August began recording music in his early teens after his father built a studio in their home in Garland, Texas.

[2] August continued to practice and release his first self-produced album A Beautiful Thing as a 22-year-old under the name Chris Megert and the Love Jones.

August wrote the song "Starry Night" as a demo and he received a contract from Word Records.

[5] When the song topped the Christian AC Monitored chart, it was the first debut single to reach No.

[8] August joined the Winter Jam 2011 national tour along with Newsboys and Francesca Battistelli in 45 cities.