Dom changed my drumming life. I can't express how much I owe this guy.
I studied with him back in 2004-2005. He must have seen something in me because he took me under his wing and after about a dozen lessons with him, he contacted Mike Mangini for me and told Mike that he simply had to take me on for lessons. Mike allowed me to study privately with him at Berklee even though he already had a packed teaching schedule and just had a kid. It was Dom's referral after his assessment of where I was and where I needed to go that convinced Mangini to take me on.
I met and actually had a 3 hour lesson with Jim Chapin because of Dom. Dom is also largely responsible for bringing Chapin/Moeller to the masses over the past 20 years. He was the one behind Chapin's hand technique video years back.
Dom is ultra cool, has a wife 17 years his junior (like me) and is just a great example of how to live. Ethical, personable, hard working and happy. A great combo.