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Mario Bojanic

About Me

Mario Bojanic je roden 28/09/1984. u Splitu. Kao dijete (ili "mali decko", kako on to sam kaze) pokazivao je interes za glazbu opcenito ali posebice za sve vrste harmoniziranja, viseglasja i zanrova koji su mu kao djetetu bili nedokucivi (kasnije je shvatio da nista od toga nije "frka"). Oduvijek je bio fasciniran fenomenom ljudskog glasa i svim neistrazenim dimenzijama istoga. Provodeci vecinu svoga djetinjstva u glazbeno zacaranom krugu ljudi (prvenstveno samih glazbeno-freakovskih ukucana) polako razvija svoj individualni ukus prema necemu sto predstavlja odmak od tradicionalnog dalmatinskog cetveroglasnog pjevanja...u tradicionalno cetveroglasno gospel pjevanje kao prvi indikator "slusnih trazenja samog sebe". U relativno kratko vrijeme okrece se pop-soul izricaju kao dominantnom te se na njega naslanja u svim buducim izvedbama, nerijetko koketirajuci i sa jazzom kao novootkrivenim svijetom njegove glazbe. U godinama akni i neposluha prema roditeljima mrcvari se sa najnovijim albumima mainstreama svjetske glazbene scene dok se upisom na fakultet i pred kraj istog polako okrece vec polako definiranim glazbenim putovima svoga pjevanja. Prijelazne faze glazbene formacije nisu vrijedne spomena kad donekle zrela osoba o njima ide razmisljati. :)Stalni je clan multizanrovskog cover banda "Obba-Obba" kao jedan od vokala uz njegovu "soul sista'" Ms. Sara Brodaric te udruge "Les amis de la Chanson" s kojom je odrzao niz koncerata u raznim gradovima RH kao i zapamceno gostovanje u Parizu u lipnju 2008. godine sa projektom "Gibonni na nas nacin".
Pocetkom veljace 2008. zapocinje suradnju sa autorom glazbe/tekstova Ivanom Franasovicem-Giovom te kao rezultat ugodnog "henganja" u studiju i zajednickog inovativnog pristupa glazbi nastaje pjesma "Hendikep" urbanog zvuka i neobicnih harmonijskih ideja. U tijeku su pripreme za intenzivnije probe sa novookupljenim glazbenicima za novi projekt, band koji bi trebao odskakati naglasenim soul zvukom, senzibiltetom vokala (Sara & Mario) te prije svega uzivanju u samoj glazbi.
ENGLISH BIO:
Year 1984. It was a hot day on September 28th. At approximately 12:30 PM a baby was born in Split. Unwilling to follow the tradition of naming the children after their parents (the options being Kazimir and Dragutin) the decision was finally made: they want to call him Mario, sounds good to them. During the first years he was usually called names because of his continuous and inexplicable mood changes towards family members and so called friends from the hood. (Part missing-it was too boring, LOL). After graduating from highschool Mario chooses the study of English and Italian language, 4 years of his life during which he met some people there who already, at the age of 23, changed his life for the better and made him realise what he was and what he was not. Among some other things these friendships are the most preciuos things he has. At this age he has graduated from the University as Master of English and Italian Philology (there are so many ways to describe my title in Croatian, none of those seeming to be a corresponding English equivalent!) and intends to continue on a postgraduate study...only if it turns out that he's eligible for a scholarship. :) He is always saving money for travelling, since acquainting with other nations, cultures and traditions is sth that he likes to think of as ART. He still does not know what he wants to be once he "grows up", he's trying again to find a job that won't make a slave out of him and will allow him to "shine" with all his potentials. He still likes Spanish more than Italian and English and he's benn very keen on improving his French recently, he still wants to travel around the world, he does not want to teach in elementary or high school even though his diploma says so, he often works as a city guide with Spanish groups, he sings in the morning, he sings after lunch, he sings for fun, he sings when drunk, he sings in his mind while studying for the finals (that's not the case anymore...), he sometimes wishes he could be somewhere else, he dreams of having his own back-up singers and a small gospel choir, he wishes he had not said some things and wishes he had done some things. He only fell in love last year and holds on to it... it was all worth it. He must have felt weird while writing all these things about himself. I've never met him. I'd love to. Someday i will...

My Interests

Music:

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

My Blog

Hendikep @ Dancing Bear Lounge 2 compilation IN STORES NOW!!

http://www.dancingbear.hr/records/news.php?kat_id=15&news_id =679679
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:23:00 GMT

HENDIKEP @ Radio Trsat

Od danas 12/4 naslovni single "Hendikep" je uvrsten na TOP LISTU Radia Trsat u TOP 8 domaih pjesama. Za pjesmu se mo~e glasati kroz cijeli tjedan putem SMS-a i mail adrese [email protected] sa naz...
Posted by on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:21:00 GMT

Vec danima....

...ne mogu prestat pjevat ovu pjesmu, moram nabavit album! :)) MARKO TOLJA - PUTUJEM
Posted by on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:29:00 GMT

Slusni genocid gradskog prometa

14:57. Ulazim u autobus kao i svakog dana. Izbjegavajuci rukohvate sa pouzdano najvise razlicitih bakterija na svijetu, trazim donekle pristojno mjesto za sjesti. «Ajde i nema toliko ljudi i cak nije ...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:10:00 GMT

She still makes my cry...

The scene from "The preacher's wife" (one of my favourite movies, what can you do, I'm a gospel freak) starring Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington in which Whithey sings this song live while shooti...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:48:00 GMT

Moscas en la casa

Moscas en la casa Le gustaba esa canción de Shakira desde la primera vez que la escuchó en alguna de las estaciones de radio de la capital. El título decía todo y nada, al menos por Alejandra. Siempre...
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 10:07:00 GMT

Arma de doble filo

Arma de doble filo El cielo era de azul profundo, profundo como el río, el río al que me acercaba con pasos lentos, lentos y pesados. Ya podía sentir el refresco del agua fría en mi piel, limpiándome...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:06:00 GMT

Live performance, Split 2007


Posted by on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:11:00 GMT

50 vs. Miso

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Posted by on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 09:24:00 GMT

My Celebrity Look-alikes HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:49:00 GMT