David Rains
David Rains is a composer, business consultant, and microbrewer. He holds a doctorate in Music Composition and Computer Music Applications from the University of Texas at Austin. His dissertation focused on the use of microtonal just intonation, which involves dividing the octave into more than 12 unequal parts. After years of professional consulting with public and private companies, David is currently working on several entrepreneurial ventures, including a technology to recover oil from abandoned wells, the manufacture of decorative architectural products, and craft brewing of double India Pale Ales and Russian Imperial Stouts.
Contributions:
- Volume 4: Friction, Chapter 07: "Subvocalization"
- Volume 2: Next, Chapter 09: "Ornithological Notes"