# Alex Goot

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{{short description|American singer-songwriter}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name             = Alex Goot
| image            = Alex Goot.jpg
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| caption          = Goot in 2012
| birth_name       = Alexander George Goot
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| birth_date       = {{birth date and age|1988|3|15}}
| birth_place      = [Poughkeepsie](/source/Poughkeepsie), New York, US
| spouse           = {{Marriage|[Elle Fowler](/source/Elle_Fowler)|June 19, 2016}}
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| genre            = {{flat list|
*[Pop](/source/Pop_music)
*[soft rock](/source/soft_rock)}}
| occupations       = singer-songwriter, record producer
| instruments       = Vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums, [accordion](/source/accordion), [glockenspiel](/source/glockenspiel), [cajon](/source/cajon)
| years_active     = 2004–present
| label            = Alex Goot LLC
| associated_acts  = [Sam Tsui](/source/Sam_Tsui), [Kurt Hugo Schneider](/source/Kurt_Hugo_Schneider), [Boyce Avenue](/source/Boyce_Avenue), [Hannah Trigwell](/source/Hannah_Trigwell), [We Are the in Crowd](/source/We_Are_the_in_Crowd), [Tyler Ward](/source/Tyler_Ward), [Metalix](/source/Metalix), [Dave Days](/source/Dave_Days), [Chrissy Costanza](/source/Against_the_Current_(band)), [AJ Rafael](/source/AJ_Rafael), [Against the Current](/source/Against_the_Current_(band)), [Megan Nicole](/source/Megan_Nicole)
| website          = {{URL|gootmusic.com|Goot Music}}
}}

'''Alexander George Goot''' (born March 15, 1988) is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from [New York City](/source/New_York_City). {{As of|2025|November|20}}, his [YouTube](/source/YouTube) channel GootMusic has 3.83 million subscribers and more than 900 million total views.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/gootmusic/about|title = Gootmusic - YouTube|website = [YouTube](/source/YouTube)}}</ref> He plays acoustic guitar, bass guitar, piano, drums and other instruments.<ref name="CM - Alex Goot">{{cite web |author=Lili-Anh LeMinh |url=http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2012/12/alex-goot/ |title=Alex Goot |publisher=Confrontmagazine.com |accessdate=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508193334/http://www.confrontmagazine.com/2012/12/alex-goot/ |archive-date=May 8, 2015 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Biography and career==
{{Quote box |title = |quote ="''My goals have been to reach as many people as possible with my music, and enhance peoples' lives by making music that they can enjoy any time.''"<ref name="Sony Creative Software - Alexander Goot"/> |align =left |width =180px |border =1px |fontsize =90% }}
Goot began recording music in 2004 at the age of 16 and since then has gained popularity from his profiles on various [social network](/source/social_network) sites as well as his own website, from which Alex distributes some of his music and provides news and regular updates.<ref name="Sony Creative Software - Alexander Goot">{{cite web|url=http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/alexgoot|title=Alex Goot|date=|publisher=Sonycreativesoftware.com|accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref> His time is almost all spent in his home studio self-producing all audio and video for his releases, or touring the world.<ref name="Sony Creative Software - Alexander Goot"/>

Goot released his first studio album ''In Your Atmosphere'',<ref>{{cite web|title='In Your Atmosphere' by Alexander Goot on iTunes|website=[iTunes](/source/iTunes)|date=March 15, 2013|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-your-atmosphere-deluxe/id611482762|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516213927/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-your-atmosphere-deluxe/id611482762|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 16, 2013}}</ref>  which was made possible by his fans via an extremely successful [Kickstarter](/source/Kickstarter) campaign. His YouTube channel has about 3,000,000 subscribers and his videos have been viewed over 800 million times.<ref name="Sony Creative Software - Alexander Goot"/>

Goot first recorded his music and videos for many years in his home studio in [Poughkeepsie](/source/Poughkeepsie%2C_New_York), he moved in early February 2015, immediately after his European tour in January 2015, to Los Angeles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/gootmusic/photos/a.298327468061.147475.15054318061/10152611683133062/|title= Announcement – moving to Los Angeles|date=February 5, 2015|work= Alexander Goot}}</ref>

Goot has made several videos in collaboration with other artists such as [We Are the in Crowd](/source/We_Are_the_in_Crowd),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.underthegunreview.net/2013/04/18/watch-Alexander-goot-and-we-are-the-in-crowd-cover-pinks-just-give-me-a-reason/ |title=WATCH: Alexander Goot and We Are The In Crowd Cover Pink's "Just Give Me A Reason" |publisher=Under the Gun Review |date=April 18, 2013 |accessdate=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105001004/http://www.underthegunreview.net/2013/04/18/watch-alex-goot-and-we-are-the-in-crowd-cover-pinks-just-give-me-a-reason/ |archive-date=November 5, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [Kurt Hugo Schneider](/source/Kurt_Hugo_Schneider),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.underthegunreview.net/2012/01/03/alex-goot-covers-how-to-save-a-life/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207080211/http://underthegunreview.net/2012/01/03/alex-goot-covers-how-to-save-a-life/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 7, 2012 |title=Alex anderGoot covers "How To Save A Life" |publisher=Under the Gun Review |date=January 3, 2012 |accessdate=July 13, 2015 }}</ref> [Megan Nicole](/source/Megan_Nicole),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.underthegunreview.net/2011/08/07/alex-goot-covers-good-life/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627232326/http://www.underthegunreview.net/2011/08/07/alex-goot-covers-good-life/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 27, 2013 |title=Alexander Goot covers "Good Life" |publisher=Under the Gun Review |date=August 7, 2011 |accessdate=July 13, 2015 }}</ref> [Sam Tsui](/source/Sam_Tsui)<ref name="Viral Videos - 22 Taylor">{{cite web|url=http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2013/06/10/alex-goot-sam-tsui-chrissy-king-the-kid-cover-cover-22-by-taylor-swift/ |title=Alex Goot, Sam Tsui, Chrissy, King The Kid Cover Cover '22' By Taylor Swift |publisher=Viral Viral Videos |date=June 20, 2014 |accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref> and [Against the Current](/source/Against_the_Current_(band)).

Goot has released four volumes of ''Songs I Wish I Wrote'' with most of the versions of his channel on YouTube.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.underthegunreview.net/2011/06/22/alex-goot-releases-another-cover-album/|title=Alexander Goot releases another cover album |publisher=Under the Gun Review |date=June 22, 2011 |accessdate=July 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705204553/http://www.underthegunreview.net/2011/06/22/alex-goot-releases-another-cover-album/ |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Alexander Goot{{citation needed|date=April 2022}} was born in Wisconsin, and he grew up in Vermont and New York state. He became engaged to his girlfriend of two years, [Elle Fowler](/source/Elle_and_Blair_Fowler), on July 3, 2015. Alex proposed on the beach, wrote the song "Unstoppable" about her, and played it during the proposal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://instagram.com/p/4ugjS-ks1u  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/alexgoot/1021897328506883438 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|publisher=Instagram |title=She said yes!|date= |accessdate=July 13, 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On June 19, 2016, Goot and Elle Fowler married in Bacara Resort & Spa in [Santa Barbara](/source/Santa_Barbara%2C_California), California.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BG2ifn4KDQZ/ Luke Conards Instagram] Retrieved June 20, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BG3r9_zgJim/ Elle Fowler's Instagram] Retrieved June 20, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ellefowler/status/744406352299057152 Elle Fowler's Twitter] Elle Fowler before her Wedding. Retrieved June 20, 2016.</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/ellefowler/status/744805942290571266 Elle Fowler's Twitter] Elle Fowler about her Wedding and becoming Mrs. Goot. Retrieved June 20, 2016.</ref> On June 21, 2018, they announced the birth of their son, James Alexander Goot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bc_VUdunDrM/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/missellefowler/1675151351691885260 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Elle Fowler on Instagram|work=[Instagram](/source/Instagram)|date=December 21, 2017|accessdate=December 21, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> On April 4, 2022, they announced the birth of their second son, Scott William Goot. In February 2025, the birth of their daughter Juliette Claire was announced.<ref>{{cite web | title=Instagram | url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGjw97rsrgR/ }}</ref>

==Discography==
===Studio albums of original songs===
*2005: ''158'' (released under the artist name "''Goot''")
*2008: ''Arranged Noise'' (released under the artist name "''Goot''")
*2012: ''In Your Atmosphere''
*2013: ''In Your Atmosphere (Deluxe Edition)'' (4 additional tracks)
*2014: ''Wake Up Call''

===Studio albums of cover songs===
;Songs I Wish I Wrote
*2010: ''Songs I Wish I Wrote''
*2011: ''Songs I Wish I Wrote, Vol. 2''
*2012: ''Songs I Wish I Wrote, Vol. 3''
*2014: ''Songs I Wish I Wrote, Vol. 4''
*2015: ''Songs I Wish I Wrote: Unplugged''

;Alex Goot & Friends
*2012: ''Alex Goot & Friends, Vol. 1''
*2012: ''Alex Goot & Friends, Vol. 2''
*2014: ''Alex Goot & Friends, Vol. 3''
*2015: ''Alex Goot & Friends, Vol. 4''
*2017: ''Alex Goot & Friends, Vol. 5''

===[EP](/source/Extended_play)s===
*2007: ''Asleep at the Wheel'' (released under the artist name "''Goot''")
*2008: ''Progress – EP'' (released under the artist name "''Goot''")
*2009: ''Take Cover'' (released under the artist name "''Goot''")
*2009: ''Read My Mind'' (released under the artist name "''Goot''")
*2010: ''Sensitivity EP''
*2014: ''Wake Up Call''

===Singles===
*2010: ''Breathless''
*2010: ''Next Christmas Eve''
*2011: ''Pretty Eyes''
*2011: ''Sensitivity''
*2011: ''We Could Love''
*2012: ''Bright Lights (Fly)''
*2012: ''The Real You''
*2012: ''Lightning''
*2013: ''We Could Love''
*2013: ''Secret Girl''
*2013: ''Living Addiction''
*2014: ''Just To Shine''
*2014: ''Wake Up Call''
*2014: ''Right Where I Belong''
*2015: ''Unstoppable''
*2016: ''Helium''
*2018: ''Fix You''

==Awards and nominations==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work nominated
! Results
! Sou.
|-
| 2011
| [MTV O Music Awards I](/source/O_Music_Awards)
| Best Fan Cover
| "''[Hold It Against Me](/source/Hold_It_Against_Me)''" <small>([Britney Spears](/source/Britney_Spears))</small>
| {{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web |author=mtv |url=http://blog.omusicawards.com/2011/04/best-fan-cover/ |title=New Music Videos, Reality TV Shows, Celebrity News, Pop Culture &#124; MTV |publisher=Blog.omusicawards.com |date= |accessdate=July 13, 2015 |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191741/http://blog.omusicawards.com/2011/04/best-fan-cover/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
| 2013
| [3rd Streamy Awards](/source/3rd_Streamy_Awards)
| Best Original Song
| "''Lightning''"
| {{Nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/3rd-annual-nominees/ |title=3rd Annual Winners & Nominees &#124; The Streamy Awards |publisher=Streamys.org |date=June 15, 2015 |accessdate=July 13, 2015}}</ref>
|}

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/user/gootmusic Alex Goot YouTube Channel]

== References ==
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