Elliot Schwartzman is a multi instrumentalist, singer and songwriter originally from Rochester, NY. In 2008 he moved to Los Angeles where over the years he developed a music career as a touring band member for a number of artists big and small. Most notably in 2017 Elliot was hired as a full time touring band member (Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals) for the Pop Rock Grammy award winning and internationally renowned band, Imagine Dragons. Prior to his work with the Dragons he had the privilege of touring for a few years with another Grammy award winning artist, that time from the Country world, Dwight Yoakam (Keyboards, Guitar, Pedal Steel, Mandolin, Violin, Vocals). Zendaya, Casey Abrams, and Jason Mraz are just a few other notable names Elliot has had the opportunity to work with on stage as well as countless other local artists from around the Los Angeles area and beyond.
In 2016 Elliot was introduced to a producer in the Topanga Canyon area of Los Angeles, Max Allen. Max worked closely with Elliot over the course of the year to help produce his first independently released collection of original recorded tunes on an EP titled 'California Cold'. Elliot and Max worked together again in 2019 this time working also with Taylor Tesler, Kurtis Keber, and Morgan Williamson all close personal friends and former band mates of Elliot’s from his early days as a musician. Together they rearranged and revamped an EP of tunes from their past and released it online under the band name ‘BTP’. The album is titled “Hi Proof”.