Mario Calire: News/Journal

My friend and fellow drummer Perry Ostrin has just started a drumming podcast. You can find an interview with myself and Jiro Yamaguchi on his site. Special interruptions courtesy of Wil-Dog...


http://perrysdrummingpodcast.mypodcast.com/

The newest Ozomatli album, "Don't Mess With the Dragon", just hit the shelves last week - Go buy it at Starbucks if they tore down your local record shop! It goes great with that VentitriplesoyFrappamochachinowhatevvah you like....

Check out the May issue of Drum Magazine for a feature on yours truly. It's the one with the great Vinnie Paul on the cover.

Some great photos in there that I must give thanks to my buddy Anthony Rich for. Nice work dude!

Check out Ozomatli this week on Leno. Friday March 30th, set your Tivo!

Thursday, March 15 you can catch Ozomatli on DirecTV live from SXSW in Austin, Texas. Tune into channel 101 around 2pm if you have DirecTV. If you miss it, they will be rebroadcasting it so keep your eyes peeled.

Here's some press regarding Ozomatli's recent trip to Nepal. The last link is in Nepali, let me know what that one says....

http://www.blog.com.np/united-we-blog/2007/02/17/ozomatli-in-nepal-music-makes-you-lose-control/
http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?&nid=101031 http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnews.php?nid=100943 http://www.kantipuronline.com/kolnepalinews.php?nid=100906

OZOMATLI TO PERFORM IN INDIA AND NEPAL AS U.S. CULTURAL AMBASSADORS

posted on 02.06.2007

Since their inception over ten years ago, Ozomatli's mission has been to globally spread a message of peace and understanding through diversity in music. From February 11th thru 21st, Ozomatli will be extending their devotion to polyglot urban sound clashing all the way to India and Nepal, representing the United States as Cultural Ambassadors on a Fullbright-Hays grant from the State Department.

As guests of the US Embassy in India, the three time Grammy award winning band will take part in free public concerts, musical workshops, master classes, and community outreach. The theme of the program is music education, devised to appeal to Indian youth, and to advance mutual understanding between the United States and India.

They will be visiting the Arya Anathalaya Orphanage and School, the Prayas Juvenile Aid Center and the Ravi Shankar Institute for Music and Performing Arts in New Delhi. They will also have the unique opportunity to perform the first ever live concert at Nek Chand's Rock Garden in Chandiargh, a sculpture garden and amphitheatre built entirely of industrial waste items, and a world ecological landmark.

In Nepal, the theme will be "Unity in Diversity", to celebrate the newly ratified Peace Accord, ending 10 years of turmoil and isolation. They will be doing various workshops through the Umbrella Foundation, an organization that works with 5 orphanages which are currently overrun with children who have been affected by the last 10 years of conflict. They will also work with local student / youth musical groups on the theme "Constructive Ways To Make Your Voices Heard", teaching disenfranchised youth ways to integrate their social messages into music.

Ozomatli are an LA based, multiethnic, multiracial group who are a living example that music can transcend any cultural or social boundary. Ozomatli has long been devoted to outreach and community involvement, and these performances and workshops - in Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh and Kathmandu - are a further extension of that commitment.

Ozomatli releases their fourth full length studio album, "Don't Mess With The Dragon" April 3rd in the US on Concord Records.

check out the all new www.ozomatli.com!!

I was interviewed for a new show on XM radio called "Musicians Radio". You can hear it on XM or go directly to their website to stream or podcast it. My segment is in the section called the "Rhythm Method". You can find it at www.musiciansradio.com
Enjoy!

Hey all, the new Brett Dennen (www.brettdennen.com) album "So Much More" will be out September 19. I played on a few tracks and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Brett is a great talent and I'm sure we'll be hearing more and more from him in the coming months. He's out on tour opening for Sheryl Crow and John Mayer so check him out if you are going to see that show.

From Vater.com - a feature about the recording process for the newest Ozomatli album. Enjoy!

http://www.vater.com/education/behindthescenes/InTheStudio/Calire/InTheStudio_Calire.cfm

Check out these links to Ozo in the news from different gear/tech publications!

Creative Mac
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565
Digital Producer
http://www.digitalproducer.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565
Hollywood Industry
http://www.hollywoodindustry.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565
Digital Pro Sound
http://www.digitalprosound.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565
Oceania
http://oceania.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565
DMN Newswire
http://www.dmnnewswire.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=38565

Ozomatli will be backing up the
legendary Herb Alpert on the Jay Leno show next Thursday, March 16th,
performing a track from his newly released remix album "Whipped Cream
and Other Delights: Re-Whipped". Set your Tivo if you have one!

Ozomatli is hard at work on a new album, getting ready to record our follow up to "Street Signs". KC Porter and Ozo producing, Robert Carranza engineering. I'm really looking forward to putting down some new Ozo music!
Also doing some recording with Brett Dennen, he's a great artist and you should check him out. That's about it, more news to come shortly!

Ozomatli's "Live At The Fillmore" was selected by Drummer Magazine (UK) as their CD of the month for Dec. 05. It took me a while to get it posted but you can check it out in the press section. Dig!

Ozo just played our second of three sold-out shows at the Fillmore tonight, it was awesome as usual. What a great venue and great atmosphere.
Recently played up in Vancouver and got to hang with Kim Urhahn, David, and Ronn Dunnett. I just added some great new pics courtesy of Ronn- thanks for letting me use them man! Great work!

Ozomatli won the Latin Grammy tonight in the field of "Best Alternative Album". It is very humbling to receive the type of recognition we have for our latest album, and to be acknowledged by your peers yet again in this way is awesome!

For those of you who support us and our music, thanks so much and we will be seeing you soon on the road!
Peace, Mario

http://www.directv.com/see/landing/freeviews_oct05.html
If you have DirectTV, you'll be able to catch Ozomatli during the month of October on "Freeview". Try channel 124 for that!
I mostly watch 202, 204, 331, 333, 335, 337, and 229 if you can believe it. Sometimes I might throw in a little 236 but that channel can get out of hand pretty quickly. Of course, 206, 207 and the like are very important this time of year being that I'm totally into FFB.
Know what I'm sayin'????

Ozomatli's newest release, a dual CD and DVD from the Fillmore in San Francisco, just got another glowing review - this one from DRUM! Magazine. Click on the Press section to read it! Dig!

Don't get me wrong, I love the rain, just not driving in it. People in LA have no clue what to do when there's weather of any kind... Yesterday I went down to Paiste and hung with my friend Rich Mangicaro. We listened to some great new stuff and I grabbed a couple cymbals that should come in handy soon..
I'm looking forward to doing a lot of recording in the upcoming weeks- Work begins soon on a new Ozo album - Look out!! I've also been working with the wonderful and talented Jessica Callahan on her new album. What's up Jessica!!!
Hope you are all well, I'm gonna go hit some things!

Just played in SLO and Ozo got down for the kids...We got a handwritten note from a student while were playing that said "George Bush Hates Midgets". Someone handed it to me between songs and I almost fell off my seat laughing. Now if someone has ACTUAL proof that GW holds some prejudice against little people, send it to me....Meanwhile we're off to Earthdance, where I hope to not freeze as much I did last year. It really helps to play your instrument when you can actually move your fingers... See ya!!!

We were all honored to find out yesterday that Ozomatli has been nominated for 2 Latin Grammy awards: Best Alternative Album and Best Engineered Album, both for the album "Street Signs". The awards will held in LA on Nov. 3rd. I am keeping my fingers crossed for our great trio of engineers: Robert Carranza, Anton Pushansky, and Serban Ghenea. They are all incredibly worthy and I would love to see them recognized!

I recently got word that one of the tracks I recorded with Liz Phair a few years back will be on her newest album. "Somebody's Miracle", comes out on Oct. 4th and the song I played on is "Can't Get Out Of What I'm Into". Check out this Billboard.com story for more info-
http://billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000998921

I played on a couple tracks for my friend Ted Lennon, which he just released on a new EP. You can get it at his website www.tedlennon.com Enjoy!

I just did an interview with Lily Laririt who I met in Chicago after Ozo played the Folk and Roots Music Festival. She sent me an email asking some questions and I was happy to oblige- Check it out!
http://innerviews.lilyput.com/mariocalire