Jay Della Valle has certainly been through a lot in the past few years. One Full Length Album to his credit, 6 Eps, 2 Films, a wife, and 2 kids later- Jay certainly earned himself some perspective on life and the kind of career in music he really wants. "In my 20's - I wrote what I knew from my teens. That -combined with some death, love, addiction, and a lot of growing up in the process- let's just say I lost and found my way too many times to count." His last EP from his band "Della Valle" was a collection of tunes that featured everything from freewheeling kitschy party anthems to mellow reggae beach meanderings ala Jack Johnson- to broken hearted power ballads. If you think that sounds like he's all over the place- you don't know Jay- a guy whose music simply and adequately reflects his very adventurous, multi-faceted, and exciting lifestyle. His next EP after that consisted of songs he wrote for his fictional punk rock band, Living Daylights, the basis of a 2015 Major Motion Picture film called Mount Joy- of which he plays the lead role. A hop, skip, and a jump from one interesting project to the next has Jay crossing genres and taking names- or should we say- writing new songs and refreshingly honest lyrics- all inspired and empowered by his current path in life- being a husband, father, and devoted practitioner of an Ancient Hawaiian Healing Practice called Ho'Oponopono. "There was a point not so long ago where I was feeling really detached from making music. It bothered me to feel this way. Making music is what I do. Somehow life got so complicated so quickly and I wondered if suddenly music just wasn't supposed to be my priority anymore. Then I realized what the problem was- I was just a little lost and needed to remind myself what my actual purpose was when it comes to making music. It's not just about writing a song and hoping something happens. For me - it's about having an intention with that song- developing a piece of music that has a charge and is capable of changing someone in some positive way. Making them happy, making them reminisce, helping them to cope, healing a part of them they didn't realize needed to be healed. These days- more than anything- I need to do "whatever it takes" to stay inspired- to love- to feel- to take in- I then naturally channel that inspiration into anything artistic that I do. When I write with intention to heal or produce a healing emotion- the song literally becomes a healing song. That is the kind of music I am making these days. I'm calling the new music I create "medicine music." "Whatever It Takes" is the first Jay Della Valle "medicine song" he is releasing in this sense. This particular song incorporates a very powerful mantra used in the Ancient Hawaiian healing practice Ho'Oponopono. "It's really a very simple and beautiful modification in the way I live my life and I'm grateful for my friend Cari Cole who encouraged me to read "Zero Limits" by Joe Vitale- a book that taught me about Ho'Oponopono and that literally helped me "help myself" to pull my father out of a debilitating clinical depression. After I wrote the song- I teamed up with my close friend and co-writer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Shelly Riff to help develop the orchestration and fully realize the sonic landscape we wanted the lyrics to live in. Listen to "Whatever It Takes" with an open heart and let it help heal whatever in you needs a little healing. "I Love You, I'm Sorry, Please Forgive Me, Thank You."