BIOGRAPHY
In January of '98 David Dominguez got an opportunity of a lifetime when he had the chance to work with one of his favorite bands of all time (sort of) "Guns N' Roses. Even if it was just Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed left in the band, they made history. Being the first engineer with the "new" band was a task not to be taken lightly, an intense set-up on top of giving the technical rundown to potential producers like Youth, Scott Litt, Jay Baumgardner among others could have been intimidating and at times it was"a bit.

It was that chance meeting with Baumgardner that gave Dave is his next break after leaving the GN'R sessions Dave showed up at NRG to do a fill-in session but when a scheduling conflict left him out in the cold he was offered an opportunity to work with Jay on a demo session with a band from Sacramento called Papa Roach. When a deal was struck with Dreamworks and the band with Jay in the producers chair, Jay offered Dave the engineering gig and that record "Infest" spent eight weeks in the Top 10 on the Billboard charts and the single "Last Resort" was a #1 Modern Rock track on Billboard - 4 million records later here we are.

It was his work with Jay and Papa Roach that caught the eye of producer Josh Abraham and after their first meeting Josh asked Dave to sit in the engineer's chair for Orgy, Powerman 5000 and Staind. Staind's record "Break The Cycle" hit #1 on the Billboard Album Chart and stayed there for three weeks and their 1st single from that record, "It's Been Awhile" spent weeks on Billboard's Modern Rock and Mainstream Rock Charts. Dave has been engineering and producing since. He has had success in Europe with Autonomy, on Earache Records, getting praises from Kerrang and Metal Hammer magazines for his work with the teenaged band (he was even a trivia question in Metal Hammer). And as of late, his work Italian rock sensations Linea 77, another Earache Records band, has achieved success with their 4th record "Available for Propaganda" debuting on the Italian Billboard charts at # 9 and receiving 4 out 5 "K"s from Kerrang for taking Italy's nu-metal sensations out of that "label" and into a more "punk" direction. His work with Mexico City's QBO was also acknowledged when the EMI Latin/ Virgin artist were nominated for a MTV "Best New Artist" award. The video and record were successes due to the bands catchy melodic songs, the band enjoyed Dave's work so much they returned in 2004 to work with him on their second record "Aire".

When Dave was asked what he would like to happen next in career he simply replied " I wanna rock and work with dedicated artist of all genres just like Rick Rubin is doing. Alternative, Country, Metal, Pop, Punk "if it's good music and the artist is dedicated to their craft I want to work with them."

When not in the studio doing what he loves Dave can be found throwing his body around on the baseball diamond playing in an adult baseball league or coaching his son's team.

When pressed for a last comment Dave said "if you can find someone who loves his work as much as I do I'd like to sit with him/her and have a cup of coffee. Passion for the work is primary...oh yeah and I hate the San Francisco Giants.

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