The Longest Soundcheck Ever!!

Josh Preston @ 169 Bar, New York, NY

(Written 12/18/08)

It has been an incredible couple of days!! The show at 169 Bar was absolutely incredible! It was so amazing to see so many friends and the fact they came out in the middle of a blizzard was just awesome. Thank you so much and it really made the trip to see all of you!!

We left New Jersey at around 10am on Wednesday and got to my sister's house at around 7pm last night. Most of the trip was really straight ahead but the last few hours got super hairy. It actually got so cold our windshield wipers froze and the cars and trucks were slinging freezing sleet onto our windshield.

Check out this great article in the Bangor Daily News about the tour and Me and the Machine Records!!

:: Bangor Daily News - Musician from Maine wants to make most of visit home ::

(Written 1/8/09)

Wow. That was a long sound check...haha. I started writing this post just before my sound check in Portland @ the North Star Music Cafe and just never got back to it until now. The show at the North Star was great except for the fact that I broke a string during my first tune! Luckily, I was only a few bars in, I stopped the show, changed the string with the agility of a NASCAR tire changer and dove back into the set. Everyone was incredibly receptive and the food there was incredible!!

Mike Prescott and I performing @ Mountain Valley High School, Rumford, ME

The final performance of the tour was in Rumford, Maine @ Mountain Valley High School with my great friend and brilliant teacher Mike Prescott. We closed out his Christmas concert by playing my tune "Please Tell Me You'll Be Home For Christmas". It was a really special way to close out the tour and Mike's students are amazing. I was shocked by some of the tunes they played.

I spent the remainder of the week with family and Bean and I drove back on Saturday the 27th of December as well as that Sunday. It's a 24 hour drive from my folk's house back to Nashville.

So, I'm back in Nashville and enjoying the warmth. I'm adding new dates now for 2009 and I can't wait to see all of you again very soon. Thanks to everyone that let Bean and I couch-surf over the few weeks we were traveling!!

A recap of the goings on thus far!!

Hey everyone! I think the last time I had a chance to sit and post was Saturday in Huntington, WV at Java Joint. I've been posting little bits on Twitter throughout the run but it's nice to be able to sit and recap using more than 140 characters.

So after the Java Joint show, Bean and I hung out with Nick's friend Russ at his place for the afternoon. We were pretty damn tired from the lack of good sleep from the night before so we just watched TV and Nick told us the story about his snake Lamar from college. Really good stuff.

Nick Shelton @ Shamrock's Pub, Huntington, WV

We left Russ's around 8pm for load in and then just hung out in the club. When we first got there it was cold as hell in the back but they had this thing that looked like a flame-throwing canon that they fired up for about 45 minutes and it warmed up really fast. The performance space at Shamrock's Pub was incredible and the sound was awesome. Nick started playing a short time after 11pm and I think I went on around midnight or so. I was really floored by the response of the crowd and it was the perfect way to kick things off.

Josh Preston @ Shamrock's Pub, Huntington, WV

After the show, Bean and I loaded up the car and drove through the hills of WV. We pulled off the highway around 3am (so help me god, I still have no idea where we were) and crashed until they kicked us out at 11am. Being as tired as we were we really didn't sleep at all.

We finished the second half of the trip to DC and pulled in around 4pm. Along the way, we kept telling ourselves that as soon as we saw a Starbucks, we'd pull off and grab coffee. I'm pretty sure that we found the only 200+ mile stretch of road in the universe where there wasn't a Starbucks.

Josh Preston @ The Wonderland Ballroom, Washington, DC

We stayed with our friends Para and Emily in DC. They turned us on to all kinds of incredible stuff like royal jelly and raw chocolate and goji berries. The show in DC was at The Wonderland Ballroom which was really close to their place. The room was packed!! It was our first time in DC apart from layovers at the airport and it was cooler than we could have ever imagined. In our typical turbo-tourist fashion, we blazed by all of big ticket items and headed for NYC.

We arrived in NYC in mid-afternoon and spent a much-needed day of relaxation with Fabrice. Their place in Jersey City is gorgeous and when Jerry arrived home from work we ordered some of the best damn Chinese food I've had since Bean and I moved to Nashville four years ago and checked out pics and videos from their recent trip to Venice. I laughed so hard it hurt. They should have their own travel show. Really, really funny shit.

We drove over to Williamsburg for the Pete's Candy Store show around 9pm and we had a chance to check out our old neighborhood. Architecturally, the changes that have occurred in that part of the world in the last 4 years is nothing short of miraculous. Our old apartment building was still there but next to it in what used to be an abandoned lot was this gorgeous new modern building. While it was pretty shocking, it's really great to see how much attention is being paid to building design in this area.

The show at Pete's was fun as hell and equally as hot as seen in the picture below. Pete's was the first room I ever attempted to do the "guy w/ acoustic guitar" thing in so it was really special to play there again last night.

A wildly gross and sweaty post-show Josh Preston @ Pete's Candy Store, Brooklyn, NY

I guess that's it for now and I'll have another post very soon. Thanks to all the friends that have let us crash on their couches and all of the venues that have let me yell into their microphones for 30-45 minutes. See ya tonight at the 169 Bar in NYC!!

Night One and Show One: Check

Wow. It's been a lively 24 hours. We pulled into Huntington around midnight or so I guess. The roads were really starting to get slick but we avoided the bulk of the snow. Ok, boring. Moving on.

Before we left Nashville, Bean and I bought zero-degree sleeping bags for our trip. Very brave and rustic and whatnot, I know. We had this romanticized picture of the trip in our minds of maybe sleeping in the car in a Walmart parking lot and just being hippies and subsist on the granola we bought at Target. Real American Pioneers.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that that probably wouldn't work out given we are in a Toyota. We clearly mismanaged the leg room situation and the sever lack of television. We really gave it a shot though. We managed to find a Walmart after Willis (our GPS thingy) struck out on the first set of directions we plugged in. We got into our sleeping bags and tried like hell to sleep but it simply wasn't happening. Around 2am we peeled our sleeping bags off and hit the Quality Inn down the street which was across the street from two gentlemen's clubs. I had no idea the demand was that high in this down economy.

Let's just say the the word "Quality" in Quality Inn at this particular franchise was nothing short of completely misleading. We ate our vitamins, caught a little Law & Order and slept in our clothes.

Ok, show one is done and we're off to see the town. Thanks to the folks that hung out and listened and we'll see ya in a few hours at Shamrock's Pub up the street.

MATM Artist Pics from Edgehill Studios Cafe (12.10.08)

(From Me and the Machine Records)

This post is the first of many posts to come in the next few days. Tomorrow, Friday December 12th, Josh Preston hits the road with Lisa for a string of shows up the coast. Don't forget to check the "Tour" section of meandthemachine.com and/or joshpreston.com and if you're in the vicinity of any of these locations, please pop out and say hello!! MATM would like to extend a special thanks to I Am Pazuzu and Adam Burrows for playing with The New Whole Usuals and Josh Preston at Edgehill Studios Cafe on December 10th. Check out the pictures below!!


Here's a pic of Andrew from The New Whole Usuals parting the seas and blowing the minds of the curious onlookers.


Here's a pic of Josh Preston playing and singing with the laptop firing on all cylinders.

"A Most Pleasant Apocalypse" and other fun facts...

Image by ucumari via Flickr

First, this picture has nothing to do with this song. Well, on second thought, maybe it does. I'm not saying seals are the reason for the impending apocalypse but we should keep our eye on them. I'm just saying...

I wrote a new song a few nights back and I remembered it the next day so I figured it was worthy of recording. It already has a few different names depending on where you're listening to it but for the purposes of this post it's called "A Most Pleasant Apocalypse". There's an mp3 below for your listening pleasure and remember, don't trust the seals. They're up to something...


:: Josh Preston - "A Most Pleasant Apocalypse" mp3 ::

New Video for "Counting Backwards"!!

Josh Preston - Counting Backwards from meandthemachine on Vimeo.

This week's video was finished about 45 minutes ago!! It's a video compiled by MATM Creative for "Counting Backwards" which can be found exclusively on joshpreston.com for free download and for purchase in the "Music" section!! Enjoy!!

Live on WRVU "Positive Spin" on Monday Night!!!

How cool is this?!? I'll be playing live on WRVU on Monday night at 9:30pm CST!!! I'll be playing a few tunes and talking about my upcoming tour. Even if you're not in the Greater Nashville Area (and I mean "great" because this station has an incredible reach!!), you can listen live online by clicking on the link below.

Also, I'll be in Black Mountain, NC on Saturday night with my college buddy Mark Burin and his band The Whappers at the Town Pump Tavern! If you're in the area, pop by!!

More dates on my newly redesigned tour page (thanks ArtistData)!! See ya soon!!

:: Listen to WRVU 91.1 ONLINE!! ::

"Counting Backwards"

Hey everybody! I hope all is well and thanks to those of you that came out to the show in Bowling Green on Saturday night!! It was a great time and Stillhouse Hollow torn the roof off the place! We can't wait to get back and play there again!

Yesterday, I sat for a bit and wrote a new song called "Counting Backwards". I almost titled it "The Space Song" but that just didn't feel right (Bean totally vetoed that title anyway...haha). Below is a link to an mp3 demo. Hope you like it and please share it with friends!!

:: Josh Preston - "Counting Backwards" mp3 ::

Mobile Technology Piece on PerformerMag.com

Hey everybody! I want to share an article in the October issue of Performer Magazine in which I was quoted about the benefits of utilizing social networks focusing on Twitter in particular. It's a great article so I hope you check it out via the link below!!

:: Article-Mobile Technology and Indie Artists: Succeeding Where Big Business Failed? ::

:: Follow Josh Preston on Twitter ::

Live TONIGHT on WWHR - Local Shots

I'm playing live TONIGHT on WWHR-Local Shots in Bowling Green, KY @ 10pm CST. You can listen live by clicking on the link below!!! This appearance is to promote a show I'll be playing with Stillhouse Hollow @ Bread & Bagel in Bowling Green, KY on Saturday!!

:: Josh Preston - Live on WWHR Local Shots 11-5-08 10pm CST ::



On a separate note, Bean made Obama cookies last night and they were delicious.

Tons of New Tour Dates!!

That's right folks!! I'll be hitting the road in November & December to see friends and play some shows. We're adding dates all the time so please check out the tour section of my site. Below are the dates we've got on the books so far!!

10.28.08 :: Josh Preston :: Dan McGuinness :: Cool Springs, TN


11.08.08 :: Josh Preston :: Bread & Bagel :: Bowling Green, KY


11.22.08 :: Josh Preston :: Town Pump Tavern :: Black Mountain, NC


12.13.08 :: Josh Preston :: Shamrock's Pub :: Huntington, WV


12.16.08 :: Josh Preston :: 169 Bar :: New York, NY


12.18.08 :: Josh Preston :: North Star Music Cafe for the Maine Songwriters Association :: Portland, ME

New Song!! "Too Drunk"

I said last week that I was going to write a song over the weekend but I never got around to it. I finally got a chance to sit and work on an idea that's been kicking around for a bit. Bean and I were at The Swell Season show a few weeks back and she said, "I hope I get too drunk to cry". Needless to say, I thought that could be an awesome song lyric. Below is a link to what I did with it:

:: Josh Preston - "Too Drunk" ::

Huff Drugs

I drove by this sign on my way back from Blue Ridge, GA. I found this photo on Flickr and am still kicking myself for not stopping to take a picture. Incredibly funny.

Tweeting and not blogging

Hey everybody! I just wanted to drop a little note as it has been a long time since my last post. Getting ready to go check out the IBMA Awards this evening at the Ryman. It seems as though I've been at the Ryman a lot these days. I just caught The Swell Season there not too long ago. Brilliant show!!

I've been using Twitter more and more these days so definitely follow me on Twitter using the link below.

Heading back into the studio this weekend so keep an eye/ear on this site for a new tune shortly.

Check out the show page for upcoming dates and I hope to see you soon!!

:: Follow Josh Preston on Twitter ::

The Goat is Dead! Long Live the Goat!

Yes, the goat is dead. Friday night I went out for the first real haircut I've had since college. While I was being fitted with a new haircut, we removed the goat. I say "we" because the removal was witnessed by a stunned crowd of onlookers. I swear to you on my life that the girl cutting it was shaking a bit. In hindsight that totally makes sense because upon meeting someone for the first time, it's downright rude to ask them to remove your goatee.

The first few hours were freeing indeed! We rolled the windows down in the car on the way home so I could stick my head out the window and feel the warm autumn breeze on my newly shaven chin.

I had "phantom beard" for a spell but it passed quickly. Bob Flowers had offered earlier in the week to take some new photos for me on Saturday so the timing worked out quite well. The photo above is from Bob.

I guess the most poignant moment came on Sunday morning when I was eating toast and I realized how wonderfully the goat use to capture the crumbs from the bread hence saving them from my shirt. I will tame you once again toast.

On Sunday I also recorded a song called "Guilt" that I had written a few weeks back. As this was the weekend for new adventures, when I tracked this song, I approached it in a way that I've never done with any other song I've recorded. There's an mp3 below so please feel free to check it out.


:: Josh Preston - "Guilt" ::

Say It With A Song!

My set for Shakespeare In The Park got rained out last night. Looking forward to trying again next year!! To sum it all up w/ a song, below is a link to a song by Travis called "Why Does It Always Rain On Me". More shows happening soon so don't forget to check the Tour section on joshpreston.com!!!


:: Travis - "Why Does It Always Rain On Me" on iTunes ::

Josh Preston opens for Shakespeare In The Park TONIGHT!!!

Josh Preston will perform the opening set tonight for The Nashville Shakespeare Festival's presentation of CORIOLANUS in Centennial Park, Nashville, TN!! The show starts at 6pm so come early for a good seat as this is the last weekend of performances!!

(Please note: It's been raining here in Nashville this morning but the show is still on as of right now. If you're planning on coming out and want to make sure it's still on before you leave, please check out http://twitter.com/joshpreston for up-to-the-minute info!!)

RIP Jerry Reed

Jerry Reed was the man. One of the many reasons I married my wife was because she could sing all the words to "East Bound and Down" unprompted. Above is a clip of him playing with Chet Atkins. 10-4 Good Buddy.

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 anniversary as our real anniversary date fell in the middle of the week. Sunday, we packed ourselves into our slightly-larger than compact car and drove the speed limit to the Cool Springs Mall.
I know. Clearly a very "un-rock" thing to do but it's getting harder and harder to hide my growing lameness.

After a leisurely stroll through the aforementioned mall and stuffing ourselves on faux Italian food, we decided to head over to the Barnes & Noble so I could grab a few copies of the most recent Vintage Guitar magazine featuring the review of Exit Sounds (one for the MATM files and one for my mom. hi mom). I also grabbed a UK design magazine that we've come accustom to purchasing. For those of you keeping track at home, that's three magazines.

So, I've got my magazines in hand and I'm heading toward the checkout. In this Barnes & Noble, there's a long line of cashiers and in order to get to the "Please Form Line Here" sign, I was able to scan the cashiers and many of them looked like pleasant and intelligent people. Of course, when it's my turn to check out, my cashier looked as though she was longing for the days when she used a ruler to slap the sh*t out of the hands of children. But hey, I try not to "judge a book by its cover" so - like nearly all social situations I encounter - I greeted her with a pleasant smile and a hello. When the response from our angry antagonist was not reciprocated, I knew this exchange was going to get weird.

First, like all B&N cashiers are trained to do, she asked if I was a card-carrying member of the B&N Discount Club. I cheerfully stated that I was not and that I was not interested today. This, clearly, was a completely unacceptable answer. With a prolonged sigh, Madam Frustrated told me that if I spent $25 to sign up, I would save 15% on my purchase. Again, I declined. Then, angered again by my unbending presence, insisted that I purchase a reusable shopping bag - adorned with a tasteless pile of B&N logo - so that I might "go green". Ok, at this point I'm at my limit but I continued to play the part of kind shopper. Again, I declined and then came the statement that will haunt me for the rest of my days....

"Can I at least get you to 'Go Green' by not giving you a bag?!"

Let me get this straight because I am a simple man with a simple understanding of the world in which I exist... You, Frigid Lady of The Register, emphatically insist that I 'Go Green' when you make a living from and are surround by A MILLION F***ING DEAD TREES!?!?!?!

I've given up on common sense and am buying a Kindle.

Hugging a tree,
JP

You can learn alot from someone by knowing what they read

As I often am, I'm once again enthralled by yet another new site called Shelfari. Shelfari allows you to keep track of the books you've read, the books you're reading and ones you'd like to read. I feel that the right books can really help define a person. I hope you do as well. Please feel free to check out my collection and start you own and be my shelfari friend!!! I'm still getting started so be gentle... Happy reading!!!



:: Check out Josh Preston on Shelfari ::

ArtistOne Analytics interview w/ Josh & Lisa of MATM

Josh and Lisa Preston recently did an interview with ArtistOne Analytics about the state of the record industry, running an independent record label and various other bits!! The interview was conducted digitally via Skype!! The interview includes music from the Me and the Machine catalog. To check it out, click on the link below!!!

:: ArtistOne Analytics interview w/ Josh & Lisa of MATM ::

Vintage Guitar Magazine reviews Josh Preston's Exit Sounds

Check out this quote!!!

"Preston placed himself in the arc of usually British guitar troubadours that has people like Ralph McTell and Roy Harper on the folky end, Richard Thompson on the rockier one, and John Martyn, Nick Drake, and Preston himself somewhere in the middle."

Unbelievable!! This issue (Oct 08) is on newsstands now!! To subscribe, click on the link below!

:: Subscribe to Vintage Guitar Magazine ::

Josh Preston's "We Are Alone" Video featured on Vintage Guitar Magazine's "The Hit List"

The video for Josh Preston's "We Are Alone" is featured on this month's "The Hit List" on the Vintage Guitar Magazine website. To check out this video and the rest of the video's that made this month's Hit List, click on the link below.

:: Josh Preston's "We Are Alone" video on Vintage Guitar Magazine's "The Hit List" ::

New Site Design for joshpreston.com

We're working on a new site design for joshpreston.com. You can view it now @ the link below. Click around and let me know what you think!!!

:: New Site Design for Josh Preston ::

Josh Preston to play the Livin' The Music Benefit on 8/7/08

Josh Preston will be performing at the Livin' The Music Benefit @ 3rd and Lindsley in Nashville on August 7th!! Here's a bit about Livin' The Music:

"Livin’ the Music was founded on the idea that music can, and will, change the world ~ the purpose of Livin’ the Music is to use music to bring light, love & hope to those in need. On Thursday, August 7th, we will be hosting a songwriters night at 3rd and Lindsley to raise awareness for The Lili Claire Foundation, a non-profit organization helping children living with neurogenetic conditions, while providing hope and resources to the families who love them. Livin’ the Music wants to do whatever possible to help the Foundation achieve their goals in Nashville. They will be opening the doors to their brand new center here in Nashville around the 7th, so this event is key to their success in the community."

Please come out and support this great cause and enjoy an incredible night of indie artists!!!

:: Livin' The Music on MySpace ::

Bread + Bagel, Bowling Green, KY - Thank You!!

I've first got to say thanks to Jeff Dehut for the incredibly cool sketch you're looking at right now. He's got a website @ www.explosivelines.com.





We had a great time at Revolution 91.7 on Wednesday night and at Bread + Bagel on the following nights. The food was incredible, the had Brooklyn Lager (which, living in the South, BL is seemingly scarce) and the bands the The New Whole Usuals and I played with were really an amazing group of people.

Thanks to everyone that called into the station and that came out to the shows. We'll be back soon!!! - JP

Josh Preston @ Bread & Bagel, Bowling Green, KY TONIGHT

Fresh off a two evening stand in the land of the Lost River Cave, Josh Preston will be appearing @ Bread + Bagel this evening with The Mack, Jordan Pendley and Such Tall Buildings. Saturday, he will be sleeping in. Thanks again to Revolution 97.1 for a great time on Wednesday night!! The MATM Crew will see y'all again soon!!

:: Josh Preston - Exit Sounds on iTunes ::

Southeast Performer reviews Exit Sounds in July Issue

The all-out, full-contact love fest continues between Me and the Machine recording artists and Southeast Performer Magazine. Check out this quote from the review of Exit Sounds : "Preston’s greatest strength lies in his voice and in his intelligent lyricism." Yes, we will marry you!! Click on the link below and scroll down to check out the rest of the review for yourself!!

:: Southeast Performer reviews Exit Sounds ::

:: Josh Preston - Exit Sounds on iTunes ::

Minor7th.com Reviews Josh Preston's Exit Sounds

Hit the link below and scroll down a bit. There you will find another great review of of Exit Sounds. Enjoy!!!

:: Minor7th.com Reviews Josh Preston's Exit Sounds ::

:: Josh Preston - Exit Sounds on iTunes ::

Exit Sounds review in Moors Magazine, The Netherlands

How cool is this??

"Josh Preston schrijft poëtische liedjes die hij ingetogen zingt, met fijnzinnige arrangementen. Muziek dus die niet meteen een verpletterende indruk maakt, maar meer muziek die je de tijd moet geven om binnen te komen. De zang en ook de arrangementen doen soms wat denken aan Tim Buckley, al was diens stem wat nasaler en daardoor irritanter, en waren diens arrangementen wat jazzier.

Preston is wat bescheidener, ingetogener, maar net zo fijnzinnig en geraffineerd. Met strijkers die heel voorzichtig pizzicato worden ingezet bijvoorbeeld, of met subtiele tweestemmige zang die soms wat aan de sixtiesband HP Lovecraft doet denken. En met name de arrangementen zitten heel fraai in elkaar, al hoor je dat pas goed als je de cd al een aantal keren gedraaid hebt.

Wat dat betreft geeft het hoesje een goed beeld van de muziek - je moet goed kijken voor je alles gezien hebt, er worden onverwachtecombinaties gemaakt, er zitten subtiele details in en het levert een smaakvol geheel op."

No idea what this says?? Us either. Thanks to Google Translate however, we've managed to get at least the basics...

"Josh Preston writes poetic songs he sings subdued, with sophisticated arrangements. Music so that not one overwhelming impression, but more music that should give you time to gain entry. The singing and the arrangements do sometimes think of Tim Buckley, although his voice was what nasaler and thereby annoying, and what were his jazzier arrangements.

Preston is more modest, ingetogener, but just as subtle and refined. With very careful pizzicato strings that are deployed, for example, or with subtle two-singing sometimes what to sixtiesband HP Lovecraft reminiscent. And in particular, the arrangements are very attractive in each other, all you hear that only good as the CD you already have commented several times.

In this respect gives the jacket a good picture of the music - you must look good for everything you've seen, there are onverwachtecombinaties, there are subtle details and the book provides a tasteful whole."

:: Josh Preston's Exit Sounds review in Moors Magazine, The Netherlands ::

Josh Preston performing "Safety Feels The Exit"

Here's a video of Josh Preston performing "Safety Feels The Exit" live @ The 5 Spot in East Nashville on June 1st, 2008. Enjoy!!!

:: Josh Preston - Safety Feels The Exit on iTunes ::

MightFX's No Moss reviews The Complex Wooden Heart EP

Wow!! The reviews just keep popping up!! Here's a quote: "He sings like he's crying while conjuring poetic visuals at the same time." To read the rest of the review, click on the link below!! Also, don't forget to check out the tour page. Josh is playing all over Nashville this week!!

:: MightFX's No Moss reviews The Complex Wooden Heart EP ::

Southeast Performer reviews The Complex Wooden Heart EP

It goes without saying that we love the wonderful folks at Southeast Performer. This review is nothing short of magnificent. Click on the link below to check it out. Also, click on the link below the review link to grab your free copy of the EP!!!

:: Southeast Performer reviews The Complex Wooden Heart EP ::



:: Josh Preston - The Complex Wooden Heart EP (Free Download!! .zip file, 35 mb) ::

Blogcritics reviews Exit Sounds

Here's a quote: "Preston has a sharper sensibility than the typical singer-songwriter.." To check out the rest of the review, click on the link below!!

:: Blogcritics reviews Exit Sounds ::

:: Purchase Exit Sounds by Josh Preston on Amazon ::

The Trades reviews Exit Sounds

Neat!! Here's a quote:

"Much of Exit Sounds deals with the darker side of love, whether being caught in love's web, as described in "Addict," or just quiet bemusement with relationships, as with "Thousand Years." - The Trades

Check out the entire review below.

:: The Trades reviews Exit Sounds ::

:: Digg this review ::

Metro Spirit (Augusta, GA) reviews Exit Sounds

We're kinda speechless. This review is amazing. If you have a second, check it out by clicking on the link below!!

:: Metro Spirit (Augusta, GA) reviews Exit Sounds ::

Listen to Exit Sounds on Last.FM or buy it at: (iTunes) (Amazon MP3) (Rhapsody) (eMusic)

New design for joshpreston.com!!!

In honor of the Tuesday release of Exit Sounds, joshpreston.com has been redesigned and relaunched!! We'll be adding a slew of new things in the coming days so definitely don't forget to check it out.

:: The newly redesigned joshpreston.com ::

Cosmos Gaming reviews Exit Sounds

Cosmos Gaming wrote an absolutely stellar review of my new record Exit Sounds!! There are too many great quotes from this review so we'll just let you check out the entire thing for yourselves!!!

:: Cosmos Gaming reviews Exit Sounds ::

Blog Abandonment Issues

Wow. I've really let this go. Most of the posts I deliver are for the MATM blog which keeps me typing constantly so this one doesn't get the same love. I'm sure that will change soon... Well in short, the new record drops shortly (May 13th) and I've been playing a ton of shows. It's actually available now on Amazon.com so please pop by and check it out(link below). I've already jumped back on the recording bandwagon and you can check out a new tune of mine on the MATM Muxtape (link below). The album received it's first review yesterday and it was very favorable (link below).

:: Josh Preston's Exit Sounds on AmazonMP3 ::

:: MATM Muxtape ::

:: Exit Sounds review on LMNOP.com ::

Exit Sounds received a stellar review on LMNOP.com!! To quote a bit: "Mr. Preston's songs sound like an odd cross between a more accessible Sufjan Stevens and a soft folkie version of Bob Pollard (Guided By Voices)". Pretty sweet! To check out the rest of the review, click on the link below.


:: Review of Exit Sounds on LMNOP.com ::

:: Josh Preston's Exit Sounds on Amazon.com ::

Hey everybody!! Josh Preston's new album Exit Sounds is available starting today on Amazon.com!! The CD will be available for sale shortly and you'll be able to download it via your favorite digital outlet on May 13th!!

:: Josh Preston's Exit Sounds on Amazon.com ::

Captains Dead speaks of Josh Preston

The excellent Atlanta blog Captains Dead made mention of my upcoming release Exit Sounds. Karvana is the best.

:: Captains Dead post about Josh Preston ::


:: Josh Preston - The Complex Wooden Heart Free EP (previous post) ::

Free EP! Josh Preston - The Complex Wooden Heart

In anticipation of the release of Josh Preston's new album Exit Sounds on May 13th, Josh has recorded an EP entitled The Complex Wooden Heart containing acoustic versions of two tracks featured on Exit Sounds: "Safety Feels The Exit" and "Temptation". Josh has also included a re-recorded version of the song "We Are Alone" from his first release Between Memory and Mortality and an acoustic version of "Simpler" which was also featured on his first album. This new EP can be downloaded in part or in full using the links below and it can also be found on his myspace page. Also on Josh's myspace page, there's a widget that you can share with your friends and stream Exit Sounds before you can buy it! In the meantime, enjoy this EP!

(If you're a music blog author and would like to offer this music to your readers, please feel free to link back to these files and this post.)

Right-click on the links below and "Save As".

Josh Preston - Safety Feels The Exit-Acoustic (256kbps MP3, 7.9 mb)
Josh Preston - Temptation-Acoustic (256kbps MP3, 8.6 mb)
Josh Preston - We Are Alone-Acoustic (256kbps MP3, 9.4 mb)
Josh Preston - Simpler-Acoustic (256kbps MP3, 8.6 mb)

Josh Preston - The Complex Wooden Heart EP (.zip file, 35 mb)

New press release for Exit Sounds

Ladies and gentleman! It is my privilege to announce that Josh Preston's newest album, Exit Sounds, has been scheduled for release on May 13! Click here to check out the press release sent out by Michael J. Media about the upcoming release and Josh's thoughts on the whole thing. The response has already been great! So mark it on your calendar. We'll keep you posted as any new stuff comes up.

In the meantime, check out Josh's MySpace page for a preview of two songs from Exit Sounds.

Release date set for Josh Preston's Exit Sounds

Josh Preston's Exit Sounds will be available worldwide on April 22, 2008!! There will be giveaways and promotions and the like closer to the release!! Here's the tracklist:

1. If I Had A Light In You
2. Safety Feels The Exit
3. Temptation
4. 501
5. Song for Kate
6. Dry Run Road
7. Thousand Years
8. Leap Year
9. Speed of Sound
10. Etchings
11. Lullaby
Bonus Track:
12. Please Tell Me You'll Be Home For Christmas

Live tonight at The Pond (Franklin, TN)

Yo!! Fight the cold and the urge to not drink and come hang out at The Pond w/ us tonight. It's going to be a proper MATM evening with all the trimmings. I'm sure we'll have videos, audios and mug shots to pass around in the early part of next week. Do they blog in jail? No? Ok.

Live from The Basement, Nashville, TN (01.02.08)

To ring in the New Year, here's a video (set list below) from The Basement last night. I was the first artist to play the New Faces Night in 2008!! Pretty cool way to start the New Year. The crowd was incredible and thanks to everybody that braved the cold. I've got more live shows throughout the southeast in the coming months so check my website and/or my myspace page for more details.

1. Safety Feels The Exit
2. 501
3. Thousand Years
4. Simpler

Show @ The Basement Tonight!!!

Sometime after 8pm, I'll be sonically engaging the fine show-goers of The Basement for their "New Faces Night". While my face is nearing 30, it may be new to some. It's free so pop by and drink the night away.