[3] Ward left the Air Force Academy after his first semester and transferred to University of Northern Colorado as a scholarship collegiate football athlete.

He has successfully completed five worldwide headlining tours and has played shows with many mainstream artists including Switchfoot, the Beach Boys, Aloe Blacc, the Jonas Brothers, the Fray, Yung Joc, and many more.

[6] Through his music video career, Ward has performed and produced most of his early songs and many of the current ones in his parents' basement, which he later turned into a proper recording space.

[8][9][10] In 2011, Ward performed a duet with the Band Perry, celebrating the Academy of Country Music Awards, and went on a tour with Boyce Avenue.

In October 2013, Warner Music Group retained seven YouTube stars, including Ward, Kina Grannis, and Peter Hollens, to help promote a new single by Hunter Hayes and Jason Mraz.

[16] In December 2015, he was picked as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month and was featured on NBC's Today show hosted by Kathy Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb and broadcast nationally, where he performed live his single "Yellow Boxes".