Education
He attended and graduated college from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology. He graduated with a diploma in music production, receiving honours distinction and two awards.
He attended and graduated college from the Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology. He graduated with a diploma in music production, receiving honours distinction and two awards.
He primarily records a cappella covers and original songs, using only his mouth and voice. He has been partnered with Maker Studios, but is now an independent artist. He has been featured on both the Today Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
The title song Strangers listen to streaming music in Indonesia as MixRadio (milik Microsoft Corporation), Apple Music and Beats Music (belonging Apple Incorporated), SoundCloud (belonging to Cipta Bersama Mahakarya), Deezer (belonging to Jawa Pos Group), Guvera (belonging to SkyBee), and Spotify (belonging to Rajawali Corpora).
Tompkins was born in Edmonton, Alberta on July 31, 1987. He started his musical career on YouTube in 2009.
Since then, he has amassed more than 1 million subscribers to his channel and over 200 million views on his videos. He has collaborated with artists including Peter Hollens, the cast of Pitch Perfect, Glenn Morrison, Karmin, Bonnie McKee, Tessa Violet, Max Schneider, Bethany Mota, and The Muppets.
Tompkins has toured 21,280 miles together so far for his concerts.
He held 29 concerts in 2014. He has toured Los Angeles 3 times, Pittsburgh 2 times, Bridgeport, Dublin, and Philadelphia once. He has appeared with Lindsey Stirling 13 times, Heffron Drive 9 times, and Kendall Schmidt 2 times.
Tompkins has done a cappella covers of Forever, Party in the United States of America, Paradise, Fireworks, Rolling in the Deep, Cool Kids, Teenage Dream, Starships, We are Young, Just the Way You Are, Uptown Funk, Shut Up and Dance, and many others
The very first cover that Tompkins did was the song Party in the United States of America.
Tompkins has a known sibling named Bryan Tompkins.