them accepting who you are.”
Preston, who does not have the typical rockstar swagger or ego of many musicians, graduated Souhegan High School in 2011, a school known
throughout the state for their dedication to the
performing arts. “My parents definitely pushed
me. I had a high school band with friends and they
would always support me and go to the all the
shows,” said Preston. “They always really wanted
me to pursue music, ever since I started singing
and then school of course offers a lot of opportunities to play.” Preston was in the concert, marching,
and jazz bands while in high school, as well as an
original rock band with friends, called Undertow,
who played out occasionally at bars they could get
into.
He attended the University of New Hampshire
after high school, dropping the band classes for
business ones, but still focusing on his songwriting
and acoustic guitar performing, with his friend and
fellow musician Dustin Newhouse. He and Newhouse formed an acoustic duo together called Less
Than Three, and started performing around campus and the NH seacoast area, opening for a band
at The Stone Church in Newmarket and playing
local house parties and open-mics aroun