About this episode
Bill Domiano and Maleena Dominick discuss her song 'Flashbacks' and her multimedia project 'Steel City Setlist'.
Step into the DeLorean, fire up the flux capacitor, and travel back to 2020 on this episode of The Pennsylvania Rock Show Flashback . Host Bill Domiano welcomes Maleena Dominick to revisit a powerful track from her past and explore how her creative journey has expanded beyond music. In this episode, we head back to the Bruises to Prove It album and spotlight the song “Flashbacks.” Bill and Maleena dive into the story behind the track, discussing the songwriting process, recording experience, and the emotions and influences that shaped the song during that time. In the second segment, the conversation shifts to the present as Maleena introduces her multimedia project, Steel City Setlist —a deeply personal and cultural exploration of the Pittsburgh music scene. The project includes both a documentary film and a debut book that blends personal narrative, interviews, and research to examine the evolving independent music community. Steel City Setlist is an autoethnographic work that combines firsthand experience with cultural analysis, featuring insights from over 30 musicians across multiple genres and subscenes. The project highlights the importance of preserving creative spaces in…
People in this episode
Host: Bill Domiano
Guest: Maleena Dominick
Topics covered
- music
- songwriting
- creative journey
- multimedia project
- Pittsburgh music scene
- documentary
- cultural exploration
Keywords
- Maleena Dominick
- Flashbacks
- Bruises to Prove It
- Steel City Setlist
- Pittsburgh music
- documentary
- songwriting
- creative journey
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Steel City Setlist, Mr. Roboto Project, The Guitar Shop PGH
Books & works: Bruises to Prove It, Flashbacks
Places: Pittsburgh
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