Lem is an amazing lyricist, with hundreds of songs under his belt. He plays guitar, mandolin, ukulele, and cittern, but not all at once.
As co-head of music programming for the 2008 Worldcon, he convinced the con to have a Music Guest, which no Worldcon had ever done before. In March, 2020, he accidentally founded the Festival of the Living Rooms, bringing the filk world together when we couldn't meet in person.
Lem was inducted into the Filk Hall of Fame in 2020. He has 7 CDs ready to release and hopes to finish the liner notes and covers in time for Consonance.