Jim DiDomenico began his professional music career in 1986 as a solo artist performing his songs and some of his favorite covers at Durty Nellies in his hometown of Palatine IL, and The Ancient Mariner in Minocqua, WI. In 1992, Jim founded the Chicago-based band, Underwater People. Throughout the '90s and early 2000s, Underwater People played to 100's of thousands of people at shows across the U.S. Averaging almost 140 shows a year, the band gained quite a following, particularly in the Chicagoland area. The band has performed at countless street festivals and almost every live music club in and around the city. They've also headlined many of Chicago's most famous music venues including; the House of Blues, the Park West, the Vic, and Navy Pier's Skyline Stage. The band has also played many post-race parties for events such as the Chicago Marathon, the Shamrock Shuffle, and the Chicago (world's largest) Triathlon. One of the band's most memorable performances was right at home plate at Wrigley Field. Currently, while the band's public performances are limited, the band plays at private events around the world. Jim has gone back to his roots and enjoys performing as a solo artist or as a duo or trio with his friends from the band, Jacob Sweet and Colin Scott. 

Jim is a happy husband (Rebecca) and father of three (Tyler, Tessa, and Ivy) beautiful children. Tyler (junior) and Tessa (sophomore) are both Jayhawks at the University of Kansas. Ivy is a sophomore at Burlington Central H.S. The family resides in Elgin, IL, but Jim spends as much time as possible up in northern Wisconsin where he works at Camp Highlands for Boys. Many moons ago, Jim started on an education track in college planning to be a teacher (a 25+ yr. career as a full time musician just got in the way :). Jim went back to school at National Louis University and completed his Master of Arts in Teaching Elementary Education. He is now in his eigth year of making a difference in the lives of first graders. Yes, first graders :). He is so happy to be teaching elementary school in the Batavia Public School system at Alice Gustafson School. 

Jim loves the outdoors and human-powered endurance sports. He enjoys running (a proud member of an NCAA Div. III National Championship Cross Country team at North Central College), biking (mt., road, and cyclocross), and stand-up paddleboarding. However, his main passion is cross-country ski racing where he has skied in over 100 ski marathon races. While not as fast as he used to be, Jim competed in and finished his 36th American Birkebeiner (North America's largest xc ski marathon) this past winter.