Dom Alessio is the Digital Export Producer for Sounds Australia, the country’s music export program. His role is to drive the digital strategy of Australia’s export office, as well as identify international opportunities for Australian artists and industry in the digital space. He’s also a regular guest on ABC Radio, occasionally a DJ and partial to hosting a music trivia night.

For eight years Dom was the host of Home & Hosed on triple j, Australia’s national youth radio station. Starting in 2009, he presented and programmed the show, Monday to Thursday at 9pm, introducing audiences to the future of Australian music. Dom was an early supporter of artists such as Flume, Courtney Barnett, Boy & Bear, Methyl Ethel, Meg Mac, Julia Jacklin, Remi, Sampa The Great, D.D. Dumbo, Gang Of Youths, Alex Lahey and countless others.

Dom’s career began as a freelance music writer in 2005 before joining Sydney’s weekly music street press magazine The Brag as their Arts & Assistant Editor in mid-2006, and also contributed to publications such as The Guardian, The Sun Herald, triple j Magazine, Mess & Noise and Faster Louder (now Junkee). It was during this period that Dom co-founded the first music blog solely dedicated to Australian music, Who The Bloody Hell Are They.