Josh Viett Analysis

Wolfgang Mozart mixed with Ne-Yo. Bach blended with the soulful sounds of Adele and soothing cords and progressions of a violin. These are only a few of the characterizations I would use to describe violinist and performer Josh Vietti. Josh brings a distinctive approach to music combining tones of classical with a wide variety of styles from pop to gospel, hip hop jazz and country. He is a musician typically defined as a hip-hop violinist, but Josh Vietti is enormously more than that. He is an artist and performer that has used his god given gift to achieve so much while at the same not settling for his past accomplishments and remembering the people that have aided and motivated him along the way. Thought he has always had what he describes as “a natural inclination towards music”, Josh picked up the violin at the age of four at the encouragement of …show more content…
He is constantly picking songs to cover whether it’s by “getting request (or heckled) at shows and/or through social media or by simply hearing something on the radio as he is driving or listening to Pandora.” It has got to be the right fit for him though as he refuses to do anything half ass in his life. He has been working on a lot of his own original material as evident on his new album, Play to Win which includes four new originals, “Best Things in Life”, “Cruisin”, “Miami” and “Just Be You”. Each song has a special meaning to Josh with “Best Things in Life” being his proudest as it reminds him that “the best things in life really are free.” It’s a tribute to family and friends being what life is all about as those are the simple things that can’t be bought. “Miami” he describes as his other favorite as, “On this particular song I made sure to book studio time at night and just felt the music and jammed it out. I think it came out pretty great. It’s a mixture of hip-hop, jazz and classical. It’s got a cool live feel to it as