Dominic Luciano(I)
- Director
- Actor
Dominic Luciano (Born: Dominic Michael Luciano on October 24th, 1992 in Paradise, California) is an American Pop/Electronic musical artist (singer, songwriter, producer, and DJ), actor, and director.
His most prominent work is his upcoming "Dirty Love EP" and accompanying music videos/short films "Dirty Love" and "Scar", set to be released in 2017. These works are based on his experience in a heavily abusive relationship as the abusee. He is very outspoken about the reality of female-on-male abuse and the lack of mainstream attention the subject receives as nobody believed he was being abused when he asked for help. This is a common occurrence with this type of abuse.
Dominic got into music at a young age as a form of physical and occupational therapy as he was born with Cerebral Palsy. Despite having Cerebral Palsy and minimal use of his left hand until the age of two, he went on to become "Best High School Jazz Piano Soloist" in Oregon in 2007 as a high school Freshman. He had never played Jazz until entering high school, but after being introduced to Jazz piano, Dominic heavily trained in Jazz piano until graduating from college. He now considers himself a Jazz pianist and heavily integrates Jazz theory into his Pop and Electronic music.
At the age of 12, he was diagnosed with a golf-ball sized frontal lobe meningioma (benign brain tumor), and was told he would not survive having it removed. Ultimately, he was told to go home and be made comfortable. His father, Michael, didn't accept this and pushed the doctors to figure out another option. They did an embolization to minimize bleeding and he survived the surgery.
Six months later during a routine MRI and checkup, Dominic was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis Type 2, a genetic condition. He is the first to have it in his bloodline. Since his initial diagnosis, Dominic has had a total of three brain and two spine surgeries, all to remove benign, yet heavily damaging tumors.
Due to surgeries and damage from these tumors, he is now 80% deaf in his right ear and has extensive musculoskeletal damage which leads to severe pain. Despite his hearing deficits, he still writes, records, and produces music. Although he now has assistants to verify his work at his request.
During mixing and mastering, he uses what he refers to as the "touch method". The method imagines and visualizes sound in a 3D space relative to the cone of a speaker. Louder sounds push the cone out more than softer sounds, and higher frequency sounds vibrate the speaker cone faster than lower frequency sounds. He still mixes with DT770 headphones and KRK Rokit 6 monitors, but he uses the "touch method" to help verify his work.
Dominic started college at the age of 12, began full time at the age of 15, and graduated with degrees in Digital Art and Media, Computer Science, and Electromechanical Engineering by the age of 19. By trade, he is an electromechanical engineer with a specialization in robotics and microcontrollers. It has always been a dream of his to compete in the BattleBots competition, and he was thrilled when they announced the return of BattleBots to TV.
After his abusive relationship, he lost interest in the arts and fell back into electromechanical engineering full time. He spent a brief stint in Portland, OR in 2015-2016 providing his services as a freelancer, but moved back to his hometown in May of 2016.
After dealing with the residual PTSD, he has gotten back into the arts and is looking forward to debuting his EP and acting career in 2017.
His most prominent work is his upcoming "Dirty Love EP" and accompanying music videos/short films "Dirty Love" and "Scar", set to be released in 2017. These works are based on his experience in a heavily abusive relationship as the abusee. He is very outspoken about the reality of female-on-male abuse and the lack of mainstream attention the subject receives as nobody believed he was being abused when he asked for help. This is a common occurrence with this type of abuse.
Dominic got into music at a young age as a form of physical and occupational therapy as he was born with Cerebral Palsy. Despite having Cerebral Palsy and minimal use of his left hand until the age of two, he went on to become "Best High School Jazz Piano Soloist" in Oregon in 2007 as a high school Freshman. He had never played Jazz until entering high school, but after being introduced to Jazz piano, Dominic heavily trained in Jazz piano until graduating from college. He now considers himself a Jazz pianist and heavily integrates Jazz theory into his Pop and Electronic music.
At the age of 12, he was diagnosed with a golf-ball sized frontal lobe meningioma (benign brain tumor), and was told he would not survive having it removed. Ultimately, he was told to go home and be made comfortable. His father, Michael, didn't accept this and pushed the doctors to figure out another option. They did an embolization to minimize bleeding and he survived the surgery.
Six months later during a routine MRI and checkup, Dominic was diagnosed with Neurofibromatosis Type 2, a genetic condition. He is the first to have it in his bloodline. Since his initial diagnosis, Dominic has had a total of three brain and two spine surgeries, all to remove benign, yet heavily damaging tumors.
Due to surgeries and damage from these tumors, he is now 80% deaf in his right ear and has extensive musculoskeletal damage which leads to severe pain. Despite his hearing deficits, he still writes, records, and produces music. Although he now has assistants to verify his work at his request.
During mixing and mastering, he uses what he refers to as the "touch method". The method imagines and visualizes sound in a 3D space relative to the cone of a speaker. Louder sounds push the cone out more than softer sounds, and higher frequency sounds vibrate the speaker cone faster than lower frequency sounds. He still mixes with DT770 headphones and KRK Rokit 6 monitors, but he uses the "touch method" to help verify his work.
Dominic started college at the age of 12, began full time at the age of 15, and graduated with degrees in Digital Art and Media, Computer Science, and Electromechanical Engineering by the age of 19. By trade, he is an electromechanical engineer with a specialization in robotics and microcontrollers. It has always been a dream of his to compete in the BattleBots competition, and he was thrilled when they announced the return of BattleBots to TV.
After his abusive relationship, he lost interest in the arts and fell back into electromechanical engineering full time. He spent a brief stint in Portland, OR in 2015-2016 providing his services as a freelancer, but moved back to his hometown in May of 2016.
After dealing with the residual PTSD, he has gotten back into the arts and is looking forward to debuting his EP and acting career in 2017.