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Dom Palombi

Dom Palombi, Professional Drummer, Composer/Arranger, Educator, and Streamer, has been thriving on the musical journey for 20+ years. After finishing a Bachelor's Degree of Jazz Performance at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University - New Brunswick, NJ (2012-2016), Dom has been fortunate to perform, educate, and explore a multitude of opportunities as a full-time freelance musician. During his time at Rutgers, Dom studied with legendary jazz drummers Victor Lewis and Robby Ameen. Since graduating, Dom is an active Dance Accompanist for the Mason Gross Dance Department (2017-Current). He’s also accompanied dance classes for Drew University. Dom has also been working with Jazz at Princeton University (2021-Current) filling in/performing with some of their student ensembles as a guest.

Dom currently has 3 albums to his name: An All-Original Jazz-Fusion record “As The Sun Rises” (Oct 2017) which documents his early beginnings as a band leader and composer, “Game Night! Vol. 1” (Oct 2021) and “Game Night! Vol.2” (Jan 2024) which are current Funk-Fusion focused reflections of his inspirations/passions/hobbies/loves from being involved in the Video Game Music Scene online and in-person over the last 7 years, starting back in 2017. Dom’s mission with his “Game Night!” Band/Albums are celebrating the essence of comradery, bringing friends together to make memories, and creating special moments through things people are passionate about. Both albums feature some of the most prominent names/figures in the Video Game Music Scene today.

In August 2023, Modern Drummer Magazine talked about Dom’s “Game Night! Vol. 1” mentioning “this music is interesting, it is often very melodic, filled with melodic counterpoint, and very rhythmic. Palombi and his band do the music a real service by treating it with respect and making it an enjoyable addition to modern repertoire. The concept is cool, the playing and arranging is creative, and Dom’s drumming is top notch.”

Some people/groups Dom has performed/recorded/worked with include: Carlos Eiene aka. Insaneintherainmusic, Dave Pollack, Ryan Devlin, Patrick Bartley (Band Leader of the J-Music Ensemble), Super Soul Bros, Jer Hunter aka. SkatuneNetwork, DiscoCactus, Tournament Arc, The Consouls (from AUS), Khrys Williams, Sapphire, Charlie Rosen (Band Leader of The 8-Bit Big Band), Tony Dickinson (Bassist for The Transiberian Orchestra), Mega Ran (Nerdcore Rapper) Juna Serita, Madds Buckley, and many more.

Dom leads “Dom Palombi's Game Night!”, a Funk-Fusion Video Game Music Band with modern sounds similar to Vulfpeck, Scary Pockets, Lettuce, Snarky Puppy, and Louis Cole. Dom’s band brings a fresh new twist to the scene playing Dom's unique arrangements of video game soundtracks, and original compositions inspired by gaming concepts.

Dom’s Game Night! Band has performed at venues/events such as: MAGFest aka Music and Gaming Festival in National Harbor, MD, VGMCON in Minneapolis, MN, Hard Rock Cafe in Seattle, WA, OSNYC through VGMJAMSessionsNYC, The Crystal Ballroom in Boston, MA, Gramercy Theatre in NYC, AnimeNEXT, Prudential Center in Newark, NJ for NJ Devils “Video Game Day”, Pax East, BitGen Fest and many others.