Sounds of Josiah Barlow - The One-and-a-Half-Handed Keyboardist

Josiah Barlow was born in Salt Lake City Utah in January of 1979, and the first thing out of the doctor's mouth upon seeing his tiny deformed left hand was: "Well, he's healthy, but he'll never be a concert pianist!" But what the doctor didn't know is he was looking at a baby with an unyielding determination to share the music in his soul with the entire world.

When asked if he utilizes both hands or just plays with his right hand, he explains that 'it involves more than one hand, but less than two'...'a hand-and-a-half' is a more accurate term in his opinion.

Josiah started teaching himself how to play at the age of seven on an old Thomas electric organ, over the course of several years developed the skill to the point where he found he could successfully communicate his emotions through music, and much more effectively than simply speaking words.

He was naturally very empathic even in his younger years, and as time went on he discovered he could not only express his own emotions and feelings, but began to connect to others on a core level and then communicate in musical form what he found there. This began a lifelong quest to heal and inspire the planet through the medium of music.

At age 17, he had an experience that would change everything… Josiah was involved in an automobile accident. After being extracted from the wreckage and placed in the ambulance, he watched his vital signs monitor flat-line and experienced death for about 5-6 minutes. When he returned to his body, things were very different. He found that not only was he able to use his empathic abilities on a much more enhanced level, but also found that music was now streaming through him from sources not on this physical plane.

He describes the experience as channeling or downloading... songs would just flow from his fingertips without any interruption or rehearsal. Some of Josiah’s best works were recorded during this period, many of which are believed to contain activation codes that have an effect on the listener far more than just simply hearing the music.

This brought his dream to a new level…to be able to play music that would allow the listener to be transported mentally, healed, inspired and awakened.

Through the past 10 years, his music has been featured on countless websites, internet radio stations, college radio stations, media projects and independent movies.

In 2005 he won the honored Keyboard Player of the Year award from the International Online Music Awards organization, (IOMA) as well as being nominated for several other categories.

One of his hit songs is featured on an indie compilation album named SUNDOWN that is in circulation throughout the US and UK.

He has been used by several meditation projects for his ethereal work on the keyboard, the latest being an incredible technique to become stress free, Intentional Resting.

Josiah currently resides in Salt Lake City with his young family, and continues to build on his vision to bring people a powerful experience derived from the music he plays.

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