John Reed is a bass player, a former Mayor of his small town, and an eclectic inventor. His talents range widely, but often focus where art meets the real world, or collaboration can bring people together. Formerly in the film industry, he created special effects and hundreds of animation puppets for 35 movies, including "Nightmare Before Christmas". Currently John is working on methods of passing both information and a joyful philosophy on to younger whippersnappers.