Member Since: 08/01/2008
Band Website: www.myspace.com/mariobojanic
Band Members: Well, it's just me for the time being, though I'm occasionally accompanied by various players (as in these few songs, by wonderful piano player Jurica Karuza) and my hometown band called "Obba-Obba" video clips of which can be found in my blog and video area. In their live performances Obba-Obba consists of various members, varying from 6-10 people playing on stage, depending on the venue and playing a variety of songs and styles. Beginning as reggae covers band they soon expand their repertoire and start to play different genres and styles according to various band member's preferences such as rock, pop, pop-soul, funky, soul etc. creating an unusual atmospthere and vibe at their live performances.
CURRENT WORK & COLLABORATIONS:
At the beginning of February 2008 I started collaborating with songwriter/producer Ivan Franasovic-Giove and we've recorded the "Hendikep" single so far hoping to get acknowledgements from the radio stations and to be recognized as a good team by the record labels and eventually get a record deal with upcoming songs. Let's hope the whole thing works out. :)
Influences: Prince, Stevie Wonder, George Michael, Billy Porter, Michael Bolton, Brian McKnight, Bebe Winans,
Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston (early phases), Beyoncé Knowles (vocally), Erykah Badu, Aretha, Radojka Sverko, Josipa Lisac, Jamiraquai, Big mama, Jinxi, Sin Bandera, Oliver Dragojevic and many others... It's always an enormous musical confusion in my mind... :))Cesarica (Mon bel amour) live
Sounds Like: Different people somehow tend to compare me with different singers... I always thought it easier to identifly my singing with some more or less specific genres rather than particular singers. Then again, it's always inspiring and somehow surprising to hear different opinions and comparisons, maybe you'll be the one to guess the most precise one...if there even is a need to identify one performer with another... :)
Record Label: Unsigned