BIO
​Austin holds a Masters degree in Performance (Jazz Concentration) from Texas State University, where he assistant directed Jazz Lab Band and Guitar Seminar under Arthur Latin. As an artist, Austin has had the opportunity to perform and record with various artists including Free Radicals and Autumn Walker
​As part of the Texas State University Jazz Ensemble, he had the chance to share the stage with artists like Tito Carrillo, Arthur Latin, Marshall Gilkes, Israe Butler, Gregg Field, Jay Leach, Robert Boone Jr., Aaron Lack, and open for the Duke Ellington Orchestra. He appeared in PBS' Wham Re-Bop-Boom-Bam: The Swing Jazz of Eddie Durham and performed yearly in the Eddie Durham Jazz Festival. He also contributed to the Butch Miles Legacy Archive to honor the great Count Basie drummer and former Texas State University instructor.
Austin engages in composition for educational materials, short films, game jams, sync for social media promotion, and original music projects.​​ He is a member of the ambitious creative collective Iron Waffle Media where he contributes to short films, music videos, social media content, and on-set assistance.
In the electronic music sphere he has collaborated with vaporwave artists like Angel Marcloid, AURAGRAPH, Nameless Warning, and Cyber Surfer 3D under his side project Entrana