CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
AS AN ARTIST:
- Opening act for Internationally acclaimed artists: Andy Grammer, Yael Naim, Granger Smith, Mercy Me, Tenth Avenue North, Ryan Cabrera, Andrew Ripp, Reeve Carney, Graham Colton, Australia's Got Talent winner Joe Robinson
AS A PRODUCER/ENGINEER:
- Winner of Slate Digital Award Honoring Excellent Engineering in Music Production for work completed while earning a master's in music production at Berklee College of Music & featured in Berklee Online's publication, Take Note
- Studied under Jacquire King (Kings of Leon, James Bay, Norah Jones, City and Colour, Dawes, Kaleo, Tom Waits, Daughtry, Shaniah Twain, Modest Mouse, Switchfoot, Jars of Clay, and more) at Studios La Fabrique during a seminar put on by Mix With The Masters (June 2018)
- Studied under George Tutko (The Rolling Stones, Duran Duran, John Mellencamp's, Kiss, Blondie, Rod Stewart, and more) at Quad Studios in Nashville TN (Fall 2010)
BIOGRAPHY
Alexander Webb grew up near Dallas, TX amidst some of the highest concentration of high school football enthusiasm in the country. His passionate work ethic, live right arm, and natural, front-line leadership style injected into this environment led to a scholarship to play quarterback at Northwestern University; but seeds of his deepest passion and calling were being planted during the emotions experienced on long bus rides accompanied by well-planned burnt CDs and a discman. During his first collegiate game, which was going surprisingly well for a freshman quarterback, he was hit simultaneously from both sides in a rare collision that resulted in his liver being lacerated and an abrupt end to his athletic career. What appeared to be a tragic end to his passion was actually the discovery of a deeper one. He processed the loss of dreams, distance from home, and his first broken heart with a pen, pad, and an acoustic guitar in the university's secondary media room that had a ProTools rig and small recording booth. In 2003, Alexander released his first album and continued writing, performing, and recording: a difficult and rewarding discipline that would put him on respected stages all over the country, introduce him to his talented wife, and bless him with the priceless experience of living an examined life. Dedication to his craft and perseverance placed him on sought-after stages opening for internationally acclaimed artists such as Andy Grammer, Yael Naim, Granger Smith, Mercy Me, Tenth Avenue North, Ryan Cabrera, Reeve Carney, Graham Colton, and Australia's Got Talent winner, Joe Robinson. His journey as a singer/songwriter catalyzed the discovery of a veracious appetite for knowledge of technological aspects of the craft, and he capitalized on opportunities to study under Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Norah Jones, Kings of Leon, James Bay, and more) at a Mix With The Masters Seminar at Studios La Fabrique. Relative expertise in the record making process created demand for his skills as a producer/engineer, and he opened Studio 516 in 2012. His productions have been featured on various major television networks, and he eagerly progresses on an endless journey of closing the gap between the ideal sounds in his head and what comes out of the speakers. He graduated with a master’s in music production from Berklee College of Music in December of 2022, and he hopes to symbiotically collaborate with other passionate creatives on impactful records that inspire music lovers and build viable career growth.
TV PLACEMENTS
"Turn Around" and "Lesson" from the album Hiding Face to Face (2010) were featured on several television shows in 2011 including MTV's Real World Las Vegas, and various shows on the Oxygen, Bravo, and Discovery Networks
TESTIMONIALS
"Vulnerability…that is what makes an artist.
Yes, there needs to be talent…lots of it. But the test of great writing and performing is raw, down dirty honesty blended with genuine hopeful compassion and a dream for what it is we all glimpse from the corner of our eye, the possibility of heaven on earth.
And this is a rare combination…requiring experience of life’s pain and pleasures, and a ravenous hunger for life as it should be and can be.
Alexander Webb has it. And I have seen it, both on stage and by being with him everyday.
He can help us with what is “Up Ahead”, to “Turn Around” and be satisfied with the “Enough” that is more than enough."
- Keith Meyer: Author, Whole Life Transformation [InterVarsity Press 2010} & Spiritual Rhythms {InterVarsity Press 2012}, Consultant and Speaker, Pastor at Hope Covenant Church in St. Cloud, MN, www.keithmeyer.org
"Alexander Webb doesn't take the stage until he's taken off his shoes. He smiles and begins. The venue fills with an acoustic blend of classic Motown and modern rock, soulful melodies wrapped around fearless words. The audience realizes that this is an artist with much to say but nothing to prove. Years as a star quarterback have driven away the pretense -- the need to play it safe -- and have left, instead, a steely resolve to see what is true in himself and others. His Texas roots show in the flourishes of Americana, but this is no southern boy with a guitar. Alexander Webb is a poet, and his medium does not offer the option of passive tolerance. His is an art which demands thoughtful response. And as the show ends, the audience exits with hearts stopped and minds racing."
- Jed Brewer: Music Producer, Recording Artist, and Head of Productions at Mission U.S.A. in Chicago
Yes, there needs to be talent…lots of it. But the test of great writing and performing is raw, down dirty honesty blended with genuine hopeful compassion and a dream for what it is we all glimpse from the corner of our eye, the possibility of heaven on earth.
And this is a rare combination…requiring experience of life’s pain and pleasures, and a ravenous hunger for life as it should be and can be.
Alexander Webb has it. And I have seen it, both on stage and by being with him everyday.
He can help us with what is “Up Ahead”, to “Turn Around” and be satisfied with the “Enough” that is more than enough."
- Keith Meyer: Author, Whole Life Transformation [InterVarsity Press 2010} & Spiritual Rhythms {InterVarsity Press 2012}, Consultant and Speaker, Pastor at Hope Covenant Church in St. Cloud, MN, www.keithmeyer.org
"Alexander Webb doesn't take the stage until he's taken off his shoes. He smiles and begins. The venue fills with an acoustic blend of classic Motown and modern rock, soulful melodies wrapped around fearless words. The audience realizes that this is an artist with much to say but nothing to prove. Years as a star quarterback have driven away the pretense -- the need to play it safe -- and have left, instead, a steely resolve to see what is true in himself and others. His Texas roots show in the flourishes of Americana, but this is no southern boy with a guitar. Alexander Webb is a poet, and his medium does not offer the option of passive tolerance. His is an art which demands thoughtful response. And as the show ends, the audience exits with hearts stopped and minds racing."
- Jed Brewer: Music Producer, Recording Artist, and Head of Productions at Mission U.S.A. in Chicago
In Studio Radio Interview in St. Cloud, MN
Pete & Doug Show With Singer/Songwriter Alexander Webb
"Alexander has an amazing story to tell. He was the starting QB for Northwestern when he suffered a life-threatening injury that ended his football career. He then turned to music and has his songs featured on the Discovery Channel, MTV and more."
"Alexander has an amazing story to tell. He was the starting QB for Northwestern when he suffered a life-threatening injury that ended his football career. He then turned to music and has his songs featured on the Discovery Channel, MTV and more."
"Former Quarterback Steals the Stage" by Taylor Coe
Arts and Entertainment Editor for The Spectator @ Hamilton College
Not too long ago, Alexander Webb was the rookie quarterback on the football team at Northwestern. His career cut short by a liver injury in his first collegiate game, Webb reorganized his priorities around music and has been writing and playing ever since. Boasting a sweet voice and skills on the guitar unusual for a confessional-style singer-songwriter, Webb was the perfect opener for Jessica Sonner last Thursday night at the final Acoustic Coffeehouse of the year.
The idea of being a professional musician did not even occur to Webb until his injury. “Probably the most exciting component of everything was the pre-game bus ride with the headphones,” Webb noted. “I thought it was the sport, but it turns out it was probably music that was giving me the adrenaline rush.”
Webb insisted that, despite the seeming gap between the two, he found similarities between them. “Both are reactional—I’ve always loved using my body to do a performance.” As for the inherent social pitfalls of being both an athlete and an artist, Webb said, “I ran into different dining tables.”
The majority of Webb’s songs occupies a first-person voice and emerges directly out of issues in his everyday life—religious belief, relationships and family. Aiming for an honesty through his songwriting, Webb thinks that in order to write a song about something, he must experience it first.
“I’d love to make music my life, but that’s a dead end for me, and I wind up not having very much to write about,” said Webb. “I have to live life. I have to take the spotlight off music.”
Despite his insistence on the first-person narrative, Webb has written one so-called “story-song” for a soldier whom he knew in Iraq. While he does not see himself as a storyteller, he believes that he ought to branch out in that direction. That song, with which he opened his set, was arguably one of his most affecting.
There are only so many songs about old girlfriends that can be written, and hopefully the success of this song pushes Webb to the same conclusion. Only a truly thorny topic can emerge with the gripping line: “A rule could never change our hearts.”
Sonner, a far less dynamic stage presence than Webb, played a slow, quiet set that seemed to intentionally lull the audience into sleep. If her voice had been smooth and mournful, everyone would have been a goner. But her voice had a sharp edge to it; she sang with a crispness that cut straight through the waves of gentle strumming and finger picking.
Admittedly uncomfortable on the stage, Sonner’s chatter between songs was either explicitly related to the material or total non-sequiturs. Suffice it to say that sometimes I had no idea what she was talking about. Despite her clumsiness on the stage, Sonner’s music—particularly her songwriting—displayed a concise clarity and, sometimes, even a sense of beauty.
Once given the advice that “on paper a good song should read as well as a poem,” Sonner is admittedly careful about the words to her songs. “If I don’t have something to say, then why sing it?” said Sonner.
But even with her careful lyrics, Sonner could not quite top Webb’s first song. You set the bar pretty high with an honest tune about the war in Iraq.
The idea of being a professional musician did not even occur to Webb until his injury. “Probably the most exciting component of everything was the pre-game bus ride with the headphones,” Webb noted. “I thought it was the sport, but it turns out it was probably music that was giving me the adrenaline rush.”
Webb insisted that, despite the seeming gap between the two, he found similarities between them. “Both are reactional—I’ve always loved using my body to do a performance.” As for the inherent social pitfalls of being both an athlete and an artist, Webb said, “I ran into different dining tables.”
The majority of Webb’s songs occupies a first-person voice and emerges directly out of issues in his everyday life—religious belief, relationships and family. Aiming for an honesty through his songwriting, Webb thinks that in order to write a song about something, he must experience it first.
“I’d love to make music my life, but that’s a dead end for me, and I wind up not having very much to write about,” said Webb. “I have to live life. I have to take the spotlight off music.”
Despite his insistence on the first-person narrative, Webb has written one so-called “story-song” for a soldier whom he knew in Iraq. While he does not see himself as a storyteller, he believes that he ought to branch out in that direction. That song, with which he opened his set, was arguably one of his most affecting.
There are only so many songs about old girlfriends that can be written, and hopefully the success of this song pushes Webb to the same conclusion. Only a truly thorny topic can emerge with the gripping line: “A rule could never change our hearts.”
Sonner, a far less dynamic stage presence than Webb, played a slow, quiet set that seemed to intentionally lull the audience into sleep. If her voice had been smooth and mournful, everyone would have been a goner. But her voice had a sharp edge to it; she sang with a crispness that cut straight through the waves of gentle strumming and finger picking.
Admittedly uncomfortable on the stage, Sonner’s chatter between songs was either explicitly related to the material or total non-sequiturs. Suffice it to say that sometimes I had no idea what she was talking about. Despite her clumsiness on the stage, Sonner’s music—particularly her songwriting—displayed a concise clarity and, sometimes, even a sense of beauty.
Once given the advice that “on paper a good song should read as well as a poem,” Sonner is admittedly careful about the words to her songs. “If I don’t have something to say, then why sing it?” said Sonner.
But even with her careful lyrics, Sonner could not quite top Webb’s first song. You set the bar pretty high with an honest tune about the war in Iraq.