We had the good fortune of connecting with Mario Sanchez and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Mario, have there been any changes in how you think about work-life balance?
My balance has changed dramatically . I find myself spending 16 hours a day working on the production side of my music and half that with practicing my djing. I think there is balance in every aspect of life that you or me participate in and too much of something can lead to too little of something else. I try to take breaks from music and enjoy other things like photography, helping out on short films and martial arts.

Alright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?
I have a rock music background with my being in bands most of my life. I write Future Funk music like if it was a rock song or a pop song. I feel it gives it more emotion for the listener to grasp and enjoy. To get where I am now took a lot of hard work and late nights. It was not easy and took a lot of inner reflection to see where I want to go with Care Ive learned that persistence, dedication and focus will build mountains. I want the world to know that Care will bring in a new era of EDM.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
My favorite place to visit and eat it is Little Tokyo in Los Angeles, We would go eat ramen at Kouraku on Monday, Tuesday we would go to the Golden Dragon in Chinatown, Wednesday we would go to Koreatown and eat at TwoZone Chicken, Thursday we would go to Culver City and eat at Versailles Cuban Food, Friday we would go to Santa Monica and eat at Cha Cha Chicken, Saturday we would go to Pine in Crane in Silverlake and to end the week we would go eat at East Los Tacos in East LA.

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
I want to shout out my mom. If it weren’t for her I would have never been in band/orchestra, where I learned multiple instruments and music theory. It is all coming back into fruition now with the project I am working on.

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