Armando Peralta
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Armando Peralta As a child music was his passion. During his High School years, he
participated and was the Lead singer in the school Rock Band. In 1984
after finishing high school Armando traveled to Los Angeles to follow
his passion and study at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.
Armando later returned that year to Puerto Rico to study and experience the Latin roots he grew up with.
Later recording his first landmark Album Este Fuego.
It was in 1995 Armando became good friends with the sizzling drummer Omar Hakim a driving force for the uniquely crafted rhythms on the album. Giovanni Hidalgo, the number one conga player in the world, joined in as a friend and performer. Steve Porcaro from Toto. Working with this white-hot and stellar assembly of musicians out of the pop, Latin and Jazz worlds to record and produce "Este Fuego".
Quincy Jones, Recording Engineer, and renowned producer Bruce Swedien called Armando's song "Maria" a masterpiece. Bruce is a 5 time Grammy Award-winning producer with Quincy Jones and most recently Jennifer Lopez as well as numerous classic recordings including much of Micheal Jackson's Legacy. Swedien was impressed with Armando's efforts and talent the two became friends in 1999. Sweden became a mentor and very close friend influencing him and supporting him in his recordings of Armando's later productions through 2021.
Armando remarkable heritage that blends his father's Argentine (grandfather was from Spain) blood and his mother's Carpathian Rusyn blood is known as the (The Little Russians) from the Carpathian mountain region of what now is Slovakia, Ukraine and was also part of Austria Hungary identified themselves as their own ethnic group and ethnically affiliated to Russia. Outside of music, Armando's most philosophic interest is his philanthropic projects still in development.
Armando Peralta created "One Family Cares" to support help people who need the support of a loving support group in the structured dynamic of a healthy family. Armando's "One Family Cares" foundation's goal is to enable and implement the creation of this global network via the establishment of local grassroots movements. One Family Cares is a global network of people who will provide emotional support to these, as well as serve as a hub to connect these with resources to fill their basic needs for food, housing, medical clothing, and education. Through the successful empowerment of these individual lives, we will provide valuable individuals that will significantly support the future stability and strength of these societies and the quality of life for all in the world we live in. In the establishment of a strong foundation leading to functional society contributing members. The primary focus of the foundation is to share express and help people to experience the support of real groups and people who share the love as in a family dynamic.
The expression and act of sharing love is the most valuable commodity that most underprivileged as well as privileged do not have the opportunity to fully feel or experience. The power of love can change and heal on both sides of all lives both those who volunteer as well as those they Share and focus on their healing. The goal is to provide a structure to form a global family a group that as a truly global family culture family share and support each other with love and be a healing and emancipating family for all and share love and compassion.
Armando has a cherished long-range plan to support prayer and meditation retreats globally And to create build a community a retreat for all who wish to focus their spiritual growth on the foundation of love kindness mutual respect. People of all Faiths and paths will share and perform service throughout workshops for families and couples as well as retreats helping all to find a higher awareness and meaning outside of the material values that most focus on in our current day world families. The goal is to helping to reintegrate family values and sharing again like those of traditional family values.
It was in 1995 Armando became good friends with the sizzling drummer Omar Hakim a driving force for the uniquely crafted rhythms on the album. Giovanni Hidalgo, the number one conga player in the world, joined in as a friend and performer. Steve Porcaro from Toto. Working with this white-hot and stellar assembly of musicians out of the pop, Latin and Jazz worlds to record and produce "Este Fuego".
Quincy Jones, Recording Engineer, and renowned producer Bruce Swedien called Armando's song "Maria" a masterpiece. Bruce is a 5 time Grammy Award-winning producer with Quincy Jones and most recently Jennifer Lopez as well as numerous classic recordings including much of Micheal Jackson's Legacy. Swedien was impressed with Armando's efforts and talent the two became friends in 1999. Sweden became a mentor and very close friend influencing him and supporting him in his recordings of Armando's later productions through 2021.
Armando remarkable heritage that blends his father's Argentine (grandfather was from Spain) blood and his mother's Carpathian Rusyn blood is known as the (The Little Russians) from the Carpathian mountain region of what now is Slovakia, Ukraine and was also part of Austria Hungary identified themselves as their own ethnic group and ethnically affiliated to Russia. Outside of music, Armando's most philosophic interest is his philanthropic projects still in development.
Armando Peralta created "One Family Cares" to support help people who need the support of a loving support group in the structured dynamic of a healthy family. Armando's "One Family Cares" foundation's goal is to enable and implement the creation of this global network via the establishment of local grassroots movements. One Family Cares is a global network of people who will provide emotional support to these, as well as serve as a hub to connect these with resources to fill their basic needs for food, housing, medical clothing, and education. Through the successful empowerment of these individual lives, we will provide valuable individuals that will significantly support the future stability and strength of these societies and the quality of life for all in the world we live in. In the establishment of a strong foundation leading to functional society contributing members. The primary focus of the foundation is to share express and help people to experience the support of real groups and people who share the love as in a family dynamic.
The expression and act of sharing love is the most valuable commodity that most underprivileged as well as privileged do not have the opportunity to fully feel or experience. The power of love can change and heal on both sides of all lives both those who volunteer as well as those they Share and focus on their healing. The goal is to provide a structure to form a global family a group that as a truly global family culture family share and support each other with love and be a healing and emancipating family for all and share love and compassion.
Armando has a cherished long-range plan to support prayer and meditation retreats globally And to create build a community a retreat for all who wish to focus their spiritual growth on the foundation of love kindness mutual respect. People of all Faiths and paths will share and perform service throughout workshops for families and couples as well as retreats helping all to find a higher awareness and meaning outside of the material values that most focus on in our current day world families. The goal is to helping to reintegrate family values and sharing again like those of traditional family values.