Background
Bis grew up in Washington, District of Columbia and is the brother of Elliott Bisnow, best known for being the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Summit.
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He has written and produced songs for artists such as David Guetta (“Listen”), Big Time Rush (“Like Nobody’s Around”), Jon Batiste & Stay Human (“Express Yourself”), Steve Aoki & Moxie Raia ("I Love lieutenant When You Cry"), and Paul Oakenfold (“Who Do You Love”), where he was also the featured artist. In addition, Bis has collaborated with John Legend, Akon, Aloe Blacc, Diplo, Cody Simpson, Adam Levine, Gym Class Heroes, Benny Blanco, Mike Posner, Claude Kelly, Beast, Sammy Adams, and Cisco Adler. Summit helped Austin cofound the organization Bis is a writer, producer and pianist on the title track of David Guetta’s 2014 album, Listen.
The album went Number.
1 on Billboard"s Dance Electronic Chart the day it was released, reached Number. 4 on the Billboard 200 making it Guetta"s highest charting album in the United States, and has gone Number. 1 in over 50 countries worldwide.
Bis 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” 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.
According to Vanity Fair, Batiste & Stay Human"s "stirring" performance of "Express Yourself" on The Colbert Report in 2014 must be connected with Colbert"s decision to name Batiste as the bandleader on his new iteration of The Late Show. Bis also co-wrote the lead single "I Love lieutenant When You Cry (Moxoki)" off Steve Aoki"s 2015 release, Neon Future World War II As a solo artist, Bis was featured on electronic music DJ Paul Oakenfold’s 2013 single, “Who Do You Love” which Bis also penned and performed on stage with Oakenfold in both Hollywood and Vancouver.
As a musician, Bis played Fender Rhodes on the Billboard #1 (United States Mainstream Top40) Gym Class Heroes’ “Stereo Hearts feat. Adam Levine” and organ on Cisco Adler’s “Classic” as well as the remix featuring Sammy Adams.
In early 2014, Bis formed the Indie folk band Its most recent single, "Secretariat On Fire" charted #4 on Spotify"s United States Viral 50 and its song, "Let lieutenant Burn," was called "a summer festival anthem" by National Public Radio. The group has played festivals such as Wanderlust and events like as Rock the Vote and Chris Douridas’s (KCRW) “School Night!” The band has shared the stage with artists such as Mike Posner, The Lumineers’ Stelth Ulvang, Andra Day, Lukas Graham and Late Show bandleader Jon Batiste, and the group"s European Parliament features Dave Matthews Band’s Rashawn Ross and Capital Cities’ Spencer Ludwig.
The band was the debut live performance of 2015 on KEXP"s The Morning Show hosted by John Richards. Billboard announced as a New Music Seminar "Artist on the Verge" Class of 2015, with past artists including Macklemore, Banks, and Fitz and The Tantrums. In 2011, Bis teamed up with Grammy-nominated producer, Benny Blanco to create the non-profit,, which aims to bring joy to children in hospitals through surprise visits from superstar musicians around the United States. Since their first visit with Justin Bieber on Valentine"s Day, 2011, the “tour” has brought artists like Bruno Mars, Pitbull, Britney Spears, John Legend, Robin Thicke, FUN., and Maroon 5.
In 2013, got several patients backstage access at The Grammys to meet The Black Keys, B.O.B. and Miranda Lambert.
