14 Feb 2011, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Life, 4 Comments Tagged change, culture, music, shifts, technology

Going To The GRAMMYs & The Disappearing Mainstream

I got to go to the Grammy Awards yesterday, and I must say I had a blast! But the ceremony also made me think about a few things, including the assumptions NARAS is making about society and how the entire idea of a “mainstream” is disappearing before our eyes…

14 Jan 2010, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Legacy, Life, 1 Comments Tagged art, change, culture, entertainment, future, music, sustainability

Broke*: A Film About Music

For more than a year, two of my best friends, Will Gray and Jon Kofahl, have been hard at work on a documentary about the state of the music industry and the uncertain future of independent musicians. The film is gorgeous and the story is compelling. Please support these guys, and support this conversation!

Click through to watch the trailer and read more about the film.

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…)

13 Oct 2009, Posted by Josh Allan Dykstra in Life, 1 Comments Tagged culture, entertainment, fun, music

Where The Hell Is Matt?

Travel is wondrous. Dancing is a blast. Combining them?

Genius.