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JARED

About Me

I grew up in a slow, small town in southeastern Pennsylvania just outside of Philadelphia. I spent my childhood playing in the woods that dominated the landscape of my town in those days. As one of seven children, I was never short of things to do and I had some of the closest friends to get into trouble with as well. Over the years, the landscape and geography of that small town have changed and brought me to desire an outlet to speak my mind. At the age of ten, I got my first harmonica, a Hohner Special 20 in the key of C, and it changed my world forever... I love playing music. I have since I started about 15 years ago. Harmonica was where I started, and guitar followed soon after. Since then, I have lived to try to express myself in sound, to create an autobiographical account of the sum of my experiences in life. Every thought, every perspective, every sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. Anything I can conjure or account for, I hope to write about. And I sincerely hope you will enjoy the experience the way I have.
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Here are some great things people have said and distinctions I've received!
"Iconic..."
--Origivation Magazine
"Fascinating and pretty damn compelling!
--Peter J Brown aka "Toxic Pete"
Honorable Distinction for 16th Annual Billboard Music: "Love" for being one of the top songs world-wide.
Peacedriven Songwriting Award for social consciousness Honorable Distinction for "Love"
I am truly grateful for all of the graciousness shown by these kind folks!.. ..I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/11/2006
Band Website: http://JaredCosta.com/
Band Members: Solo
Influences: In some particular order, but no exact position: Bob Dylan, Adam Duritz, John Popper, Johnny Cash, Jim Morrison, Cat Stevens, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, The Band, Elvis, Jim Croce, Smashing Pumpkins, The Doors, The Counting Crows, Blues Traveler... to name just a few.

Sounds Like:

Record Label: none

My Blog

A Little Love From LA!

I'm getting some air-play on an independent radio station out in Los Angeles called Indie 104 and I 'm pretty excited about it! They seem to be doing a decent job of keeping it in the rotation, but ev...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:15:00 GMT

ROCK ON RADIO!

After a busy weekend (playing Fri in Philly, playing Sat into Sun in Seaside Heights, and then Sun on Rock on Radio show), I am very psyched!! But I wanted to tell everyone how awesome it was on Rock ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 May 2009 04:30:00 GMT

Singer-songwriter Jared Costa plays Philadelphia's Tin Angel this Friday, May 15

Newtown, Pa. native Jared Costa performs a 10:00 p.m. show at Philadelphias Tin Angel on Friday, May 15. The 27-year-old singer-songwriter recently released his debut CD, Onwards and Upwards, a colle...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 09:30:00 GMT

Music Review from Music Ouch .com

JARED COSTA: MODERN MINSTREL is a review of my show at North Star Bar in Philly. I am so proud and very fortunate to have such kind words written about the performance. JW is a talented writer that re...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:27:00 GMT

JaredCosta.com now has all of the lyrics from the album! Check this out:

Click on the link below and read the entire list of lyrics from the "Onwards & Upwards" album. Find your favorite song and start memorizing. Next show, I want to hear you singing along!http://www.jare...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Origivation Magazine says "Onwards & Upwards" is "ICONIC"

Onwards & Upwards                     Iconic Rating--Highest Rank!Whatever emotion you could possibly be feeling at this moment, Jared Costa has a song to match it. Onwards and Upwards captures every ...
Posted by on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:19:00 GMT

Album Review from Glasgow, Scotland

The Bluesbunny Music Reviews Jared CostaOnwards & Upwards2008Hailing from Bucks County, PA, Jared Costa is a strangely upbeat young fella. Here in Glasgow such an attitude is unfamiliar. Having ten ye...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:46:00 GMT

Forever Lost In A Song Featured Artist

I feel very excited and proud to be starting off 2009 with an honor like this. Forever Lost In A Song is a site I respect tremendously and read myself for its genuine qualities. This really means so m...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 05:30:00 GMT

Trenton Times Article

Newtown native celebrates first CD at PuckFriday, January 09, 2009 By BRENT JOHNSONSpecial to the TimesBob Dylan was 20 when he released his debut record -- and that has Bucks County singer-songwriter...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:00:00 GMT

Just an Awesome Weekend

           This has been on of the most incredible weekends I've ever had. It was the perfect way to start my year of goals musically, personally, and every other way.                 On Firday, I got...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMT