[2] He graduated from the University of Central Missouri[3] before moving to Washington, DC to attend a Roman Catholic seminary.
The accompanying video tells the story of an American soldier killed in Afghanistan while his husband waits at home.
In 2011, Goss released his third full album, Turn It Around, which was produced by Mike Ofca at Innovation Studios complete with 11 original songs.
The songs on the album were all written and recorded in a one-room cabin in rural Virginia cut off from everything but his computer, keyboard, guitars and microphones.
Together, the video (his most popular to date) and song received over half million YouTube hits and downloads worldwide, as well as press from media outlets like Queerty.com,[14] The Washington Post Express,[15] and Sirius Radio.
[16] The single addressed Goss' affinity toward Bears, a subset of the gay male culture that describes large, burly, often hairy men.
It was produced by Mike Ofca (Neverwake, Righteous B, Joe Zelek) and mastered by Randy LeRoy (Tim McGraw, Jack Johnson, John Prine, Relient K, Chris Thile).
The album was his first production to collaborate with his band, including drummer Liz DeRoche[23] (The Pushovers/Cane and the Sticks), who had remixed "I Do" the year before, vocalist Sarah Gilberg (Luray), Don Harvey and Gary Prince.
[24] Edgemedianetwork.com spoke highly of the album: "Goss has always had a strong lyric talent, describing feelings and situations in his songs that stand up as short stories in their own right.
The songs stretch across the emotional spectrum, from cheeky to rueful to tender; this is probably Goss' best album so far, and to hear him tell it, he's having the time of his life.
"[25] In 2015, Goss moved to Los Angeles and began focusing more of his energy on producing new, dynamic and groundbreaking music videos.
Crowdfunded with the help of Kickstarter, Goss produced and released Breath and Sound and Son of a Preacher Man.
Working with producer Marr Zimm, Goss has crafted a collection that's consistently mature and refined, both musically and conceptually.
"[29] In 2017, Goss released a series of popular songs: More Than Temporary,[30] All My Life,[31] Click[32] an interactive piece, and Gay Christmas.
In 2018, Goss performed a duet with Matthew Olshefski "The Shirtless Violinist" of Ed Sheeran's song "Perfect".
The movie has a "whodunit" murder plot, where Goss' character "Justin Jaymes" is killed and a private investigator is hired to dig up who did it and why.
[35] Out to Kill was directed and written by independent filmmaker Rob Williams (Long Term relationship, The Men from Next Door), who has made a name for himself in the gay genre.
It won First Prize, Alternative Spirit Award (LGBTQ) Feature, at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.
In 2016, an Indiegogo campaign was launched to help raise $35,000 to fund a gay themed romantic comedy movie entitled "Please Don't Eat the Pansies".