He was born on October 18, 1985, in Sonora, Mexico to missionary parents who resided in a humble cement home there for 5 years helping the less fortunate.

Finding ways to jerry-rig components and devices, Joel made his own albums for him and his friends in which eventually progressed into producing and recording songs.

[1] Piper played the drums for Olivia, a band from the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii.

11 on the iTunes pop chart passing big names such as Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato and Adele.

His debut pop album Dying to Live has an experimental and ballad heavy track list where he explores a different side of his songwriting abilities taking his sound to new depths with a unique and engaging blend of rich organic sounds with electro-pop touches.