YouTube star Collin, who dropped out of the NYU Music Business Masters Program, has over 10 million views of his online videos. An avid fan of sports and cooking, he not only plays the guitar but also writes his own songs. A self-proclaimed "folk-tronica" singer, Collin hopes that The Voice will help him prove he made the right decision to leave school to pursue his dreams.
McLoughlin began performing music at a young age. His first experience with guitar was in middle school during the 7th grade mandatory music class. Although he claimed to have not been initially interested in music McLoughlin credits this early exposure to it as an instrumental aspect of his development. He left Rippowam in middle school to attend Wooster School in Danbury, CT during his freshman year of High School,
McLoughlin began taking guitar lessons in ninth grade at Wooster School. Shortly afterwards he began to perform and write original songs, After his high school education McLoughlin attended Colgate University.