Biography
Lisa Roma is a unique singer-songwriter and self-styled guitarist with an earthy angelic soprano. Her songs emerge from a place of soul inspiration and social consciousness, blending catchy melodies, poetic lyrics, jazzy chord inventions with lullabye acoustic rhythms and freestyle fingerpicking. Her songpoems are gently soulful, intimate and honest, weaving folk-jazz threads with Celtic storytones and Native Earth heartbeat rhythms. She was greatly influenced by Carole King, Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell, as well as the Beatles, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Broadway Classic showtunes, The Carpenters, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Debussy, Jobim, Gilberto, Motown, James Taylor and Sarah Vaughan and others.
Rob Darnell is a composer, pianist, baritone, arranger, choral director who trained vigorously with John Motley, Phil Bingham and David Brandon, and was a member of the Barry Harris Jazz Ensemble. He was greatly influenced by Coleridge Taylor-Perkinson, Laura Nyro, Motown, funk, jazz and soul music.
Rob and Lisa are both basically self-taught vocalist musicians. Lisa Roma created Electrik Goddess Club Orquestra (EGCO) around 2004 as a concept band combining the diverse musical talents of local artist friends. Lisa joined the Poetic Notion Chorus (PNC) in December 2006, which began an ongoing musical collaboration with its founding director Rob Darnell. Their continued inspiration and musical creativity prompted Rob and Lisa to combine their musical personnel. The two are deep at work on a musical theatre production. Lisa Roma has been composing music and writing songs since her teens, and has been performing in local Brooklyn and Manhattan venues over the past 10+ years.
Instrumentation
Electrik Goddess Club Orquestra (founded 2004) ~ Poetic Notion Chorus (founded 1995)
Lisa Roma: vocals, acoustic guitar, co-director
Rob Darnell: piano, keyboard, vocals, director, arranger
Mike Czekaj: drums, percussion
Vincent Messina: electric bass guitar
Andrew Romano: electric/acoustic guitar
Mahazi Roundtree: acoustic bass guitar
Poetic Notion Chorus vocalists: Rob Darnell, Lisa Roma, Chachi Huesca, Mahazi Roundtree, Reginald Saffold, Nikkie Schmiegelow, Steph Walker
Poetic Notion Chorus is the recipient of a 2006 Soul-Patrol Best Live Performance Award.
Check websites for further information & events: www.myspace.com/electrikgoddess
www.poeticnotionchorus.com
www.myspace.com/poeticnotionchorus
www.myspace.com/thehalfmoontheatrecompany
Discography
Is It Really Love - Lisa Roma
Cosmic Bodies - Lisa Roma
Girl With A Guitar - Lisa Roma
The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword, a funk opera by Rob Darnell, Leaf Littered Pathway Music
Floating Pretty Fine on Cloud Eighteen ... and other cosmic stories, a funk opera by Rob Darnell, Leaf Littered Pathway Music
The M.A.P. - Lisa Roma & Rob Darnell, Leaf Littered Pathway Music
Links
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