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Austin Bisnow
American musician, songwriter, and record producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Austin Bisnow (born June 9, 1987) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and lead singer of the alt band Magic Giant and co-lead singer of the indie folk duo Somewhere In Between. He has written and produced songs for artists such as David Guetta feat. John Legend ("Listen"), Big Time Rush (“Like Nobody’s Around”), Jon Batiste & Stay Human (“Express Yourself”), Steve Aoki & Moxie Raia ("I Love It When You Cry"), and Paul Oakenfold (“Who Do You Love”), where he was also the featured artist.[1] In addition, Bisnow has collaborated with Akon, Aloe Blacc, Diplo, will.i.am, American Authors, Cody Simpson, Adam Levine, Gym Class Heroes, Benny Blanco, Mike Posner, Claude Kelly, Beast, Sammy Adams, and Cisco Adler.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
His band Magic Giant has made national TV performances (The Today Show, Good Morning America), has released multiple charting singles on US radio, and toured with groups such as OneRepublic, Mike Posner, and The Revivalists. Its Coachella performance in 2018 contributed to record-breaking viewership as part of one of the most-watched live-streamed events in history.[10]
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Early life and education
Bisnow grew up in Washington, D.C.
He attended the University of Colorado Boulder, playing back-up long snapper for the Buffaloes and majoring in Music Composition.[11][12]
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Writer and producer
Bisnow is a writer, producer and pianist on the title track of David Guetta’s 2014 album Listen. The album went No. 1 on Billboard's Dance Electronic Chart the day it was released, reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200 making it Guetta's highest charting album in the US, and has gone No. 1 in over 50 countries worldwide.[13][14][15]
Bisnow has two additional #1s on the Billboard charts for his work as a writer and producer on the Jon Batiste & Stay Human single, “Express Yourself”[16] and on the Nickelodeon Boy Band, Big Time Rush single, “Like Nobody’s Around", which saw its music video premiere on Vevo during the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards.[17]
According to Vanity Fair, Batiste & Stay Human's "stirring" performance of "Express Yourself" on The Colbert Report in 2014[18] was cited as a factor in Colbert's decision to name Batiste as the bandleader on his new iteration of The Late Show.[19]
In 2015, Bisnow co-wrote a song for the K-pop group, Beast which reached No. 1 on Japan’s Oricon Singles Chart (Japan's equivalent to US Billboard Hot 100).[20]
Later that year, he also co-wrote the lead single "I Love It When You Cry (Moxoki)" off Steve Aoki's 2015 release, Neon Future II.
Bisnow is credited as co-writer and featured vocalist on Paul Oakenfold’s single “Who Do You Love.”[21]
As an instrumentalist, Bisnow played rhodes piano on the Billboard No. 1 (US Mainstream Top 40) Gym Class Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts" feat. Adam Levine”[6][22] and organ on Cisco Adler’s “Classic” as well as the remix featuring Sammy Adams.[22][23]
Get Well Soon Tour
In 2011, Bisnow teamed up with Grammy Award-winning producer Benny Blanco to create the non-profit Get Well Soon Tour, which aims to bring joy to children in hospitals through surprise visits from superstar musicians around the US.[24] Since their first visit with Justin Bieber on Valentine's Day, 2011,[25] the “tour” has brought artists like Bruno Mars, Pitbull, Britney Spears, John Legend, Selena Gomez, Diplo, Robin Thicke, FUN., and Maroon 5.[26][27][28][29][30] In 2013, Get Well Soon Tour got several patients backstage access at The Grammys to meet The Black Keys, B.O.B. and Miranda Lambert.[5]
Magic Giant
In early 2014, Bisnow formed the Indie folk band Magic Giant with Zambricki Li and Zang.[31] Its singles "Set On Fire" charted top 30 on Billboard's Alternative chart[32] and #4 on Spotify's US Viral 50,[33][34][35] while its single, "Window" charted top 40 on Billboard's Hot AC and Adult Pop charts.[36][37]
The band appeared on ABC's Good Morning America and NBC's Today show with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford as Elvis Duran's Artist of the Month, where they performed live their hit "Set on Fire". The group was chosen as ALT 98.7's Artist in Residence and named by Rolling Stone as one of 10 New Artists You Need to Know.[38]
The group has played festivals such as Coachella,[39] BottleRock,[40] Firefly,[41] Electric Forest,[42] and Lightning in a Bottle.[43] They have toured or performed with artists such as OneRepublic,[44] Mike Posner,[45] The Revivalists[46] and American Authors.[47]
Live From Quarantine
From March to May 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Bisnow presented and hosted a 4-weekend digital music festival fundraiser on Instagram Live called Live From Quarantine, featuring performances and appearances from The Lumineers, Woody Harrelson, Jason Mraz, Edward Norton, Walk the Moon, The Head and the Heart, David Blaine, Hamilton's Leslie Odom Jr., Edward Sharpe, LP, MAX, Chelsea Cutler, The Revivalists, Walk off the Earth, Local Natives, Ashe, Plain White T's, Allen Stone, Shakey Graves, Nahko Bear, Thievery Corporation, American Idol's Scarypoolparty, Shaed, Mondo Cozmo, Maggie Rose, and more.[48][49][50]
The festival raised over $100,000 for Frontline Responders Fund to get personal protective equipment to hospital workers and for MusiCares Coronavirus Relief Fund to offer grants to music industry professionals whose livelihood had been affected by the pandemic.[51]
Somewhere In Between
In June 2024, Bisnow launched the indie folk duo Somewhere In Between with his Canadian wife Deena Robertson.[52] Their musical partnership began when they wrote their wedding vows to each other. Then Deena received a life-threatening diagnosis of mouth cancer to which doctors warned she might never speak again—so they came together to record those wedding vows, their first single “Mr & Mrs,” just days before her complex surgery,[53] with Grammy Award-winning artist/producer RY X.
In Between Coffee
Early in 2025, Somewhere In Between launched a half-caffeinated coffee brand named In Between Coffee.[54][55][56] Media coverage described the brand as being created to help people find balance in their daily rituals.[57] According to the company’s website, the beans are intended to reduce the jitters and afternoon crash associated with regular coffee, and are grown on a regenerative family farm, are Fairtrade certified, Swiss Water Process certified, small batch roasted, and inspected for mold.[58]
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Personal life
Outside of their musical collaboration, Bisnow's wife, Deena Robertson, is a co-founder of Modo Yoga LA, a form of eco-friendly hot yoga, and part of the international Modo Yoga network, which originated from Moksha Yoga in Canada.[59][60] Modo Yoga LA has been recognized by several publications, including the Los Angeles Times, which listed it among the best yoga studios in Los Angeles,[61] and CBS Los Angeles, which named it one of the city's best places for hot yoga.[62]
Austin Bisnow is the brother of Elliott Bisnow (best known as the founder of Summit, and from 2013 to 2023 a co‐owner of Powder Mountain Ski Resort in Utah[63]). He is also the son of author Margot Machol and media entrepreneur Mark Bisnow.[64][65]
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