Interview with Charlie Dominici (ex Dream Theater)

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Thought you guys would care to read an interview done last week (Feb. 17, 2010) with 1st Dream Theater vocalist, Charlie Dominici.
We discussed his 3 CD Trilogy set, future plans, etc...  Below is the interview.  Go to http://blog.loudtrax.com to see full interview.

(BTW...I did not post in interview section as it's not excl. to prog archives...)

Interview....
In 1989, Dream Theater
released their debut album “When Day and Dream Unite” with Charlie
Dominici on lead vocals.  They parted ways after that and Charlie was
only seen again on the music forefront in 2005 when he released the
first part of the “O3 A Trilogy” under the artist name “DOMINICI”. 
2nd part followed in 2007 and final part, in 2008.  I hooked up with
Charlie for an interview to see what’s new with the famed Progressive
Metal vocalist and composer. 

LT Well Charlie, thank you very much for taking the time to answer a few questions for LoudTrax.com.  Tell us what you have been up to since the release of the final part of the Trilogy in 2008.
CD Things
have been pretty difficult for me since part 3 came out. My cat was
killed, I left my wife, moved back to San Diego and spent the last year
and a half trying to put my financial life back together piece by
piece-other than that things are good!
LT From
2005 to 2008, DOMINICI released a 3 album Trilogy “O3 – A Trilogy”. 
Looking back today with a couple years gone by, tell us about your
favorite parts and songs from the Trilogy.

CD Actually
my favorite is part 3. Mainly because it is the heaviest but also
because of the way it was written and recorded. It was done almost
on-the-fly because we wrote and recorded the entire CD as we went. No
lyrics were written before I went to Italy to work with the band. We
also wrote all of the music when I got there with the exception of 2
songs that the guys had already worked on previously before I arrived.
We just went into the studio, where I also slept every night, and
hammered it all out.

LT  There was such a long time lapse from the When Dream and Day Unite
album to the first album in the trilogy.  However, the result was well
received by fans and critics, with Part 3 being considered by many as a
"must have" Progressive Metal album. 

Are you planning a new release / project?  If not, what would inspire to work on another project?

CD I’m
letting things progress as they may. I would like to do another CD and
most of all I would love to go on tour. Unfortunately, these decisions
are not entirely up to me. The band is in Italy and I am in California.
The record label has gone bankrupt and since has been bought up by
another company in Germany. We’ll see what develops. That said, I have
been leaning towards doing something a bit more like what people expect
from a CD and not a concept album at all.

Maybe just a balls-to-the-wall prog metal CD full of rocking songs that are not connected like the trilogy.
LT  Have you written much since the Part 3 album?

CD I’m
always full of ideas. I prefer to complete these ideas when I’m in the
presence of the musicians that are playing the stuff with me. That
keeps things more fresh and most of all it always makes for a better
recording when it is collaboration.

LT  You have a forum on your website in which you are very active in.  How important is it to you to talk directly to your fans?

CD I
love doing that but lately my time has been very limited. There is a
lot of other stuff I need to do to keep things going and the forum is
very time consuming.

LT  After the departure from DT, had you considered joining other bands at that time?

CD Not really. I stayed to myself and waited for an inspiration which obviously came in 2005.

LT If you haven't had a chance to check out the Trilogy, listen to songs on the DOMINICI on their MySpace Page or pick up a copy.  Fans will not be disappointed!

Edited by LOUDTRAX - February 23 2010 at 14:03