11 Dec 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Life, 2 Comments Tagged art, entertainment, fun

12+1 Songs You Need On Your iPod (Holiday Edition)

Even though it never snows where I live, I grew up in a place where the cold of winter seeps into your bones and December really does hold the darkest night of the year. Sparkling lights, hot cocoa, and melancholy music all seem to make more sense in that atmosphere, but the nostalgia still feels real and I’m grateful for that.

Here’s a list of some of my favorite holiday songs this season. I tried to make sure they were either slightly left-of-center (maybe even off your radar) or so extraordinarily beautiful that you simply must have them.

Happy holidays, my friends.

08 Dec 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Life, 0 Comments Tagged art, entertainment, fun, music

Pay What You Want For My Last Album

One of my favorite things to do is to create music. In fact, before I started working with leaders and writing books, I was playing shows with talented folks like The Fray / Sister Hazel / Mat Kearney and writing songs.

Now I produce and write music in my spare time, and I’m always keeping an eye on new music business models. I’ve just teamed up with NoiseTrade (Fair Trade Music) to offer my last album, The Let Go, for whatever price you like. Seriously!

You can even get it for free…

12 Nov 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Life, 0 Comments Tagged art, entertainment, fun, music

12 Songs You Need On Your iPod, Part III (Goosebumps Edition)

Welcome to Part III of 12 Songs You Need On Your iPod.

This list is something I’m calling the Goosebumps Edition. I don’t mean this in a scary, book/tv series from the nineties kind of way, but more so in a “these songs tell such heart wrenchingly beautiful stories they give me goosebumps even after I hear them a hundred times” kind of way. (more…)

08 Oct 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Life, 0 Comments Tagged art, branding, change, fun

New Blog Design

Welcome to the new blog design! The Wordpress theme is called Press and was designed by the great folks at Obox.

I still have a few bugs to work out, but I’m hoping this makes the site a bit more aesthetically pleasing and my oft-long posts a bit easier for you to read…

30 Sep 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Legacy, Life, 0 Comments Tagged art, change, culture, entertainment, fun, ideas, organizations, shifts, technology

New Social Media Facts!

Here’s a brand new social media facts video from the kind folks at XPLANE and The Economist.