I am a Nebraska native, growing up in Bellevue and attending Bellevue West High School. After high school, I attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as a Regent Scholar and graduated with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Instrumental Performance on Euphonium under Craig Fuller. From there I remained at UNL to earn my Master of Music Degree in Composition under the guidance of Dr. Eric Richards. During my six years at UNL I was a part of many organizations, including Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia-Upsilon Chapter, Golden Key International Honour Society, Pi Kappa Lambda-Beta Chapter, and Society of Composers, Inc.-UNL Chapter. I also hold a Master of Science Degree in Nonprofit Administration from Louisiana State University in Shreveport, and am the co-founder of the Arbor Arts Collective nonprofit in Nebraska.

Aside from performing with many groups at the university, I was also a member of the Crossmen Drum and Bugle Corps for three years as well as a member of their instructional staff for one year. Over the years I have also helped teach the bands at Lincoln Southeast High School, was an Adjunct Instructor in Music at Nebraska Wesleyan University, a subsitute teacher for Lincoln Public Schools, and the Director of Instrumental Activities at Midland University. I have also previously served as the instrumental music instructor and associate dean at Central Community College. I am currently working as an administrator for Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in addition to arts involvement in the RVA community. 

I am a member of ASCAP as a composer and publisher.

Lincoln, Nebraska's local music show will feature a live set or two each week. They will be posted here for your enjoyment.

Tim Ostdiek is a playful, uplifting, and engaging singer, songwriter and performer. He writes feel-good, big-hearted folk with a drop of something funky. With hopeful and purposeful songs, Ostdiek doesn't shy from the deep and heavy. A tasteful and dynamic guitarist, Ostdiek often fits fingerpicking, strumming, and lead elements into one song. Whether in a concert hall, club, brewery, or living room, Ostdiek always reaches the hearts of his listeners and sends them out a little brighter than they came in.

His songwriting has garnered accolades such as honorable mention in the Telluride Troubadour and finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. His song “Goodbye” was featured in the PBS show Roadtrip Nation. Ostdiek has opened for some of the nation's best singer/songwriters, such as Sarah Jarosz and Steve Forbert. and played several prominent Colorado venues such as Swallow Hill. Ostdiek is an important figure in the Longmont, CO, music scene, hosting a weekly open mic/jam and a monthly songwriting group. He plays upwards of 150 shows a year.

Originally from Scottsbluff, Nebraska, his love for music was born in a middle school guitar class. “Once I learned two chords I figured I could start making up my own songs,” Ostdiek said. He studied music at Western Nebraska Community College, then communications at the University of Nebraska before moving to Longmont,  where he still lives. The move was brought about by the death of a close friend, a breakup, and the desire to start over and heal. This season in his life became the EP “Temporary Home.” In the fall of 2016 Ostdiek quit his job at a coffee shop and dropped out of his online classes to pursue music full time.

2023 - For the past few months I've been working with Public Resource, a California based non-profit to release an extensive collection of older music for free use. In addition to audio, we'll be releasing the music as MIDI and musicxml. Last week we started posting a new featured piece every week on the Public Resource Soundcloud page (@PublicResource). Follow there, or look for frequent reposts here. It'll include classical music, pop music before 1927, ragtime, folk songs, and more. The main collection will be at the Internet Archive, and will be called the "Internet Jukebox". I'll post more about it as it grows.

Producer & graphic designer.
MPC2000 XL + Records.

PREYBIRD composes highly personal music influenced by jazz tradition interwoven with electronica and an experimental touch. 

With the fearless spirit of an explorer and a digital approach to the acoustic he digs deep and hits the roots of popular music deep down. An organic semi-improvised electroacoustical foliage branches out somewhere in limbo between the real and the binary. 

But despite these imaginative descriptions the ambition is to get an emotional resonance in the heart.

Imagine Squarepushers playfulness in conjunction  with the sound of Miles Davis  and the mosaic phantasies of  Amon Tobins plus a dose of Aphex Twin.

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