Dave Phillips is a composer/performer/instructor living in NW Ohio. His compositions range from simple blues songs to complex works based on contemporary computer music techniques. He has worked extensively in the Csound environment since the late 1980s, with occasional forays into SuperCollider3, Pure Data, and other similar environments. Most recently his electroacoustic compositions have focused on the use of AVSynthesis, a Csound-based program for music composition and sound synthesis. Dave is also a frequent columnist to the Linux Journal and other Linux-centric periodicals, and he has contributed work for various other publications, including the Csound Book and the Audio Programming Book.