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Matt Costa (born Matthew Albert Costa June 16, 1982) is a singer/songwriter from Huntington Beach, California. He has released four independent compact discs: a self-titled five-song EP in 2003, a six song EP titled The Elasmosaurus EP in 2005, a full-length CD entitled Songs We Sing in 2006, and a digipak full length album Unfamilar Faces in 2007.
At age 12, Costa received his first guitar but it was quickly shelved and replaced with a more “thrilling” gift: a skateboard. Costa compensated for his late start skateboarding with intense dedication to the sport and in a matter of years nearly turned pro. That path shifted drastically when Matt shattered his leg in a skateboarding accident. The injury required eighteen months of recovery and rehabilitation. During that downtime, Matt directed his energy, passion and talent toward the guitar, writing and recording simple tunes. Initially, a mini tape recorder served as his crude studio. Matt’s songwriting later flourished when he invested in a 4-track recorder.
In early 2003, Matt’s homemade demo began circulating amongst friends and acquaintances in and around his hometown of Huntington Beach, California. One copy found its way into the hands of No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont. Costa made such an impression that Tom Dumont offered to record more demos for him in his home studio. Those first recordings led to a self-titled 5 song EP that Costa and Dumont distributed themselves.
At age 12, Costa received his first guitar but it was quickly shelved and replaced with a more “thrilling” gift: a skateboard. Costa compensated for his late start skateboarding with intense dedication to the sport and in a matter of years nearly turned pro. That path shifted drastically when Matt shattered his leg in a skateboarding accident. The injury required eighteen months of recovery and rehabilitation. During that downtime, Matt directed his energy, passion and talent toward the guitar, writing and recording simple tunes. Initially, a mini tape recorder served as his crude studio. Matt’s songwriting later flourished when he invested in a 4-track recorder.
In early 2003, Matt’s homemade demo began circulating amongst friends and acquaintances in and around his hometown of Huntington Beach, California. One copy found its way into the hands of No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont. Costa made such an impression that Tom Dumont offered to record more demos for him in his home studio. Those first recordings led to a self-titled 5 song EP that Costa and Dumont distributed themselves.
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Unfamiliar Faces
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Songs We Sing
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Behind The Moon
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Oh Dear
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Songs We Sing
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All I Want For Christmas
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These Arms
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Shoutbox
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Dendo69 wrote:
all songs from "Songs We Sing", which I listenened to, were deleted from my charts and I don't know why :-( has anybody got the same problem??
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QualitySuit wrote:
Check this out --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE
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Erika_lour wrote:
oh mr. pit !
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totalmaniak wrote:
sunshine very good))
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JackCarty wrote:
Nice!
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xiaya wrote:
best
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mm159nah wrote:
moving on!!!!
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IKILLEDVOLTRON wrote:
Unfamiliar Faces and Songs We Sing are both remarkable albums.
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Vetryakova wrote:
good guy!
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thestevenhoward wrote:
he's awesome live!
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Zeuq wrote:
Love+Peace...
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rummykitty wrote:
i wish he would come to chicago !!
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Dendo69 wrote:
the new record will be finish next year
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ChaceYu wrote:
waiting !
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walladude2 wrote:
new album? please?
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ElioLopes wrote:
My street calls "Albert Costa" AHAHAHAHAH
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YourGetawayCar wrote:
I completely agree. I personally enjoy UF more than SWS, but SWS has an advantage because it's so darn catchy. But both albums are quite lovely and well written, and his voice is so so stunning :)
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kalliedoscope wrote:
@dendo i don't think it's worse at all. in fact, i think a lot of it is underrated. but i think SWS is more sing-alongy (yeah, i'm an english major, all right) than UF, so i suppose that would appeal to more people. ....... personally, i think the title track of UF is one of his most well-written pieces. i also love, love, love the lyrics to "lose my mind"
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Dendo69 wrote:
I wonder why much more people listen to "Songs We Sing" than to "Unfamiliar Faces"...I love both albums but I don't think that Unfamiliar Faces is so much worse...!
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The4th wrote:
Heart Of Stone is a BEAUTIFUL song. I love it.
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Matt Costa New Video & Southern Cal Shows
16 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/mattcostamusic
Hi Everyone,
Check the website for the new homemade video for the unreleased track
'Miracle Drug'.
Also, support for the Southern California shows has been announced and
the shows are just...
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