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Matthew Albert Costa (born June 16, 1982) is a singer-songwriter from Huntington Beach, California. He has five independent releases: two self-recorded EPs, and three full-length CDs released via Brushfire Records. ==Life== Matt Costa, who is of Portuguese descent, states that his father works in the airline business.〔(Matt Costa Music ) 〕 In early 2003, Matt's homemade demo reached No Doubt guitarist Tom Dumont, who offered to record more demos for Costa in his home studio. Those first recordings led to two EPs that Costa and Dumont distributed themselves. These were later combined and mixed by Phil Ek in order to form Costa's first full-length CD entitled ''Songs We Sing''. Costa spent the summer of 2005 opening on Jack Johnson's summer tour. He has since toured with Modest Mouse, Oasis, Ryan Adams & The Cardinals, G. Love & Special Sauce, and Death Cab for Cutie. Costa joined Jack Johnson for his 2006 European tour. He has also contributed to the Jack Johnson and Friends Curious George soundtrack; his track is entitled "Lullaby". This song was taken from his ''The Elasmosaurus EP.'' Costa has also toured extensively in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, Asia and South America. The video for Costa's first single "Cold December" was released February 2, 2006. On July 31, 2007, he released a song titled "If You Took To Me" as part of the environmentally minded polar bear documentary ''Arctic Tale'' and its soundtrack. On October 7, 2007, Matt released the first single, "Mr. Pitiful," from his record ''Unfamiliar Faces.''〔Official Website ("Costa's new single on iTunes" ) October 8, 2007.〕 The song "Mr. Pitiful" was used during a scene with Paul Rudd in the movie ''I Love You, Man'', the redband trailer for the film ''Youth in Revolt'' starring Michael Cera, and the movie ''Marmaduke''.〔Funnyordie.com ("Youth in Revolt Redband Trailer" ) December 7, 2009.〕 The song is featured during the opening credits of ''The Answer Man (film)''. Apple also used an instrumental cut of this song for the worldwide iPhone 3GS ads. On December 23, 2008, Costa married. ''Mobile Chateau'', Matt's third album, was released on September 21, 2010 via Brushfire Records. The new record was recorded at Pheasant Studios in Santa Ana, CA as Costa's first solo production. His song "Good Times" was featured at the end of an episode of the third season of HBO's "Girls" in 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matt Costa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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