Alex Cliff

Bitter Jester Music Festival Judge

Alex Cliff is a Producer/Director and Twitch Streamer based in Chicago.

A hobbyist guitarist and musician for the past 20 years, Alex was influenced early on by classic rock and blues styles of music, which spoke to him.

He spent the first ten or twelve years of his musical journey playing in bands (mostly a mix of punk/grunge), pursuing a music career, putting out EPs, and playing shows including plenty of talent shows and battles of the bands!

Alex had the opportunity to play at The Double Door in downtown Chicago through a battle of the bands he won. That set started at midnight the night before HS graduation (😂). Definitely one of of many cherished memories from those years for him.

In addition to the genres he grew up listening to and performing, Alex enjoys many different musical styles and has a lifelong and deep respect for music of all kinds and the people who create it.

Most of his playing nowadays happens around the house, late at night, with much smaller amps than he would prefer.

Apart from music, Alex is an active entertainer and multimedia producer. He got into streaming video games on Twitch a decade ago.

Additionally, he works in IT, film production, and flies drones professionally!

 "Last year, Alex and his partners at Threaded Films in Chicago wrote and produced a sci-fi puppet project. BJMF Founder Nicolas DeGrazia was the First Assistant Director on the production. Stay tuned for more info!