Erik Austin Deerly works as a music composer and media artist, creating soundtracks and for film, dance, and video. He also authors interactive audio/video work for web, performance, and installation. He is Publishing Editor of Burning Word Literary Magazine and occasionally writes poetry and op-eds for amusement. Erik works primarily out of his Chicago studio, Tonemeister Experimental Audio/Video (TEA-V).

His work has been seen and heard world-wide and currently includes ten full-length music releases, four video shorts, a full-length independent film soundtrack, three collaborative dance scores, and two multi-screen video/audio installations. His work has earned a Webby nomination (1999), two Addy Awards (1988 & 1989), and a South by Southwest National Interactive Design Award (2002, first place).

Publications include: Émigré, Option, and College Music Journal. Releases: The Scarecrow Dancing; Parallel Universe; If Ever (an Ocean) Relinquished; At the Fast End of the Fast-Slow Continuum, The Friendship Gardens; Time, Through Windows; All About Time; Controlled Substances; Standing Waves in Shoaling Water; Joshua Tree; Palm Desert; Dreaming Out Louder; Get Your La-La’s Out!; Baling Wire and Bubble Gum; Social Graces.

Erik holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts and Media from Columbia College Chicago and a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Northern Illinois University.