Costa Nova is living life alright. Yes I know its been a while since the last blog and I am to blame for that. I am surprised the band trusts me to ramble on here but thats just part of being in a band. Life. What can you say about life huh? Well life is what you do and it inspires us to write more music. I've been told its cathartic. Yes its true. I unload emotions just sitting in my room playing the guitar. Its pretty amazing and I am grateful to be able to do so. Without life and its experiences ,what would we have? Emotions good and bad are necessary for balance right? To be a well rounded band its good to have songs of all types. Feel good songs, get up and dance your ass off songs, introspective songs, daydreamy songs, sad songs, reflective songs, and so on. This way you can feel all of life's emotions just by listening to a bunch of songs. If you can relate of course. Its a matter of getting someone. A connection. So what have we been up to lately? Connecting on all levels is what. We have an amazing new drummer(Alex Keefe) who has inspired us in so many ways. We are all connected. Some of the music coming out of new jams is gonna be our best stuff yet. I am listening to a new one called "Nightwatch" as I type and its probably the 7th time I have listened to it today. Narcissist? Okay guilty.......sorry but I love what we do. I can't help it. So the universe.........the universe gives us a beautiful gift. Can't deny the universe man. And it keeps on giving. Just tell it what you want and you will get it. BUT!! Make sure you are very clear with what you ask for. Make sure you KNOW what you want. Be prepared cause here it comes.
Okay so AndyLand..........well sad to say one of my pedals that gave me so much of my signature sound died out recently. Heres the kicker..........I went out and bought the same pedal only to learn( from one of the original designers himself) that my pedal had some weird defect that gave it the sound it had. I was(as far as we know) the only person to ever have that sound to the pedal. So the saddest news to me was that the sound is gone forever. Frustrating but Gilday has been encouraging. The whole keep moving forward thing is what am I embracing. In many ways right now in my life. Close one door and another opens. So AndyLand is being repaired and always growing. If you are wondering what AndyLand is, well, hmmmmm......its many things. Its a place created by sounds deep from within my lucid dreams. haha. Thats pretty much true tho. Which leads me to the music. Oh boy. I love music. What more can you say? We have so much new music to share. One of my favorite quotes of all time was something Richard Ashcroft of The Verve said........"Its not tough selling records, Its tough when you are making amazing music and no ones listening to it."
Thats a pretty intense statement because as a band trying to make it you can totally relate. We've been getting good feedback on the newer songs lately and I've heard some really cool things said about them. Its like trying to find your perfect lover. You just need to find that person who gets it. Well try doing that all at once to the whole world with your music!! haha. Thats where the journey comes in. What I've learned lately is to enjoy it. End of story. Seriously if you can enjoy the journey then you've already succeeded in so many ways. And I'll be the first to tell you its not always easy at all. The universe will push you so hard and try and hold you down just to see how bad you want it. And we get right back up everytime and ask for more. I'm starting to enjoy how much more it gives back each time now. It seems to increase its generosity. Hey like I said ask the universe for it but just be clear. We have gotten so much clarity after being knocked down so many times. Like I said we keep getting back up. Theres still so much more of the journey left and we are going to fully enjoy it. So I think you know what you have to do. Come enjoy the journey with us. Let us entertain you and give you a soundtrack for your journey. Happy times, sad times, party times, move and groove on the dancefloor times, you name it. Cause we write songs about life and I know you can relate to life................Happy Labor Day weekend.
Andy/Novista
