In 1998 Joseph started his music and art career in Eastern Oregon moving operations to Portland, OR in 2002. His father and mother personally managed their son. Since then he has an amassed body of work, studio albums, singles, live albums, tours, videos. While working with independent labels, managers, booking agencies and distribution companies throughout the U.S. and overseas. His primary markets being Portland, OR & metro, The Pacific Northwest and Denver, CO. His music is the troubadour style.

After graduating college in 2005 with a B.S. double major in counseling and religion and post graduate studies in 2009 in voice and music theory at Mt. Hood Community College, Joseph expanded his music further with his Father and Mother. In 2012 after years working together Joseph's father passed away from a 4 year battle with systemic scleroderma.

In 2013 with his experience and training Joseph worked with charter schools and in 2015 opened his own art school to train, educate and produce music artists after the birth of his son Isley. His first artist he produced was Josephine Relli. He was a music director at a church in Sherwood, OR and since has been working on his own albums, singles, shows and educational work in music. In 2020 he was diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. In 2025 he was later diagnosed with ADHD. We share this to show how he has overcome great odds. And, to show his humanist.

He works with artists, students, the community and seniors with dementia, Alzheimer's and memory loss at a facility in Tigard, OR called GENTOG. He also teaches at Youth Music Project in West Linn, OR. A non profit that makes music lessons accessible to all no matter their financial situation. He leads with GENTOG Community Services a dementia friendly fellowship.

He has a certification in music care from The Room 217 Foundation out of Canada, is studying further music theory through University of Edinburgh Scotland via Coursera and is a cohort member of The Sounds of US.

He still keeps all operations family with his wife Rachel and son Isley, mother Sharon and all their animals in West Linn, OR part of Portland, OR metro area

Website:

www.josephkonty.com