Josh Preston
Acoustic / Electronica / Folk
Nashville, TN
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Josh's Bio
Maybe it stemmed from a simple creative slump or possibly a culmination of an overwrought musical education and being raised on records meant for listeners twice his age. Whatever the reason, when Josh Preston laid down his loud electric guitar (along with his rock band mentality) and picked up an acoustic guitar, it all finally clicked into place. In quickly becomes apparent that Josh's singer-songwritter exploration blossomed into songs containing thought provoking lyricism and melodies that quickly and cunningly bury themselves in the listener's sub-conscience. It took some time however, for these songs to move from the safety of being listened to by friends into an intense and deeply personal live show. The long road to solo performance was preceded by numerous side-man gigs up and down the Eastern seaboard with a final stint in New York City as a guitarist for singer-songwriter Aaron Brotherton (which led to a performance with Aaron at Farm Aid 2003 and a recording session at the now defunct Hit Factory). While in New York, Josh began recording his first solo release "Between Memory and Mortality" and he finished up this record after a lifestyle altering move to Nashville. Writing, recording and touring are now a significant part of Josh's everyday life and his second solo release "Rooftop Silhouettes" along with recent compositions such as "Thousand Years" and "Safety Feels The Exit" are image-laden gems that border on slight poetic insanity.
Having been fortunate enough to make his living in nearly every facet of the music business since he was old enough to hold down a job, Josh used his knowledge to found an upstart indie record label called Me and the Machine Records. While Josh now has a launching pad for his forthcoming releases, Me and the Machine also continues to delivers powerful releases from some of the finest and certainly the most honest singer-songwriters on the scene today.
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Feb 4, 2009
New Song!!
I finally recorded a new song I've been working on for a week or so this evening called "Stretlights". You can download it free via the bandcamp player in this post. There are a bunch of other free songs in this player as well so go nuts. I …
Feb 3, 2009
A Quick Thanks!
I just wanted to post a quick thanks to everyone that came out this weekend!! I had a great night @ both Loudhouse Coffee in Greenbrier, TN and Ugly Muggs in E. Nashville, TN.
I've got more shows coming up and I hope to see you there!!
Sep 2, 2008
How I Killed The Planet on My Labor Day Weekend
I'm fairly certain that posts of this nature will be few and far between but I'm not promising anything. This little tidbit has been burning me up all weekend and I figured this was a good a place as any to share...
So, this weekend Bean and I decided to celebrate our …
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The Jim Pullman Band, Jan 12:
sounds good man, thnx for the +
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