Dominic started playing the trombone at an early age, took up the
trumpet as a teenager to make some spare cash playing fanfares at
weddings, and then the guitar in college when his roommate threatened
to wrap the trombone round his neck. He has played with big orchestras
and jazz bands in several stuffy ivory towers, and since moving to
Pittsburgh in 2004 has played in a range of rock'n'roll, folk and
country combos at local venues. In Khafif he's played the guitar,
cümbüş, mandolin, trumpet, trombone, harp, tin whistle, and
more or less anything that comes in useful from time to time. His
recent interests include sharpening the pencil and composing music
specially for the band, fancifully combining middle eastern and early
European folk and courtly styles. He's a busy father of two young
children and on less demanding days he works as a software engineer at Google
Pittsburgh. Some more of his musical and other interests can be
explored at
www.puttypeg.net.