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= Biography of WhiteStonerMane =

Music Background
Dominic Gualandri, aka WhiteStonerMane/OGD, is a developing rap artist inspired by many greats. Dominic was first influenced by many rock songs by artists like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Led Zeppelin. As he got older, he started getting into hip hop listening to artists like Lil Wayne, Twista, 2Pac, Biggie Smalls, Lil Wite, Three Six Mafia, 50 Cent, and many others. These artists built the foundation of Dominic’s taste in rap. You can tell from this list that Dominic is a very lyrical rapper. If you know Dominic, you know that he likes depth to his lyrics. When he listens to music, he’s always so focused on the lyrics while many others just feel the musical aspect of the song. As of playing music, his mom tried giving him violin lessons, but that didn’t stay. He never really dove into the musician side of things, but music was always in his blood. For example, his dad, Clyde Gualandri, played accordion with his brother Darrel, who played drums, to pay for their college tuition by selling out nights at many events. On his mom’s side of the family, his uncle, Harry Andronis, became an audio engineer known for mixing “The X Files”, and awarded for working on “Back to the Future”. Dominic had many family members that had a love and passion for music. A producer, lilawree, respects Dominic a lot because of his personality and focus in music.

Main Background
If you’ve met Dominic, you know how entertaining he is. When it comes to conversations, he shines. Listening to stories from him is always engaging because of the character he carries. Unlike many, Dominic is charismatic and a people’s person. Growing up, he made many friends and met many girls because of his positive character. As of hobbies, Dom always loved shooting hoops. When you see him on the court, you’ll find out he’s a really good point guard because of his dribbles. He is very controlled when he plays, and is capable of making many shots. When Dominic lived in Steubenville Ohio, he played street hockey with his brothers and they actually got put on the news paper because their games were so popular. One other sport Dom always had a love for was soccer. Just like basketball he was very controlled with his dribbles. As you can tell, Dominic was always athletic.

Current Music
WhiteStonerMane currently only has one mixtape out produced by his little brother Marcus. The tape consists of mostly self-composed beats with some cover songs. One of the songs has a feature from one of his favorite artists, Project Pat. That song was the most well written track on the tape for a good reason. The mixing on the tape could have been way better, even the songwriting, but they were anxious to get it out. Because they felt like it was rushed, they are going to remaster it in the future. The mixtape was named "Slang Intro".

Future plans
As of future works, StonerMane has another mixtape on the way that is produced by a legendary, yet not as well known, producer Lilawree. Awree is known to make wonder with the 808’s and groove. StonerMane’s brother is featured more on this project. The project has all of the lyrics ready and recorded, so it just needs to be mix and mastered for release. After this big project, Dominic's brother has plans to work with StonerMane on his future album. Dominic says he’s just taking one step at a time. He does not like to rush things and he is independent, so he will continue to craft exactly what he envisions.