Marshall Heiser Ph.D. is a multidisciplinary academic. He is also a classically-trained instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and a music technology developer- manufacturer. His publications explore such varied topics as sound in cinema; the interrelatedness of humour, play, and creativity theory; the music of Brian Wilson; and the phenomenology of record production. He has previously lectured and developed curricula at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music, Griffith University, Australia, as well as in the private sector. He has presented papers internationally on the topics of record production and pedagogy; as well as, creativity, humour, and play theory. His writing is published by Equinox (Sheffield, UK) and in the international Journal on the Art of Record Production. He has also acted as a co-editor for the acclaimed sound engineering text Mixing With Your Mind by AIR studios’ Mike Stavrou (2003). Marshall is currently working on a peer-reviewed popular music creative practice title: Making 'Popular Music: Power and Play' which he hopes to have released sometime in late 2019.