Jim Speer Chapman Stick® and electric bass guitar; wind instruments including recorders, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, crumhorn and rauschpfeife; backing vocals.

Jim Speer was born, without benefit of Congressional representation, in Washington D.C. In the ensuing years he grew larger, and was moved to Cambridge, and then Waltham, MA. Thankfully, he eventually realized the thing to do was play saxophone and clarinets in the Waltham school system music department for years and years, which was accomplished. After that, he took a degree in music composition at Haverford College, near Philadelphia, PA, under the advisement of music professors whose careers and repute can surely prosper without requiring mention here. He now plays in Philadelphia electro-folk band Broadside Electric, noise/performance art group UNSOUND, and spacey looping duo Invasion of Time. Also several other musical projects cooking, including work with tall and talented New York writer Ellis Avery. -- Jim