Muxtape is Back!!!

My new Muxtape page is LIVE!! You can check it out at joshpreston.muxtape.com.

Me and the Machine Records received an invite today and it was like winning the lottery. These guys are absolutely awesome and they were without a doubt my favorite way to discover music when they first came on the scene.

We've built pages for Stillhouse Hollow and The New Whole Usuals as well so please check them out. We'll have pages for the rest of the gang by tomorrow night so keep on the lookout!!

Ugly Mugs Wrap Up!

Thanks to everyone that made it out to the Ugly Mugs show on Saturday night!! I had a great time!! Playing with the big door open was awesome! I'm hoping to secure a copy of an audio recording from that show and when I do, I'll definitely share it with y'all!

So as I've said in previous posts, I'm going to take a break from playing live shows for a bit to focus on writing my next record and to gear up for the Me and the Machine Records' incredible 2009 release schedule. Keep an eye out for Stillhouse Hollow's debut album Dakota to drop at the end of June (but fans and friends will be able to get it at live shows starting next week)! Then near the end of September, keep an ear/eye to the ground for The New Whole Usuals' sophomore release. Many more details on these records will be coming down the line soon and definitely pop over to Me and the Machine and join the mailing list.

While you're waiting for new music from me, check out Words and No Music for exactly what the title describes and also follow @shortandabsurd on Twitter for the other side of my writing.

That's it for now so...

Until whenever!

Words and No Music: An Introduction

I'm spending much more time writing these days so I thought I'd take this opportunity to share what I've been working on. Over time, these words may find themselves in my songs but until then, they'll live here as a collection of written works. One day, I hope to compile these into a poetry book of sorts but we'll cross that bridge once it's on fire.

Now that formal introductions of this new endeavor are out of the way, I'm playing my last show for awhile this weekend at Ugly Mugs (6pm, free) in East Nashville. It's a great little room and I hope to see you there!

:: Words and No Music ::

Reinventing the Short and Absurd

It's always fun to try something new. Today I revived a Twitter page I started many moons ago when I was sick and stuck in bed. It's a twitter page and it can be found @shortandabsurd. I'm attempting to compose mini-novels in the span of 140 characters. Some will be funny, some will be sad, but they'll all be short and absurd. Pop over and check them out!

Speaking of twitter, I've spent some time recently thinking through a revised top5albums.com. While it has yet to be fully realized, I think we're on to something. If you visit it now, you will see a page that refreshes every 15 seconds based on a search of the word "album" as mentioned on Twitter. There's a greater explanation at the top5albums blog. If there are any developer among you that would like to help out with this project, please contact me!