer of Inner City's 1999 remix of Good Life, which made #10 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Tommy Onyx (born May 7, 1972) is a musician from Detroit, Michigan. [1] He is best known as the producer of Inner City's 1999 remix of Good Life, which made #10 on the UK Singles Chart.
He moved to Detroit from Boston in 1988 and soon came to local prominence as keyboard player with the Alt Rock band The Charm Farm.[ citation needed ] Throughout the 1990s he served as the music director for the techno group Inner City. [2] He co-wrote many of the band's iconic songs including "Hallelujah," the title track from the band's second album "Fire" and most recently 2014's "Bad Girl," a tribute to Donna Summer.[ citation needed ] In 1998 his Spanish language remix of Inner City's 1988 hit Good Life, "Buena Vida" reached #10 on the UK singles chart. [3]
Onyx has also done world tours as the Music Director for E Dancer and Norma Jean Bell.[ citation needed ] In 1999, Onyx founded Loudbaby, a progressive web design and development company.[ citation needed ]
He was twice voted Best Keyboardist in 1992 and 1993 at the Detroit Music Awards. He was nominated for Outstanding Electronic Writer/Producer in 2000 (Detroit Music Awards.)
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