Dom

Dom Italiano is a singer/songwriter/guitarist on a mission to drag the reputation of the modern songwriter out its shell and into your ears with laughter, tears, chocolate and beers.Crafting songs with simple, catchy melodies, complex guitar parts and insightful, often quirky lyrics, Dom is able to transport the listener to a place where hope springs from hopelessness and peace comes from knowing that we all look silly when we think were pulling our sexy faceIn 2004 Dom released the stripped-back Part 1: I guess youve gotta start somewhere, following it quickly the following year with Raising Revenue: Busking CD 2005. Currently recording his first full band release, Dom models himself on revered songwriters such as Paul Simon, James Taylor, Rick Price and Billy Joel, Doms songs are often character driven and based around identifying the small but significant moments in every-day situations.The journey through a Dom Italiano song follows an arc that is comparable to the growth of perspective that you would experience throughout the life of a relationship or even the beginning to the end of a day.A sharp, witty and playful live performer, Dom is rapidly connecting with an ever growing, like-minded audience, developing in the past 2 years, and appearing at major venues all over Victoria including the 2005 Port Fairy Folk Festival, 2005 Frankston Guitar Festival and as a finalist in the 2005 PBS Festival of Song and the Port Fairy Songwriting Competition in 2005 and 2006.