Armando Peralta

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 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.

In 1984 after finishing his studies Armando traveled to Los angels to follow his passion and studying at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California. Armando returned that year to Puerto Rico where he left his music pursuits as a serious hobby and joined and worked in his fathers successful business.

Gregory Armando Peralta was Born in Wilmington in Delaware 1966, to Patent Victor Armando Peralta and Rosalie Mykut. His father was an immigrant from Argentina descending from a lineage of humble hard working people both his father Juan de la Cruz Peralta a genuine Argentine Gaucho and his Mother Victoria Pico daughter of Italian Immigrants from the Venice Udine region of Italy. Armando's mother Rosalie daughter of Carpathian Russian immigrants of humble means and she became an accomplished Registered Nurse working as head of pediatrics in prestigious hospitals such as Albert Einstein and JFK both in Philadelphia. Soon after his birth they moved to San Juan Puerto Rico where he spent the first 7 years of his life raised by his nanny Martha Osorio, she exposed him to the native afro Caribbean music salsa and merengue. This would come to significantly influence him and music in the future. At the age of 7 and after an emotional shaking divorce his mother and sister Marisol moved to Wood Pennsylvania where they would spend a significant part of their childhood. Wood, Pennsylvania was the town where his mother was born and humble family worked from to live the American dream. His Grandfather and Uncles worked in the coal mines. As a child music was his passion. Growing up thru his early childhood influence of the Caribbean beats thru his later years watching shows such as Hee Haw and the Grand Ole Opera. Thereafter Armando served his first year of High School at the prestigious Northwestern Military and Navel academy in Lake Geneva Wisconsin where he excelled in military science thru his participation in Jr ROTC. Armando moved back to live with his father in his softmore high school year where he finished his studies at Robinson School and thereafter graduating from commonwealth high school in Hato Rey Puerto Rico. During his High School years he participated and was the Lead singer in the school Rock Band.