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MARIO
M. OCT. '11 INTERVIEW
Interview re-printed with permission from the October 2011
issue of the World Conquest Records News newsletter.
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WCR News:
Hello Mario, congratulations on your new album "El Camino
Espiritual". It's been a long time between albums, would
you like to share why the long delay between albums?
Hi,
thank you. I appreciate the congratulations! Sure, I don't mind
discussing why the long delay between albums. I've been pretty
transparent with my fans about the many delays that have come
in between me and what I love but there's a lot more. My last
album was 8 years ago!! 8 very long years and I hate that I've
lost so much time! I have so much time to make up not only for
me but for my fans. At the time I recorded my last album I fully
intended to go out & do performances to support the album
and at that time I also got into managing other artists for
my company World Conquest Records. Unfortunately, that took
up a lot of my time and I wound up investing my time into promoting
and helping them while my material fell to the side a bit. I
was still on track to do things and do things with my music
as well but then I had some marital problems which needed my
attention. At the same time, it affected things with my artists
so it was a pretty rough time. Obviously I couldn't do much
with my music at that time without it affecting other things.
Thankfully all those things were resolved. Some to my satisfaction,
some not unfortunately. So, by this time too much time had passed
to properly promote the last album. It was time to begin working
on a new album. Then my mother's health began to fail her. I
turned my attention from making new music to my mother's health
and fight to recover. As many of my fans know, this was a real
tough time for me. My fans were awesome and gave me lots of
encouragement and prayers. My mother was in a rehabilitation
home for months as she slowly worked on her strength. I helped
with her bills and looking after my family and their needs.
She finally made it home and I was proud to have helped her
in whatever way I could to get back home. A week later though
she wound up back in the hospital. She was going to be released
back home 3 days later and just moments before the release papers
were signed she went into cardiac arrest. I'll never forget
that call from the hospital nor the call a week later that she
had passed away. It all hit me like a ton of bricks. The loss
of my mom. Her battle. Her triumph on making it back home. What
could've been done? What went wrong? All of it just hit me.
The pent-up stress and anxiety finally caught up to me. I never
suffered from stress or anxiety so I didn't recognize the signs
that had been showing themselves to me. It really affected my
health and mental state and it took me a year to recover and
really begin feeling like myself again. Once I felt back to
"normal" then I got to songwriting to use the experiences,
my thoughts on the highs & lows & disappointments as
fuel and inspiration for my new album. That brings us to now!
WCR News: Wow, the
album title "El Camino Espiritual" seems very appropriate
after all that. Is this your most personal album yet?
Yes and no. The no is that to a large extent,
all my albums are very personal because I write what I feel
and about my experiences. There are things that I need to express
and I do it through my music. However, the yes is that because
of all the experiences I've gone through in recent years since
the last album, this is my most intimate album. There are topics
on my album that I didn't think I would be singing or writing
about but I needed to get it out and share with my fans. My
hope is that my songs can help someone in their spiritual walk
through life's hard times.
WCR News: What is
your favorite song on the album?
Oh no, you're asking me to play favorites
with my babies! Lol! Every song has a special meaning to me
for various reasons and represents different thoughts and emotions
so it's hard to pick ONE song but if I must... I would say "Esperanzas
de un nuevo dia". It's the song that I dedicated to my
fans when I gave them the name my "dreamers". This
song is talking about my wishes for a better day and how it's
something this world needs more of. Those that know me from
my Vogue's Rogues music know that I had a lot of songs about
society and environmental issues and this song is along these
lines. The music is very upbeat but the lyrics are very deep
and represent a lot of things but most of all it represents
hope so I'm very proud of this song. It's a song that represents
what I stand for and believe in very much as an artist and human
being.
WCR News: Your albums
have been very diverse. Your 1st album "De un corazón
a otro" featured música romántica along with
salsa and pop songs, your 2nd album "Rockero soy"
was more rock and featured flamenco and even some electronica.
What can we expect on "El Camino Espiritual"?
Well, as you can tell from my first single
"Que sera" I do have the música romántica
/ pop that I will always do. I also have more rock in this album
including some heavier rock and a very bluesy rock song that
I think will surprise a lot of people!
WCR News: Thank
you for your time. Is there anything else you would like your
fans to know?
You're quite welcome! I just want my dreamers
to know that I plan to promote this album as much as I possibly
can. I've lost too much time and I have a lot of making up to
do!! I want to thank my fans for being so patient but also for
being so understanding and motivating! My dreamers words of
support have helped me through some really rough times. More
than they'll ever know. I can't wait for everyone to hear my
new album and I especially can't wait to get out there and meet
them all!!!
Mario’s albums “De
un Corazon a Otro”, "Rockero Soy" and "El
Camino Espiritual" can all be bought in the World Conquest
Records Artist merchandise store. "De un corazon a otro"
and "El Camino Espiritual" can also be downloaded
on Mario's official
site, on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many other
download sites!
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