Magnus Murphy

Australian pop singer, songwriter and producer Magnus Murphy's music is Anthemic Pop,
electrifying and soulful. Magnus has returned to Brisbane from writing and recording new
music such as his next single Take It Off in Los Angeles with notable producers such as
Mitch Kenny (Zedd, Elton John, Beyonce). Only recently performing for Style Magazines
sold out event to raise funds for the bushfire relief.
Magnus’s self wrote and produced his latest single Colours and co-wrote and produced his
prior single Feel Something with Jack Press and Simon Cohen at Studios 301 in Sydney in
2019. Magnus released his single Volcano April 2018 who he co-wrote and produced with
Aria Award Winning Producer Stuart Stuart (Sheppard, The Veronicas) at Analogue Heart
Records. He also launched Volcano with a live performance in front of an audience of
3000 people at the Brisbane Convention Centre at the DDP Boxing match again Hogan
and Kelly, with the live recording video achieving over 100 Thousand views on youtube. He
also lead the crowd in singing the Australian National Anthem to kick off the main event the
same evening.
His debut single in 2017 Lightning was self-written, co-produced in his studio
and mastered by Grammy Award-winning engineer Tom Coyne (Beyoncé, Taylor Swift,
Justin Bieber, Adele). Lightning has now achieved over one-hundred thousand streams on
Spotify and the music video has been viewed over ten-thousand times on Vevo /
YouTube. Magnus has performed Lightning and his original compilation (album's length
worth) of self written music at numerous shows around clubs and performance venues
throughout the past year, with positive reviews from critics, including Konzert Magazine:
"His infectious voice projection filled the room, delivering nothing less than a graceful and
impressive show."
Magnus has also performed at a variety of high profile publicly televised charity events
such as the Service Of Remembrance for Donate Life Queensland 2017 (QLD Organ
Donation Foundation) and the I Can I Will foundation’s Black Tie 5th Birthday Gala where
he performed his unreleased single Silverline which is aimed at preventing student suicide
as a result of cyber bullying which is a cause he feels passionate about making a
difference for.
Growing up, Magnus had an extensive involvement in classical music, musicals and
theatre. He has been trained in piano, clarinet and violin, performing in a range of school
bands, choirs and school theatre productions. He is largely self-taught on the guitar and
found his passion for writing and performing Pop music from his artistic inspirations like
Coldplay. Magnus began fronting bands as a teenager, performing publicly in clubs after
graduating from school prior to embarking on his solo career. As a university
graduate, Magnus holds a Bachelor of Audio Production and a Diploma of Sound
Production from SAE Institute Brisbane in 2013. Magnus won SAE’s prize for the best
final audio production project.