Lipson graduated from the CalArts Herb Alpert School of Music, and formerly studied at USC's Thornton School of Music as part of their Music Industry Program. He has been playing, writing, and performing with bands for more than a decade. Over the years, Lipson has played in a wide variety of musical styles including rock, blues, jazz, pop, folk, country, funk, klezmer, western classical, North Indian classical and free improvisation. He records and produces albums, and has composed scores for motion picture too.