SEEKING
Band to Join, Vocalist, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Tenor, Vocalist - Soprano, Rhythm Guitar, Lead Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Violin, Background Singer, Vocalist - Alto, Cello, Electronic Music.ABOUT
I am a songwriter, composer, arranger, and Classically-trained pianist and keyboardist, with additional experience as a synthesizer and organ player. I am trying to put together a melodic rock/AOR band and/or a melodic/symphonic metal band, and I am currently writing a hair metal-inspired musical comedy as well as a symphonic metal rock opera.
Disclosure: My vocal range is in transition. I used to be a low alto, but I'm now a bass/baritone with access to high upper range, and very tenuous access to tenor/alto range. With training and time, I may have a full 3.5 octaves or greater, but I'm most comfortable in a strong bass/baritone and operatic high alto/soprano.
The recordings you hear were recorded when I was a low alto/tenor, prior to transition.
- Screen name:
- Nicoli Dominn
- Member since:
- Nov 17 2014
- Active over 1 month ago
- Level of commitment:
- Very Committed
- Years playing music:
- 25
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Magnus Karlsson, TNT, Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation, Fleetwood Mac, Jackson Browne, Boston, Survivor, Mark Spiro, Richard Marx, Bonnie Raitt, Andrew Lloyd Weber, Kamelot, Nightwish, Sonata Arctica, Alexander Scriabin, Claude Debussy
Instrument experience:
- Vocalist:
- Advanced
- Keyboard:
- Advanced
EQUIPMENT
Yamaha S90XS keyboard
StudioLogic SL88 MIDI Controller
Korg Kross 71-key synth
Roland AX09 Lucina Keytar
Nord Electro 2
QSC 1000-watt powered speaker
M-Audio M-Track plus
MOTU MIDI 5-in/5-out interface
Mac mini (2010) desktop
Macbook Pro 2012 laptop
Microsoft SurfacePad 3 w/ Windows 10
Sibelius Ultimate w/ NotateMe
StaffPad
Reaper 5.98
Apple Mainstage
GarageBand
MUSIC
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Red Rover
Red Rover Year: 2019 Album: The World Is Your Playground Genre: Alternative
Part of a series of songs using children's playground games as musical and lyrical metaphors for adult themes (political, emotional, and relational).
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Crossing the Line (Capture the Flag)
Crossing the Line (Capture the Flag) Year: 2019 Album: The World Is Your Playground Genre: Alternative
Part of a series of songs based on children's playground games, using them as musical and lyrical metaphors for emotional, political and relational themes in adulthood.
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Watch It Burn (Your Hometown)
Watch It Burn (Your Hometown) Year: 2018 Genre: Rock
One of my miscellaneous catalog of AOR/melodic rock songs of a more personal influence. It's about getting over childhood trauma. This is a demo, missing the guitars and bass intended for the song. I created it for the purposes of demoing the song for the power metal band I'm currently in and hope to have it rearranged for a power metal feel.
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Improv #1 - Look Man, I was Just Thinkin'
Improv #1 - Look Man, I was Just Thinkin' Year: 2019 Album: PTSD Genre: Classical
I bought a baby grand piano of my own this year after years of desperately needing one for several reasons. It was high time. It turns out the main reason I needed it right now was for processing trauma through musical improvisation. This series of pieces is not composition. This is pure improvisation, in which I sit at the piano and play without prior ulterior motive. If I end up developing something into a composition, so be it. I follow no one but myself.
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Improv #3 - Let Go of Every Little Thing
Improv #3 - Let Go of Every Little Thing Year: 2019 Album: PTSD Genre: Classical
I bought a baby grand piano of my own this year after years of desperately needing one for several reasons. It was high time. It turns out the main reason I needed it right now was for processing trauma through musical improvisation. This series of pieces is not composition. This is pure improvisation, in which I sit at the piano and play without prior ulterior motive. If I end up developing something into a composition, so be it. I follow no one but myself.
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Improv #4 - On Autopilot (No Name)
Improv #4 - On Autopilot (No Name) Year: 2019 Album: PTSD Genre: Classical
I bought a baby grand piano of my own this year after years of desperately needing one for several reasons. It was high time. It turns out the main reason I needed it right now was for processing trauma through musical improvisation. This series of pieces is not composition. This is pure improvisation, in which I sit at the piano and play without prior ulterior motive. If I end up developing something into a composition, so be it. I follow no one but myself.
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Improv #5 - Dancing on Broken Feet
Improv #5 - Dancing on Broken Feet Year: 2019 Album: PTSD Genre: Classical
I bought a baby grand piano of my own this year after years of desperately needing one for several reasons. It was high time. It turns out the main reason I needed it right now was for processing trauma through musical improvisation. This series of pieces is not composition. This is pure improvisation, in which I sit at the piano and play without prior ulterior motive. If I end up developing something into a composition, so be it. I follow no one but myself.
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Improv #2 - Witnessing, Processing
Improv #2 - Witnessing, Processing Year: 2019 Album: PTSD Genre: Classical
I bought a baby grand piano of my own this year after years of desperately needing one for several reasons. It was high time. It turns out the main reason I needed it right now was for processing trauma through musical improvisation. This series of pieces is not composition. This is pure improvisation, in which I sit at the piano and play without prior ulterior motive. If I end up developing something into a composition, so be it. I follow no one but myself.
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Falling Into Madness
Falling Into Madness Year: 2015 Album: Untitled Rock Opera Genre: Metal
This track is from a rock opera in progress. I'm writing most of it solo, but this track is the only one I co-wrote with another artist, a friend from Tennessee (Colton Parr, guitarist). Sean Thompson (vocalist, guitarist, drum programmer) helped record this demo, and I added my keyboards after the fact. Bass parts are missing. It is by no means a finished product, but it's pretty close to my intentions.
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I Wake Up Screaming
I Wake Up Screaming Track number: 1 Year: 2018 Album: Untitled Rock Opera Genre: Metal
This is the intro to the rock opera in progress, and aside from introducing the story from the main character's/antagonist's perspective, also introduces two of the main recurring musical motifs.
