James (Jimmy) Shaw is a founding member of Metric as well as an original member of Broken Social Scene. He was born in England but grew up in Ontario. A multi-instrumentalist, Jimmy attended the Julliard School of Music but left in his final year to start Metric. He produced or co-produced three of Metric's first four albums and is the sole producer of Synthetica. Jimmy co-owns Giant Studios in Toronto with Death From Above's Sebastien Granger.