JP Touchette is an American musician, photographer, filmmaker, magician and graphic designer with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production. 

Drumming, perhaps the most prominent of his escapades, is showcased in his tribute to Ginger Baker. This drum video contains a 7-minute-long solo featuring the skills JP learned from years of studying the Afro-Brit style of Ginger Baker. His latest blues-rock band, Tempest, incorporates this exciting style of music. 

JP's love for all things visceral and colorful presents itself especially well in his photographic work. Ranging from people to near microscopic arthropods, each creature is treated with the utmost respect and admiration. JP seeks to bring to light both the grandest and most mundane to the forefront of his audience's consciousness. All this in hopes that these subjects will command the same wonder that JP witnessed himself before clicking the shutter. 

In 2023, JP fell ill to Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW), a debilitating condition caused by the dangerous side effects of topical steroids prescribed for the skin. After a year of recovery, he passed a TSW Awareness Resolution in the Maine Senate and recently launched a podcast to help advocate for people suffering with the same condition. 

All accomplishments and embellishments aside, JP Touchette considers himself a lifelong student and arrives at each opportunity with an eagerness to learn. One is never complete, nor all knowing. To live is to search and discover for we must remain fully open to what the future may hold.