He Will Never Be Forgotten

Yesterday on July 22rd, 2013 Josh Burton passed away. He was a dear friend and will be so, so very missed. I can only say that I believe God had a greater mission for him to fulfill beyond the veil sharing music, light and love with those who have already gone beyond. There are really no words to express the heart ache I feel for our loss, I am only happy to say that I had the wonderful blessing of knowing and being influenced and inspired by Josh.

Two summers ago while living in Cardston I had the amazing opportunity to share and collaborate my music with him, as well as listen as he would share his. A few times he wrote piano music for my songs and I was always blown away by his ability to take a simple melody and chords and in five minutes bring it to a whole different level, he could really grab at your heart strings with music and speak to your emotions in a way more powerful than words. His talent was a gift from God that we are all so blessed to have been touched by it.

We are all so grateful to Josh for the legacy he left behind not only through his vivacious personality that touched so many people, but through the music that he recorded that we will have forever and that will allow him to keep living in our hearts. I just wanted to re-share the thoughts I shared a few months ago of his music:

MARCH 27th, 2013

Today I will be sharing with you all some absolutely stunning piano music by a very good friend of mine. His name is Josh Burton and his album is called Sketches. Each of his songs has a story, and I have never heard piano music that is as expressive as his.

 They say that the human voice has the greatest capacity to vibrate the emotions of the soul, but I think Josh Burton’s music rivals this theory. You cannot help but feel the passion in each note that he writes. His music sucks you in and forces you to feel the emotion involved in its composition.

Josh Burton grew up in Cardston, Alberta and started writing music when he was 13. Up to that point he had been a normal kid who avoided practice. He was inspired when he heard a song by Chopin. At that point he said he decided he wanted to make music his life, and so he did. He would often practice till he could not practice anymore.

The results of his constant practicing and composing paid off, which you will be able to see as you listen to his heartfelt compositions from his album. My favorite song that he has written is called Rising – you can watch it in the youtube I included below, or listen by clicking here.

AND here on twitter
HERE ON MY OTHER BLOG

XOXO,