Musical Projects and Performances
Al
Romao is also a professional percussionist and has been involved in
several musical projects, concerts, and recordings.
Performances and Projects:
Al has been playing, performing and recording percussion since 1990. For over 20 years Al has been bringing his art of percussion to the Tri State Area.
Inspired by the sounds around him and by spirit, Al has a deep connection to the spirit of the drum and pays homage to the essence, spirit of the drum and power that comes forth while performing. Al's deep connection to spirit and to Pachamama helps bridge a conenction between the audiance and the spirit world.
Al is also known for locally performing with the Jamband Turtle Soup. For 4 years Al was performing with the Soup and gained many NJ music Awards "Best Jamband", "Best Funk and Groove band".
Al also was performing with Afterglow, (for over twn years) a jersey shore band that is known as "The little band that could". For over a decade of hiatus, Afterglow got back together in 2011 to grace it's beautiful sound back to the jersey shore. Afterglow has also won at the NJ music awards for "Best Live Performance", "Best Female Vocalist" and "Best Accoustic Performance".
Al has also recorded percussion for Turtle Soup's debut release, Afterglow, Luis Mojica, Jon DeRosa and Mash McLain.
Currently; 2018/2019 Al is performing with Luis Mojica
Up and coming performances:
Monthly Drum Circle: Please check out the Class calendar page for dates and locations.