BOOKING INFO:
Contact Vanessa at 616-475-5238
or at bootycrewqueen@comcast.net
INDACODA BLUE ON:
Where Everybody Treats You Right
(studio album): $10
1. Dream (For Me Darlin')
2. Come On Down
3. Swimming in Lake Michigan
4. Cicero
5. Mystery Mountain
6. She Ain't the Girl for You
7. Sunshine
8. Hot Spring Rain
9. Safe to Say
10. Funk Jam
11. Coming Home
12. Spirit of Music
13. Where Everybody Treats You Right
Live At Czar's: $10
Tracks:
1. Welcome / Hot Spring Rain
2. Swimming In Lake Michigan
3. Up On The Hill
4. Sunshine
5. All Right (Screw More Girls)
6. Mystery Mountain
7. Sunshine Of Your Love
8. Come On Down
9. After The Sun Goes Down
10. Spirit Of Music
11. Cicero
12. E Mystery Song
13. Sandman
14. Working At The Mill
15. She Ain't The Girl For You
16. Young American
Demo CD: $5
Tracks:
1. Young American
2. The World Around Me Needs To Change
3. Fishin' Pole
4. Sunshine
5. Where Everybody Treats You Right
T-shirts: $15
Available in a variety of colors and sizes! Get them at Indacoda Shows!
THE INDACODA FAMILY:
Nick Otting - Vocals/Guitar/Sound Tech/Public Relations
Quinn - Percussion/Guitar/Sound Tech/Merch Sales/Public Relations (2007-present)
Check out Quinn's band Reverend!
Influences
"If you're going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don't even start. This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs. And maybe your mind. It could mean not eating for three or four days. It could mean freezing on a park bench. It could mean jail. It could mean derision. It could mean mockery, isolation. Isolation is the gift. All the others are a test of your endurance. Of how much you really want to do it. And you'll do it, despite rejection in the worst odds. And it will be better than anything else you can imagine. If you're going to try, go all the way. There is no other feeling like that. You will be alone with the gods. And the nights will flame with fire. You will ride life straight to perfect laughter. It's the only good fight there is." -Charles Bukowski (by way of The Ataris)
Sounds Like
The Allman Brothers meets The Grateful Dead, with some reggae, country, jazz, folk, and pop thrown in.
OFFICIAL BIO
The three men who comprise Indacoda Blue may be young, with an average age of 22.3, but they are experienced, having played together in various forms for seven years. Nick Otting (vocals, guitar), Cory Mirto (drums), and Ben Arnold (bass, vocals) play a unique and pleasing combination of rock, blues, jazz, and folk, with elements of pop, reggae, and country mixed within. They play original music with a few classic covers thrown in to draw in the audience. Indacoda Blue is starting to gain respect and name recognition within the local music community. The band has been performing its entertaining live show at venues up and down the lakeshore in towns such as Holland, Saugatuck, South Haven, and St. Joseph, and is starting to branch out into larger areas like Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo. Indacoda Blue is also prolific, having recorded its demo after only two months of existence. They have around 45 songs in their repertoire, and more are being written at every practice. 13 of these originals were released as their debut full-length album, titled Where Everybody Treats You Right, in February 2009.
NOW THAT THAT'S OVER, THE BACKSTORY:
Nick Otting (vocals/guitar), Ben Arnold (bass/vocals) and Cory Mirto (drums) were a punk/grunge band named Smut Puppies. This band played for three-plus years, assuming various names (Amplifuzz, Shindig) and members (former bassist Marty Lambers). The band started when all of the members were still in high school, and played shows at venues as varied as coffeeshops, local watering holes (while all the members were underage), school dances and even a K-Mart. The Smut Puppies even recorded two albums (2003's Smut Puppies and 2004's unreleased Makes Lives Better) before facing an untimely demise in spring of 2005.
Once the SPs disintegrated, the members went their separate ways. Nick graduated and spent nearly a year traveling the countryside in a VW Bug. Ben focused on college and tried to form other bands. Cory finished his last two years of high school and became a chef at Everyday People Cafe, a classy Douglas restaurant.
But the urge was still there. They knew they had to get the magic back. Once Nick was rumored to return, the three started making plans. Plans to make music together, and to live together. Nick and Cory both enrolled in Lake Michigan College, and Ben, seeking a change from the rigorous gas station life, got a job in nearby South Haven. The guys started renting a house on the beach, separated from their neighbors by forest so they could make all the noise they wanted.
And make noise they did! Due to Nick's cross country road trip, the band had an instant repetoire of songs about life, love, travel, and the Man. All three members have grown immensely as musicians and songwriters since they were Puppies. A practice gig in Saugatuck confirmed that they were on the right track: The songs were a hit! All they needed was a name.
Enter Jake Olund: friend, roadie and inadvertent namer of the band. An off-the-cuff suggestion turned into Indacoda Blue. The name has no real meaning, morphing from the phrase "new code of blues".
Now (March '09) the band is two and a half years old, their debut album has been released, and the gigs are pouring in. They've come a long way since playing for two people in a garage at a birthday party (while everyone else listened to a boom box outside, no less), and they show no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Look for these guys to jump to full-time touring ASAP...
the fact that your actually reading this makes me feel like all the time i spend on this website is actually meaning something ahah :P please checkout our new song we are quickly rising in the world of unsigned bands! -brett
Greetings friend, i just wanted to let you fellas know that I am your biggest fan, and that Martin and I believe strongly in the bands success as well as a future of the band in participating at local affairs. We both feel as though it has been a blessing in our life knowing the indacoda blue band and especially Nicholas Fisher Otting. We are looking forward to making some puppies some day, mahollow, Miss Kelcy Kay
hey whats up guys? Im looking forward to finally play together again! its been way too long. ive got a great idea for a flyer and am soon to be working on it. unless you have one made already. well keep in touch
I ENJOYED WATCHING YOU ALL PLAY LAST NIGHT AT THE ITTY BITTY BAR IN HOLLAND AND I LOVE YOU NICK YOU ARE THE COOLEST COUSIN EVER!!! AND YOUR BANDMATES ARE AUSUM AND I AM CHERISHING MY AUTOGRAPHED CD FROM YOU ALL! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! YOU GUYS ARE ALL AMAZING!
Its My Birthday!! Woohoo!! You Young'ns should swing by the Weener Ranch!! HAHA Can you imagine a ranch full of weeners? Like...Weener Dogs running around everywhere, eating hotdogs...HAHAH Anyway, Ben, Cory, Nick, Brittney!! Someone call me or Jim today, come hang out with us!! Talk to you soon!
Anew Revolution-Only 5 bucks! Blue Note Muskegon Sunday Sept. 6!
Anew Revolution is heading our way to rock our socks off this Labor Day Weekend on Sunday at The Blue Note in Muskegon. If you have never seen these guys live-you have been robbed, so don’t miss this show. These guys are incredible musicians and they are also really cool dudes to chat with. See you there! And if you have a chance please add them over at Facebook, they have a lot of cool things coming up with their new album! Besos, Vanessa
Hi there. I am popping in to invite you and everyone you know to an exclusive meet and greet with a live performance FREE this Thursday evening at the Meijer store on Wilson and Lake Michigan Drive. If you are not familiar with Mobile I hope you will visit their page and check them out. These Canadian rockers have shared the stage with Cris Cornell, Bon Jovi and many more. Their breakthrough CD "Tales From The City" is now available in stores and online everywhere! Their new single "The Killer" has been rocking airwaves all over. Check their page for more tour dates and killer CD specials from Bieler Bros. Records. See you there! Have a great week! Besos, Vanessa
Thanks for putting on a GREAT show at Hughstock! We sure appreciate you coming all the way up here - hope you enjoyed yourselves! Dig your Indacoda Blue Mobile!
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KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! YOU GUYS ARE ALL AMAZING!
