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As of this writing, it is day 23 of Latin pop singer Armando Rome’s Kickstarter campaign. He’s headed to the Living Room coffee shop on El Cajon Blvd. to generate a little action. Otherwise, his Kickstarter project page caption says it all: Help me finish my new CD and receive cool stuff in return.
“Being an independent artist, it costs me so much. The first CD cost $15,000, and I’ve invested $10,500 into the second CD so far.” He’d like to raise $4500. But in the first week of Kickstarter, only four pledges committed a total of $57.
Rome, 28, was born in Tijuana. When he was two, his parents moved to San Diego and settled into a home in North Park. “I went to Roosevelt Junior High, right there by the zoo,” he says, “and I want to Hoover High School.” His mother sang professionally and took him on tour with her; that’s where he thinks the hook was set for his own career as a singer. Rome started with voice lessons when he was 14. Along the way he learned guitar, bass guitar, and keyboards. He has since lived in Miami, Connecticut, and now Chula Vista.
“The music I do is in Spanish,” he says; commercial pop, but he sings in English as well when he plays local gigs at Claire de Lune or the House of Blues with a pickup group of session players. In 2006, he self-released his debut CD, says it was all DIY, but that it got picked up by Universal for digital distribution. The same distribution deal stands for the current record, which he will record in Mexico City at the Sony BMG studios with Manuel Moreno, on loan from Westwood Entertainment as producer.
“We’ll mix it in Miami,” he says. The working title is Llemare de Ti — Surrounded by You, and he’s hoping for bi-city release parties both here and in Mexico. He’d like it to go big, says he’s no stranger to arena-sized action.
“In Tijuana, I’ve played the Plaza del Torero opening for Vicente Fernandez, and I’ve played Independence Day, kind of like the Del Mar Fair here,” he says. He’s also opened at Cricket Wireless. But the Kickstarter clock continues to count down the days. The way the funding program works is that if the stated goal is not reached within the stated time limit, there’s no deal and no money. At this point in time, Rome is $4443 short.
“They told me at Kickstarter to reach out to the press and to television and radio stations to make people aware.” He doesn’t have a Plan B. In the meantime, Rome says he will appear on Univision some time in the coming weeks and continue to hit coffee shops.
As of this writing, it is day 23 of Latin pop singer Armando Rome’s Kickstarter campaign. He’s headed to the Living Room coffee shop on El Cajon Blvd. to generate a little action. Otherwise, his Kickstarter project page caption says it all: Help me finish my new CD and receive cool stuff in return.
“Being an independent artist, it costs me so much. The first CD cost $15,000, and I’ve invested $10,500 into the second CD so far.” He’d like to raise $4500. But in the first week of Kickstarter, only four pledges committed a total of $57.
Rome, 28, was born in Tijuana. When he was two, his parents moved to San Diego and settled into a home in North Park. “I went to Roosevelt Junior High, right there by the zoo,” he says, “and I want to Hoover High School.” His mother sang professionally and took him on tour with her; that’s where he thinks the hook was set for his own career as a singer. Rome started with voice lessons when he was 14. Along the way he learned guitar, bass guitar, and keyboards. He has since lived in Miami, Connecticut, and now Chula Vista.
“The music I do is in Spanish,” he says; commercial pop, but he sings in English as well when he plays local gigs at Claire de Lune or the House of Blues with a pickup group of session players. In 2006, he self-released his debut CD, says it was all DIY, but that it got picked up by Universal for digital distribution. The same distribution deal stands for the current record, which he will record in Mexico City at the Sony BMG studios with Manuel Moreno, on loan from Westwood Entertainment as producer.
“We’ll mix it in Miami,” he says. The working title is Llemare de Ti — Surrounded by You, and he’s hoping for bi-city release parties both here and in Mexico. He’d like it to go big, says he’s no stranger to arena-sized action.
“In Tijuana, I’ve played the Plaza del Torero opening for Vicente Fernandez, and I’ve played Independence Day, kind of like the Del Mar Fair here,” he says. He’s also opened at Cricket Wireless. But the Kickstarter clock continues to count down the days. The way the funding program works is that if the stated goal is not reached within the stated time limit, there’s no deal and no money. At this point in time, Rome is $4443 short.
“They told me at Kickstarter to reach out to the press and to television and radio stations to make people aware.” He doesn’t have a Plan B. In the meantime, Rome says he will appear on Univision some time in the coming weeks and continue to hit coffee shops.