Tanner Patrick Howe (born May 24, 1991 in Los Angeles) is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist from Dallas, Texas. In August 2011, Patrick began uploading videos to his YouTube channel, "TannerPatrick", which now has over 800,000 subscribers and over 85,000,000 views. In 2012, he was selected by Nigel Lythgoe Productions to star in E!'s "Opening Act", where he shared the stage with country music super star, Brad Paisley.