Alstad is a musician/composer from Langley, BC — a suburb of Vancouver, Canada. As an accomplished pianist, he generally writes in the modern-classical genre and enjoys writing emotionally evocative music that tells a story. He is especially fond of reflective, gentle, and stirring piano-driven music and is a big fan of artists such as Olafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Peter Sandberg, and other modern-classical artists.