{"id":225191,"date":"2021-10-19T14:00:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/?p=225191"},"modified":"2021-10-19T14:00:26","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:00:26","slug":"highshout-4-calvin-omari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highxtar.com\/en\/highshout-4-calvin-omari\/","title":{"rendered":"HIGHSHOUT. 4 \u2013 Calvin Omari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer is over, HIGHSHOUT.<\/a> is back. This new edition is played by the relaxed notes that float from the saxophone of Calvin Omari (@calvin0mari<\/a>), producer, singer and saxophonist. A complete musician whose life has been a path full of new experiences in different countries, but always guided by his vocation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So he tells Sergio Pontier y Gooseed<\/a>, the collaborators at the head of HIGHSHOUT, to accompany the new shooting that continues this series of interviews<\/a> with racialized artists and creatives.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Calvin<\/p>\n

Highxtar (H) \u2013<\/strong> <\/span>Who are you and what do you do?<\/p>\n

Calvin Omari (CO) \u2013<\/span> I’m Calvin, I’m a musician and an English teacher.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

(H) \u2013<\/strong> <\/span>What is your story, where do you come from?<\/p>\n

(CO) \u2013<\/span>\u00a0<\/em>I’m from the USA, son of an American father and a Jamaican mother. I grew up in the gospel church playing the saxophone, played football since I was 8 years old and studied Art and Architecture in college. I worked in an architecture studio for two and a half years, and in that time I was in different bands playing saxophone. But I wanted to do more experimental things, so I quit my job and went to Quebec to work on a farm, learn French and concentrate on my music. Then I moved to Logro\u00f1o to teach English as a teacher, then I was an au pair in Paris, and then I moved to Madrid to do more music and be a teacher.\u00a0 I signed a music contract in October 2020.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Highshout<\/p>\n

(H) \u2013<\/strong> <\/span>How would you describe your art?<\/p>\n

(CO) \u2013<\/span> My friend Nick invited me to play saxophone one night, it was my first time playing outside the church. After that I played in a lot of bands, but I wanted to go further and started doing more things with music and my ideas.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Calvin<\/p>\n

\"Sergio<\/p>\n

(H) \u2013<\/strong> <\/span>How is your relationship with music?<\/p>\n

(CO) \u2013<\/span> It’s something I feel. It has no rules. It’s just magic.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Calvin<\/p>\n

(H) \u2013<\/strong> <\/span>How do you live music today?<\/p>\n

(CO) \u2013<\/span> I work a lot with my friends Neal, Eric and Jack to make music and projects.\u00a0 This is my life.\u00a0 I’m trying to emotionally touch all the people who listen to me.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n