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....Domenic started playing guitar in at the age of 15 and is self-taught. At 18 he formed his first touring band Chyld playing originals as well as cover material. That year he had a major setback involving an accident causing the loss of his two fingers from his picking hand. It took Dom years of hard work to alter his style while playing with a Led Zeppelin cover band. They went on to record 2 records independently with strong airplay on stations such as 95.3 in Hamilton as well as Q107 in Toronto.
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In 1991, Dom left the band to pursue other projects including classic rock band Mason Dixon as well as Atlantic Recording artist Michael White. Soon after he hooked up with the writing team of Allan Wells and Jonathon Clark in the band Wheres Charlie, which later became Abolengo This act took Dom stateside playing in high profile clubs in New York City for 2 years. After coming back to Canada the band played most outdoor summer festivals as well as the Latin clubs and Latin Fest, which was held at Kingswood Music Theatre. The group recorded several CDs.
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During this time Domenic joined and toured with pop rock band Treefort, opening for such artists as Kim Mitchell, April Wine, and Burton Cummings and Junkhouse, and completed the CD entitled Boomerang.
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In the year 2000 Domenic teamed up with songwriter Eryn Vogn and co wrote the Millennium Song for the City of Toronto for the year 2000. Domenic and Eryn got to open the show at the Millennium party at the Harbourfront playing for 50,000 capacity.
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Dom is also opened up for Vince Neil of Motley Crue. The other project Dom is involved in is Classic Albums Live, performing Led Zeppelin note for note, cut for cut. Classic albums tours all of North America currently.
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Dom has always been very interested in the technical aspect of recording and owns and runs his own successful recording studio. Producing and composing are also some of his really strong talents. He is also a collector of various vintage guitars and amplifiers.
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