My new book has a cover!
(eternal thanks to Bill Mazza for the gorgeous artwork!)
Coming November 14, 2023 - Just Beyond Listening: Essays of Sonic Encounter.
(eternal thanks to Bill Mazza for the gorgeous artwork!)
Coming November 14, 2023 - Just Beyond Listening: Essays of Sonic Encounter.
11:06 AM - Mar 27, 2023
Job Opening: Visiting Assistant Prof of Jazz Studies, U. of Pittsburgh.
This is a late replacement and has a short deadline (3 weeks!). Please share widely!
https://cfopitt.taleo.net/...
This is a late replacement and has a short deadline (3 weeks!). Please share widely!
https://cfopitt.taleo.net/...
10:09 AM - Apr 12, 2024
Who doesn’t love a conference (double!) book sefie!?!
JBL officially drops this week. And the wonderful University of California Press is currently offering 40% off with the code UCPAMS at https://t.co/kDif2aOxWL
JBL officially drops this week. And the wonderful University of California Press is currently offering 40% off with the code UCPAMS at https://t.co/kDif2aOxWL
02:04 PM - Nov 12, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
Am*zon algorithms are so weird - somehow my new book is included in the "Opera" category (there is one chap. about opera, but it's still odd to me)...
...but at this moment, it's the no. 2 new release in opera! Who wants to place an order to put it on top?
You're going down "75+ Famous Pieces"!
...but at this moment, it's the no. 2 new release in opera! Who wants to place an order to put it on top?
You're going down "75+ Famous Pieces"!
06:14 PM - Oct 23, 2023
There's nothing more humbling then getting book blurbs from some of your academic heroes.
04:11 PM - Oct 05, 2023
Sam Rivers Centennial!
Excited and honored to participate in a 100th b'day celebration for Sam Rivers in Orlando this Sat. I'll be on a panel with Monique Rivers Rencher, Doug Mathews, and Rick Lopez, mod. by Matt Gorney. A concert
by the Rivers Orch follows later in the evening.
See info below!
Excited and honored to participate in a 100th b'day celebration for Sam Rivers in Orlando this Sat. I'll be on a panel with Monique Rivers Rencher, Doug Mathews, and Rick Lopez, mod. by Matt Gorney. A concert
by the Rivers Orch follows later in the evening.
See info below!
09:30 AM - Oct 05, 2023
There are many good reasons to pre-order my new book "Just Beyond Listening." But if you want the silliest reason, it is to help it move up six slots on this new releases list to leapfrog another book titled "Listen." https://amazon.com/gp/new-...
09:29 AM - Sep 15, 2023
Jazz artists - come work with us at Pitt!
We are searching for a new Artistic Director. This is a storied position, previously held by Nathan Davis, Geri Allen, and Nicole Mitchell.
Please share!
https://cfopitt.taleo.net/...
We are searching for a new Artistic Director. This is a storied position, previously held by Nathan Davis, Geri Allen, and Nicole Mitchell.
Please share!
https://cfopitt.taleo.net/...
09:53 AM - Aug 10, 2023
Happy to see ken tianyuan Ge's recent Jazz and Culture article (Ship of Darkness: Jazz and/as Affect in the Global Cruise Industry) get coverage at https://endeavors.unc.edu/...
It's a fascinating piece.
Article link: https://doi-org.pitt.idm.o...
It's a fascinating piece.
Article link: https://doi-org.pitt.idm.o...
05:01 PM - Aug 09, 2023
Book reviews are cool to get and all, but actually the best feeling is when someone you don't know posts a picture of themselves holding your book with a note saying that they enjoyed it. 🧡
https://www.instagram.com/...
https://www.instagram.com/...
12:41 PM - Aug 04, 2023
Yesterday my daughter asked me if a warehouse is half-human and half-house.
10:15 AM - Jul 30, 2023
Delighted to share that Just Beyond Listening has received a 2023 book subvention from the American Musicological Society!
Pre-order it here: https://www.ucpress.edu/bo...
(ordering from the publisher helps support them instead of a certain giant reseller)
Pre-order it here: https://www.ucpress.edu/bo...
(ordering from the publisher helps support them instead of a certain giant reseller)
ucpress.edu
Just Beyond Listening by Michael C. Heller - Paperback - University of California Press
Just Beyond Listening asks how we might think about encounters with sound that complicate standard accounts of aurality. In a series of essays, Michael C. Heller considers how sound functions in dialogue with a range of sensory and affective modalities, including physical co-presence, textual interf..
11:19 AM - Jul 28, 2023
Haven't posted much about the content of my new book Just Beyond Listening. But with UCPress' sale ending tmrw (https://ucpress.edu/book/9... code MAY40), I wanted to give a preview.
So let me tell you about Ch 6, abt Louis Armstrong, house museums, and ghosts🧵1/17
So let me tell you about Ch 6, abt Louis Armstrong, house museums, and ghosts🧵1/17
02:49 PM - May 30, 2023
The journal Jazz and Culture is accepting proposals for research articles, oral histories, or book/media reviews for our Spring 2024 issue. Email me a short proposal (a paragraph or two) by June 15 if you have anything in the works!
12:40 PM - May 24, 2023
Need a copy of "Loft Jazz?" This is the lowest price I've seen in a while at UC Press's crazy May sale, with the code MAY40.
https://www.ucpress.edu/bo...
https://www.ucpress.edu/bo...
ucpress.edu
Loft Jazz by Michael C. Heller - Paperback - University of California Press
The New York loft jazz scene of the 1970s was a pivotal period for uncompromising, artist-produced work. Faced with a flagging jazz economy, a group of young avant-garde improvisers chose to eschew the commercial sphere and develop alternative venues in the abandoned factories and warehouses of Lowe..
09:58 AM - May 24, 2023
2 Threaded Spouts
UC Press is having an intense sale right now - 40% off all books with the code MAY40.
That includes pre-orders! So if you want to pre-order Just Beyond Listening for less than $20, you can do so at https://ingramcartav.supad...
That includes pre-orders! So if you want to pre-order Just Beyond Listening for less than $20, you can do so at https://ingramcartav.supad...
11:04 AM - May 09, 2023
(Edited)
Ooooh, just read a nice Bandcamp Daily piece on the Loft Scene that was published last week. Love to see it.
https://daily.bandcamp.com...
https://daily.bandcamp.com...
08:24 AM - Apr 25, 2023
Book webpage and pre-order site is now up for Just Beyond Listening on UC Press!
https://www.ucpress.edu/bo...
https://www.ucpress.edu/bo...
09:54 AM - Apr 11, 2023
GRANTING ORG: Could you review some applications for us? It will only take an hour of your time!
ME: Ok sure, I guess I can do that.
GO: Great! We’ve assigned you five applications. Each one will only take an hour of your time!
ME: 🤨
ME: Ok sure, I guess I can do that.
GO: Great! We’ve assigned you five applications. Each one will only take an hour of your time!
ME: 🤨
07:48 AM - Apr 06, 2023
Was walking to my office when I got an alert of a campus lockdown due to a (what they're now reporting was a hoax) call reporting an active shooter 4 blocks away at Central Catholic High School. All are safe, physically, but shaken up. This country and its despicable gun culture.
12:04 PM - Mar 29, 2023
My new book has a cover!
(eternal thanks to Bill Mazza for the gorgeous artwork!)
Coming November 14, 2023 - Just Beyond Listening: Essays of Sonic Encounter.
(eternal thanks to Bill Mazza for the gorgeous artwork!)
Coming November 14, 2023 - Just Beyond Listening: Essays of Sonic Encounter.
11:06 AM - Mar 27, 2023
Super excited to share the cover artwork for my forthcoming book "Just Beyond Listening" - created by the amazing Bill Mazza!
https://www.instagram.com/...
https://www.instagram.com/...
12:05 PM - Feb 15, 2023
The banning of teaching systemic racism is a perfect example of systemic racism.
10:40 PM - Feb 13, 2023
The legacy of "Strange Fruit," written by Abel Meeropol and popularized by Billie Holiday, offers an unflinching view of the horrors of the Reconstruction era and highlights a dark history of violence against Black activists and performers. #BlackHistoryMonth
More: bit.ly/3xmMCMB
More: bit.ly/3xmMCMB
01:32 PM - Feb 13, 2023
CFP SPOUT!
Jazz and Culture, the academic journal, is seeking Media and Book Reviews for a special issue on "Jazz Across Screen Media."
Spread the word! And if you submit, let me know if you read this on Spoutible. Would love to know how spouts like this are landing!
Jazz and Culture, the academic journal, is seeking Media and Book Reviews for a special issue on "Jazz Across Screen Media."
Spread the word! And if you submit, let me know if you read this on Spoutible. Would love to know how spouts like this are landing!
04:22 PM - Feb 13, 2023
Testing testing. Looking for #Jazz #musicology #ethnomusicology #soundstudies #BLM on the new platform.
08:41 PM - Feb 04, 2023
