Dom Italiano
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | SELF
Music
Press
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Discography
September 2012
Dom Italiano & The Upbeat Mafia - Once Upon A Time - Single
April 2012
Dom Italiano - Never Going Back - Single
December 2005
Dom Italiano – Raising Revenue: BUSKING CD 2005
1 – Indifference
2 – Ripples
3 – Just Fine
4 – Sometimes
5 – Where Were You?
6 – Medley: My Funny Valentine/WickedGame/Baby, One MoreTime
7 – Oceanliner
8 – So Much Clearer
9 – There is a Light
10 – Just a Song
11 – You Can Walk
12 – What You Want
13 – Like I Always Do (Piano Version)
September 2004
Dom Italiano – Part 1: I guess you’ve gotta start somewhere…
1 – Another thing that ends…
2 – Hard Times
3 – There is a Light
4 – Colours
5 – Give me one reason
6 – Sleep
7 – All I Wanna do
8 – Just a Song
9 – Letter
10 – No Regrets
11 – Hold Me Now
December 2003
insidezero - Tumble Down - single (IZCD2)
1 – Tumble Down
2 – Like I Always do (demo)
3 – Coming Over (demo)
4 – N.Y.C. (demo)
5 – Tumble Down (club remix)
December 2002
insidezero - The Self-Titled Debut CD (IZCD1)
1 – Time Moves faster
2 – What you Want
3 – Metro Street
4 – Inconsistency
5 – Miss You More
6 – You Can Walk
December 1999
Dom Italiano and the Rubber Band – 241 Dead End
1 – Intro
2 – Sometimes
3 – Out Of My Hands
4 – Up
5 – You tell me
6 – Say what you feel
7 – Overturn
8 – Peace
9 – Abraham’s Eyes
10 – Shoes
11 – Poetry
12 – Slowly Slipping
13 – Divorce
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Bio
Dom Italiano is a ‘slow burn’ artist. Some artists burst onto the world stage as prodigies, but others, like Dom, embark on long apprenticeships, carefully honing their craft with patience and purpose.
Born to Welsh and Italian parents in the UK, Dom settled in Australia as a teen. A troubadour from birth, his wandering life and deft turn of phrase allow him a perspective that is instinctive to great storytellers; ‘When you move so often, music becomes your home and songs are like familiar old friends’.
Dom models his writing partly on classic artists such as Paul Simon, Billy Joel, and Paul Kelly and partly on more recent acts like Crowded House, Keith Urban and Tori Amos; ‘I think a songwriter should explore and understand a variety of genres. That way, you can create a catalogue of songs that can move from folk ballads to reggae to country to rock, and still sound like you. It keeps the audience intrigued and allows you to really explore lyric concepts and emotions’.
Dom suggests his guitar style is ‘folky finger-picker meets 80s shred’ and his musical education includes a
Bachelor of Music Performance, 15 years as a professional cover musician and performances supporting acts such as Billy Thorpe, Diesel, Irwin Thomas, Daddy Cool, Belinda Carlisle, Jon Stevens and more.
Equally at home on stage as a solo act, or fronting The Upbeat Mafia, Dom’s affable on-stage persona mirrors his off-stage demeanour; friendly, fun and ‘a bit of a dork’.
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