Books

My book for the 33 1/3 series is on the classic Aphex Twin album. It’s also been translated into Spanish and Japanese.

The Music Technology Cookbook: Ready-Made Recipes for the Classroom

I contributed a chapter, “The Room Tone Song,” to this “practitioner-oriented collection of lesson plans outlining step-by-step music-making activities with music technology.”

For the Record: Conversations with People Who Have Shaped the Way We Listen to Music

I contributed an essay on Raster-Noton, the label of Olaf Bender and Carsten Nicolai (the latter aka Alva Noto).

Double Nickels Forever: A Tribute to Double Nickels on the Dime and the Minutemen

I wrote the introduction to this collection of comics inspired by the classic Minutemen album.

Justin Green’s Musical Legends

I wrote the foreword for this collection that features comics I edited by the late cartoonist Justin Green, originally published in Tower Records’ Pulse! magazine.

Hours of Infinity: Recording the Imperfect Eternal

I wrote the foreword to this catalog of an exhibition and performance by artist John Kannenberg.

Reggae, Rasta, Revolution: Jamaican Music from Ska to Dub

I contributed an essay about American dub, drawing from interviews with Dub Narcotic Sound System, Grassy Knoll, President’s Breakfast, and Money Mark.

The Art of Noticing: 131 Ways to Spark Creativity, Find Inspiration, and Discover Joy in the Everyday

There are two sections in this book about my work: one is about reviewing everyday sounds “as if they were commercial music releases” and the other is about making a “sound map.”

Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning

There’s a full chapter by Ethan Hein on the topic of “The Disquiet Junto as an Online Community of Practice.”