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About Me

We Are The Music Makers began in a fiery cataclysm in April of 2005. Bassist Adam Castro invited a high school friend, Guitarist/Vocalist Mike Calabrese, to jam with him and drummer Mike Chierchio. In that night they wrote their first song, and a band was born.
The first two months was a period of intense creativity, and many of the songs that would be recorded for their first record were written. From the beginning the seeds were there: changing tempos, raging riffage, funky vibes, odd time signatures, melodic vocals. During this time, they gained attention for their stark originality next to the mainly emo Brooklyn scene. Their music was diverse and refreshing, powerful and musically challenging.
However, something got in the way of releasing the first songs as intended. They evolved. The seeds that had been planted early on had blossomed. With a sense of maturity, and a deeper musical inteconnectedness between them, their newer work made them re-evaluate their earlier attempts. But at these great crossroads, after a year of building up to this period of growth, Mike Chirechio left the band to pursue different music. Calabrese and Castro, now stranded with what seemed like no hope of finding a new drummer, by chance occurrence, founded the band Ecumenopolis as an outlet for their creativity. Yet, Ecumenopolis' creative power soon relinquished all doubts and fears. With the incredible healing powers of the fusing melodies of Calabrese, Castro, and Philly Salvagione mixed in with the versatile and virtuostic drumming of Russ Mitkowski a huge change was brewing. Now We Are The Music Makers stands taller than ever with the earthshattering sonic fury brought together by these four chemically bonded musicians. Mike Calabrese, Adam Castro, Russ Mitkowski and Philly Salvagione are We Are The Music Makers.
The band recently signed with Galvatraz records, and will release the full-length "Ecumenopolis" in Fall/Winter 2006.
Watch out and listen up. The Revolution is nigh.
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Member Since: 5/31/2005
Band Website: watmm.net
Band Members:
Adam Castro - Bass

Mike Calabrese - Guitar/Vocals/Propaganda Minister

Russ Mitkowski - Drums

Philly Salvagione - Guitar
Influences: All types of groovin sounds, vibes and funkbutters. (For booking contact us at [email protected])
Sounds Like: (Despots, tyrants, and dictators.)
Record Label: Galvatraz
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tour of the Living Dead '07 w/ And This Army

As the progression of the tour panned out, budding and blossoming followed suit. And This Army, a badassssssss band of swell dudes, will be touring with us.Check them out at www.myspace.com/andthisarm...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:10:00 PST

The First Tour

Our very first tour is in the process of being booked. The dates and locations will soon be augmented with venues. So if you're from one of them cities, and you want to come see us, keep p...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 04:24:00 PST

New Spirit

Being that We Are The Music Makers has changed drastically in members AND in spirit, we are soon going to take down the songs we have up on our myspace. The addition of Philly Salvagione and Russ Mitk...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:37:00 PST

The Plaster Partition Project

Check out the latest project borne of the Music Makers! The Plaster Partition Project Featuring Mike Calabrese, and Adam Castro of We Are The Music Makers, and Phil Tefarikis of Mr. Infamy fame, ...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:42:00 PST

Calabrese's Fable

The Man and the Scorpion Man, with his brain and hands overcame the beasts and mastered the land. One day, walking on his land, Man felt a sting in his foot, and he immediately fell to the earth...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:07:00 PST

The Upcoming Weeks

Props to those who joined the revolution. Something's happening. Yeah man. We gave out 60 copies of the new EP, and hopefully gained some new sympathizers to the cause. Join us...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Sun, 26 Mar 2006 02:49:00 PST

Finally, New Music

Yeah, so we finally have something official, thanks be to Re. It will be released this Friday the 24th at the Revolution show at Third Rail. It will be free of charge. The three trac...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:01:00 PST

Movin on up

... to the next round... of emergenza, that is. Despite playing a sloppy, whack, embarrassing set at the Hook for the emergenza festival, we have moved on to the next round and got the second mo...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Thu, 09 Feb 2006 10:42:00 PST

On Genre

What is "Prog"? What kind of music do we play? We play "We Are The Music Makers Music". Tool, one can say, is most definitely a metal band, but people call them "Prog". They d...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 11:24:00 PST

The E.P.!!!!

That's right, funks and funkettes. Yesterday we started recording our 3 (4?) song E.P. "I Had Some Dreams, But Then I Forgot" with Brooklyn's legendary knob-turning, fader-sliding...
Posted by We Are The Music Makers on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:11:00 PST