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Josh Linsky is a musician from Colchester, Connecticut. As a student of drum set performance he earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Berklee College of Music. In Boston, Josh became the director and drum set player of the hip hop group The Urban Nerdz. Under his direction they earned "Hip Hop Act of the Year" honors from the New England Music Awards and the New England Urban Music Awards. The group was also featured at Boston's Outside The Box Music Festival. Josh moved to Los Angeles to attend The Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts. While working toward his Master of Fine Arts degree in jazz studies he produced two independent releases; the EP International Connection, and a self-titled album Joshua Linsky. Josh produced a series of live performance videos as music director for the funk fusion collective International Connection. The group toured California leading up to the release of their self-titled debut in collaboration with Sol Sounds Records. Josh has since been traveling up and down the west coast from southern California to B.C. for performances and sessions while producing his forthcoming studio album Family Tree in collaboration with Haus Music Productions in Los Angeles.