Maxwell Gontarek studies writing at Johns Hopkins University where he works as a member of the executive board of WJHU, his school’s student-run internet radio station, and as a member of the audiovisual technology support team. He is a bassist and vocalist for the band Out of Loud and serves as multi-instrumentalist for various other musical projects, including Percy Sludge and D. S. Burner. In his free time he shoots the breeze with friends in West Philadelphia and in Charles Village, Baltimore.