Domenica refers to the music of songwriter/guitarist/vocalist Bekki Friesen. The Canadian band is based out of

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. Domenica can be classified as

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, and is currently signed to C12 Records/EMI Canada, Spinning Inc in Japan, Rodeostar/Sony in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and Sony in Australia. In 2010, Domenica played at Canadinns Stadium in Winnipeg, Canada for Rock on the Range.

Discography

The first Domenica album, ''The Luxury'', was produced by

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and features tracks co-written by Marcos Curiel of

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, with guest appearances by Curiel, in addition to Ernie Longoria, and Stevie Salas. A sophomore album entitled "The Better In Us All" was released in Japan October 10, 2012. This album features appearances by

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), and Dominic Cifarelli (

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Television and film

In 2007, the track "I Love My Gun" was featured in the television series ''

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''. In 2008, Domenica performed live and interviewed on Episode 6 (Season 1) of ''Arbor Live'', a national television show on APTN in Canada. Additionally, Bekki Friesen contributed vocals to "Give it All I've Got", the second main title song from the ''Center Stage 2: Turn It Up'' soundtrack. "What Goes Around" is featured in the movie soundtrack for

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Radio

Domenica's first single, "The Luxury", landed them a spot on

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FM's ''Class of 200x'' compilation CD in 2006 as the first female-fronted band to accomplish this. Heavy airplay of the single followed on select Canadian radio stations. Following the release of their debut studio album ''The Luxury'' in 2009, their single "Above Me" received heavy video and radio rotation in Canada and an equal amount of support across Japan. Their second single from this album, "What Goes Around", written by singer Bekki Friesen and Marcos Curiel (P.O.D) was chosen by '' Burrn!'' magazine's (Japan) editors as one of the top 10 hard rock/heavy metal songs of 2009. In the October 2010 issue of ''Burrn!'' magazine (Japan), Bekki Friesen is featured as a female rock guitarist to notice.

References

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