Alex Goot

Alex Goot was born on March 15, 1988. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California, where he relocated in March 2013 from Poughkeepsie, New York. Alex is a one man band from Poughkeepsie, New York. He began messing around on the piano at age 5 when his parents bought a piano. He started to get serious about piano by the age of 12. 

Alex performed his first gig when he was only 15 years old. He began recording music in 2004 at the age of 16. Alex soon gained quite a following after posting his songs on his MySpace website. In early 2010, Alex began posting videos of his covers of popular modern pop songs, and occasionally videos of his original songs . His popularity has continued to soar each time he posts a new video. Today, his videos have been watched over 30 million times, and is now considered one of the top cover artists on YouTube. 

He was awarded Best Fan Cover in the MTV O Music Awards in 2011. He has also performed on the MTV Video Music Award post show, appeared on The Real World in seasons 20 and 21 and on True Life. He was selected to perform as a headliner artist in the 2011 DigiTour, traveling to 18 cities across the United States.

In 2013, he launched is own tour, "A Summer with Alex Goot and Friends" with Sam Tsui, Against the Current, Landin Austin, and Luke Conard in 32 cities across the U.S., many of which sold out well in advance of their shows. His concert fans have dubbed themselves the "Goot Troop."