Joshua Hyslop

Camping soundtrack.

Burden of Tomorrow - The Tallest Man On Earth 

#granvilleisland #500

Game over. Super Mario. Street art.

This is great. 

My new song, ‘Do Not Let Me Go’ off of my new album, ‘Where the Mountain Meets the Valley’ coming out digitally May 15th and on shelves July 3rd.

Hope you like!

-joshua 

#wilco #yankeehotelfoxtrot #tenyearanniversary

Do what you love, because you love to do it. If it happens to be something you also get payed for, try your best to forget the fact that money is involved. Don’t let that become your focus. Just do what you love and do your best, whether you’ll be getting a cheque when you’re finished, or not.
Sometimes I photograph street art (a.k.a. graffiti) and am consistently shocked by people’s creativity. What blows me away even more though is that, often, the most beautiful portraits are underneath bridges or down alleyways, hidden behind the bushes or inside of tunnels. I find that to be incredibly inspiring. The artists took the time and did it because they love to do it. 
It takes determination and wreck-less courage to see a project through. Bills pour in and the voices of “reason” so often uttered through lips with good intentions take the shapes of our teachers, our parents, our friends, our loved ones, who wish to see us succeed, but who so often confuse success with dollar signs. They warn us against the high risk of failure and encourage us to plan for the worst. But for me, that’s not enough. If I’m not doing what I love, I feel numb inside. Like I’m not a whole person.
I hope to always approach my creative ambitions this way. Not allowing my inevitable fears, my insecurities or my day to day worries to stunt, delay, or affect my productivity.  When I write something, whether it’s music, poetry, fiction or just a journal entry, I get excited. I feel like a kid on Christmas eve. We are all creative beings capable of amazing things, and I never feel as alive as I do when I’m creating something.
It’s what I love, and that’s why I do it. 


-joshua 

#masseyhall

#jasper (Taken with instagram)

Well, we made it. Zaac and I drove 12,556.1 km’s from Abbotsford, BC to Montreal, QC and back! We played 15 shows and had such an incredible time. We stayed with some amazing people and I got to meet a lot of people at the shows. Thank you so much to everyone who gave us a place to stay and who came out and supported us and especially to those who came up and introduced themselves. It means a lot to me to get to meet people and hear their stories about how and why my songs mean something to them. It’s a very humbling experience, and I love it. So, again, thank you to everyone who made it out, brought a friend, bought a cd, said hello, took a picture, tweeted, f-booked, high fived or even hugged (there were a few!) us at any of the shows.
I was hoping to have been updating my blog with more than just pictures while I was on the road but all I had was my phone and my reception between Alberta and Quebec was pretty shotty (thanks, Bell). So, sorry for the overload of pictures. I would have liked to post more and fill you all in on the many experiences we had, like: the grass fire, the rock slide, the tires shooting off a semi in front of us bouncing across the road, the semi that jackknifed across the highway in front of us or the blizzard we drove through, just to name a few, but I couldn’t! Oh well, I guess you’ll just have to trust me when I say it was memorable but we’re very thankful to be safe at home! 

Canada is very beautiful and part of it’s beauty is in the very diverse people that make it up. I loved this tour and I’m very excited to rest up and hit the road again. Hope to see you all (and meet even more of you!) again soon.

Thank you all!

-joshua

ps. for those of you who are interested, you can follow me on twitter & instagram @joshuahyslop 
 

The #Artery in #Edmonton! So rad.

#lakesuperior

At Parliament. #partylikeaunicorn

#quebec #streetart what if art ruled the world?

#lakeontario

Lake Ontario (as seen from Oakville)

Toronto/cmw was great! Time to hit the road again.