Beckett grew up in the fertile Portland music scene, spending his teen years going to Elliott Smith, Death Cab For Cutie and Modest Mouse shows – the influences of which are still ever-present in his music. A friend gave him Lucinda Williams’ ​Car Wheels On A Gravel Road,​ which changed the way he thought about songwriting and is an album he still credits as being a heavy influence on his writing style. Music was not always Beckett’s true calling. He was a college baseball star, but an injury sidelined him, and any future he had in sports. He refocused that time and energy from sports into learning guitar and honing in on his songwriting, using the rich musical and geographical landscape of the Pacific Northwest as a jumping-off point.
His music gained attention quickly from numerous placements in film and TV that include shows like ​Suits,​ ​Supergirl​, ​Parenthood​, MacGyver, ​Grey’s Anatomy,​ ​Elementary​, and films such as PowerRangers,​ aswellasfeaturesinthe2018WinterOlympicGames.Beckettalsowrotethe entire soundtrack to the film ​Take Me Home​, which won ‘Best Music’ at the Nashville Film Festival. His music has been streamed over 25 million times and Shazamed over 1 Million times. Bootstraps also found a fan in Taylor Swift. His song “Replica” is featured on the ​Songs Taylor Loves ​Spotify Playlist. The success and power of his songwriting led to touring with Mumford and Sons’ Ben Lovett on the Communion Tour.