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—Brendan Byrnes

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"Kurt Cobain liked (your old band) Bomb. Kurt turned me on to Bomb."

"Kurt Cobain liked your old band, Bomb. Kurt turned me on to Bomb."

--[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJKIul48mK8&t= | Krist Novoselic]

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SyntheticThought a.k.a. ~~Michael~~ Feen, real name Michael W. Dean

SyntheticThought a.k.a. Feen, real name Michael W. Dean.

I'~~m in~~ the ~~music group BipTunia~~. https://biptunia.com/ ~~Our microtonal music is~~ here~~; https://biptunia~~.~~com/?s=microtonal~~

I've made and released several microtonal VSTs for Windows, including the only free microtonal sampler. [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 You can get them free, here].

BipTunia has made many albums (14 as of ~~March 2019~~). All but the first 7 contain some microtonal music.

I'm the music project BipTunia. https://biptunia.com/ The microtonal music is here; https://biptunia.com/?s=microtonal

BipTunia has made many albums (85 as of Sept 2023). All but the first 7 contain some microtonal music.

It's not a jam band. It's very structured music. I work on music a good percentage of my waking hours these days. And possibly when asleep too.

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First put out a record in 1985 with a jazz-punk group called [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1787303-Baby-Opaque Baby Opaque].

~~I've made and released several microtonal VSTs, and a microtonal sampler. Most are for Windows, but one is for Mac. [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 You can get them free, here].~~

I put out a xen compilation album called "'''''Microtonal Freedom (A Benefit Compilation Album for Lyn Ulbricht)."''''' Some of the folks on this wiki are on that album. [https://biptunia.com/?p=4633 More info here]. And you can listen to it [https://open.spotify.com/album/2ojBIQLtipAo6MPJhmNiWP free, here on Spotify].

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Last gig I played was in 1999. Touring is a young man's game. There is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qac9CINgQMU&t video of that gig though].

Fun facts: I have no trouble speaking in front of a crowd, have done it a lot, but prefer to avoid people. I ~~am self-employed, work at home, am often up all night~~ and ~~sleep in the day~~, ~~and sometimes go weeks without seeing any humans other than~~ my ~~wonderful wife~~.

Fun facts: I have no trouble speaking in front of a crowd, have done it a lot, but prefer to avoid people. I was born in 1964. My wife and I live on a small farm with sheep and I like to do astrophotography, my pix are here:

https://www.astrobin.com/users/BipTunia/

My user name SyntheticThought is from a line in a BipTunia song. The phrase was created by Phil Wormuth, the Poet Laureate of BipTunia. He and I went to college together, back in the early 80s.

My user name SyntheticThought is from a line in a BipTunia song. The phrase was created by Phil Wormuth, the Poet Laureate Emeritus of BipTunia. He and I went to college together, back in the early 80s.

I love cats. ~~Have 3~~ cats~~. Bob~~, ~~Beast, and BipCat. They're awesome~~.

I love cats. My wife and I have 6 indoor cats, but also feed some strays outside.

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'''Oct 16, 2018 update: Stopped editing the wiki, for the same reason good editors usually leave wikis;''' frustration from admins not blocking people who make counterproductive edits, when those people will not stop, despite repeated warnings and temp banning.

'''Oct 16, 2018 update: Stopped editing the wiki, for the same reason good editors usually leave wikis;''' frustration from admins not blocking people who make counterproductive edits, when those people will not stop, despite repeated warnings and temp banning. A few idiots can destroy a site if admins are afraid to admin.

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'''March 20, 2019 update,''' I had started helping here again, but quit again. And am watching people who don't know me [https://www.facebook.com/groups/xenwiki/permalink/2221964348069557/ throw me under the bus on the Xenwiki Work Group]. No good deed goes unpunished.

There are some actual untruths there. One person said I've vandalized other people's work here. I have never done that.

There are some actual untruths there. One person said I've vandalized other people's work here. I have never done that. And now I'm kicked off that page, so people can tell lies without me being able to defend myself. Total grade school move, y'all.

I may come back to fix broken links here as they become broken, or update things I created on here. But I won't be adding new pages, and won't be involved in wiki politics and day-to-day decision making / arguing / "art by committee."

Here's what I've done on this Wiki:

'''Here's what I've done on this Wiki:'''

--I combined two pages with a lot of redundant info (''Artists'', and ''Bands'', combined to new page, "LISTEN.")

First I discussed it with Kite, Jacob, Mike B. They OKed it.

Also got the admins to add a LISTEN link on the left sidebar. I believe that is THE first thing noobs will be looking for if they stumble on this page and are curious.

--Plus found all the long-dead links on those pages and deleted dead links, put on the talk page what I deleted (for historical completeness). Then I found working Listen links for artists when possible.

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--I updated the VST page, looked for dead links, and found live links.

-I wrote the suggested Conduct page a few people are freaking out about. I wrote that after discussions with Stephen Weigel, Kite, and Tae. Talked a lot about it with Mike B. and Tyler. Tyler, gave me of push back, but I did it anyway, so people could see what I was talking about rather than sending bits here and there as PMs.

--I wrote the suggested Conduct page a few people are freaking out about. I wrote that after discussions with Stephen Weigel, Kite, and Tae. Talked a lot about it with Mike B. and Tyler. Tyler, gave me of push back, but I did it anyway, so people could see what I was talking about rather than sending bits here and there as PMs.

It the loud minority here wants to no use that page, that's fine. I think it's a mistake to not use it though.

-I never blanked anything, except Viagra spam.

--I never blanked anything, except Viagra spam.

--Added my music and my VSTs, to the Listen and VST pages.

--Regularly backed up the half-gig of data for this website, to have a recent backup in case things crash and data is lost.

-~~Added my music~~ and ~~my VSTs~~, to the ~~Listen~~ and ~~VST pages~~.

--Other than that, just helped the community when possible. Put together a compilation album, made [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 some free xen VSTs], and patiently answered a lot of questions from people, especially people new to xen, on the ''Xenharmonic Alliance'' Facebook group, and the ''Microtonalitaly'' Facebook group.

That's pretty much it, that I recall. Certainly nothing destructive.

That's pretty much it, that I recall. Certainly nothing destructive, despite untruths being spread on the Facebook Wiki Workgroup.

~~-Other than that, just helped the community when possible. Put together a compilation album, made [https:~~//biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 some free xen VSTs], and patiently answered a lot of questions from people, especially people new to xen, on the ''Xenharmonic Alliance'' Facebook group, and the ''Microtonalitaly'' Facebook group.

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~~<hr>~~

'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia'''" from November 19, 2004, for more on my opinion on wikis.

~~'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia'''" from November 19, 2004, for more on this. Written~~ by Jason Scott, one of the people who helped build Wikipedia in the early days: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/808

This was written by Jason Scott, one of the people who helped build Wikipedia in the early days: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/808

tl:dr version of Jason Scott's article: '''The productive contributors leave because they go from "being a content creator to being a content ''defender''."'''.. When a very few people dump all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." (In other words, when the ''admins'' are not ''admin''ing.)

'''''tl:dr''''' version of Jason Scott's article: '''The productive contributors leave because they go from "being a content creator to being a content ''defender''."'''.. When a very few people dump all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." (In other words, when the ''admins'' are not ''admin''ing.)

And usually a few editors jump in and tell the people trying to make things work that they're being "mean."

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Or the editors and admins think a wiki is a democracy. When they should think of it as private property jointly owned by the admins and editors who have made useful edits.

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'''WANT TO CHAT WITH ME?''': Like many microtonal musicians, and many musicians in general, and many synth players, and most software designers, I ~~have~~ [[wikipedia:Asperger_syndrome|~~Aspergers~~]].

'''WANT TO CHAT WITH ME?''': Like many microtonal musicians, and many musicians in general, and many synth players, and most software designers, I'm an [[wikipedia:Asperger_syndrome|Aspie]] .

So I have a hard time reading sarcasm, especially in text, especially from people I haven't talked with a lot.

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So if you're kidding with me, add "lol" or I'll never know.

And if you're pissed at me, ~~let me know~~ clearly, or I'll never know.

And if you're pissed at me, and don't explain clearly, I'll never know.

If you're trying to convey something more subtle, explain it in plain English or I'll never know.

These are, by the way, good overall suggestions for anyone talking to anyone on the Internet.~~. People~~ don't know your baseline, then they can't read between your lines

These are, by the way, good overall suggestions for anyone talking to anyone on the Internet. When people don't know your baseline, then they can't read between your lines.

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Being an aspie is actually a plus. It helps me ignore outside distractions to have more focus for doing complex projects I enjoy. <hr />

[https://www.facebook.com/local.scrutinizer Me on Facebeast.]

[https://twitter.com/FreedomFeens Me on Twitter.]

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 —Brendan Byrnes
 <hr />
-"Kurt Cobain liked (your old band) Bomb. Kurt turned me on to Bomb."
+"Kurt Cobain liked your old band, Bomb. Kurt turned me on to Bomb."
 --[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJKIul48mK8&t=&#x20;| Krist Novoselic]
 <hr />
-SyntheticThought a.k.a. Michael Feen, real name Michael W. Dean
+SyntheticThought a.k.a. Feen, real name Michael W. Dean.
-I'm in the music group BipTunia. https://biptunia.com/ Our microtonal music is here; https://biptunia.com/?s=microtonal
+I've made and released several microtonal VSTs for Windows, including the only free microtonal sampler. [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 You can get them free, here].
-BipTunia has made many albums (14 as of March 2019). All but the first 7 contain some microtonal music.
+I'm the music project BipTunia. https://biptunia.com/ The microtonal music is here; https://biptunia.com/?s=microtonal
+BipTunia has made many albums (85 as of Sept 2023). All but the first 7 contain some microtonal music.
 It's not a jam band. It's very structured music. I work on music a good percentage of my waking hours these days. And possibly when asleep too.
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 First put out a record in 1985 with a jazz-punk group called [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1787303-Baby-Opaque Baby Opaque].
-I've made and released several  microtonal VSTs, and a microtonal sampler. Most are for Windows, but one is for Mac. [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 You can get them free, here].
 I put out a xen compilation album called "'''''Microtonal Freedom (A Benefit Compilation Album for Lyn Ulbricht)."''''' Some of the folks on this wiki are on that album. [https://biptunia.com/?p=4633 More info here]. And you can listen to it [https://open.spotify.com/album/2ojBIQLtipAo6MPJhmNiWP free, here on Spotify].
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 Last gig I played was in 1999. Touring is a young man's game. There is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qac9CINgQMU&t video of that gig though].
-Fun facts: I have no trouble speaking in front of a crowd, have done it a lot, but prefer to avoid people. I am self-employed, work at home, am often up all night and sleep in the day, and sometimes go weeks without seeing any humans other than my wonderful wife.
+Fun facts: I have no trouble speaking in front of a crowd, have done it a lot, but prefer to avoid people. I was born in 1964. My wife and I live on a small farm with sheep and I like to do astrophotography, my pix are here:
+https://www.astrobin.com/users/BipTunia/
-My user name SyntheticThought is from a line in a BipTunia song. The phrase was created by Phil Wormuth, the Poet Laureate of BipTunia. He and I went to college together, back in the early 80s.
+My user name SyntheticThought is from a line in a BipTunia song. The phrase was created by Phil Wormuth, the Poet Laureate Emeritus of BipTunia. He and I went to college together, back in the early 80s.
-I love cats. Have 3 cats. Bob, Beast, and BipCat. They're awesome.
+I love cats. My wife and I have 6 indoor cats, but also feed some strays outside.
-<hr>
+<hr />
-'''Oct 16, 2018 update: Stopped editing the wiki, for the same reason good editors usually leave wikis;''' frustration from admins not blocking people who make counterproductive edits, when those people will not stop, despite repeated warnings and temp banning.
+'''Oct 16, 2018 update: Stopped editing the wiki, for the same reason good editors usually leave wikis;''' frustration from admins not blocking people who make counterproductive edits, when those people will not stop, despite repeated warnings and temp banning. A few idiots can destroy a site if admins are afraid to admin.
-<hr>
+<hr />
 '''March 20, 2019 update,''' I had started helping here again, but quit again. And am watching people who don't know me [https://www.facebook.com/groups/xenwiki/permalink/2221964348069557/ throw me under the bus on the Xenwiki Work Group]. No good deed goes unpunished.
-There are some actual untruths there. One person said I've vandalized other people's work here. I have never done that.
+There are some actual untruths there. One person said I've vandalized other people's work here. I have never done that. And now I'm kicked off that page, so people can tell lies without me being able to defend myself. Total grade school move, y'all.
+I may come back to fix broken links here as they become broken, or update things I created on here. But I won't be adding new pages, and won't be involved in wiki politics and day-to-day decision making / arguing / "art by committee."
-Here's what I've done on this Wiki:
+'''Here's what I've done on this Wiki:'''
 --I combined two pages with a lot of redundant info (''Artists'', and ''Bands'', combined to new page, "LISTEN.")
 First I discussed it with Kite, Jacob, Mike B. They OKed it.
+Also got the admins to add a LISTEN link on the left sidebar. I believe that is THE first thing noobs will be looking for if they stumble on this page and are curious.
 --Plus found all the long-dead links on those pages and deleted dead links, put on the talk page what I deleted (for historical completeness). Then I found working Listen links for artists when possible.
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 --I updated the VST page, looked for dead links, and found live links.
--I wrote the suggested Conduct page a few people are freaking out about. I wrote that after discussions with Stephen Weigel, Kite, and Tae. Talked a lot about it with Mike B. and Tyler. Tyler, gave me of push back, but I did it anyway, so people could see what I was talking about rather than sending bits here and there as PMs.
+--I wrote the suggested Conduct page a few people are freaking out about. I wrote that after discussions with Stephen Weigel, Kite, and Tae. Talked a lot about it with Mike B. and Tyler. Tyler, gave me of push back, but I did it anyway, so people could see what I was talking about rather than sending bits here and there as PMs.
 It the loud minority here wants to no use that page, that's fine. I think it's a mistake to not use it though.
--I never blanked anything, except Viagra spam.
+--I never blanked anything, except Viagra spam.
+--Added my music and my VSTs, to the Listen and VST pages.
+--Regularly backed up the half-gig of data for this website, to have a recent backup in case things crash and data is lost.
--Added my music and my VSTs, to the Listen and VST pages.
+--Other than that, just helped the community when possible. Put together a compilation album, made [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 some free xen VSTs], and patiently answered a lot of questions from people, especially people new to xen, on the ''Xenharmonic Alliance'' Facebook group, and the ''Microtonalitaly'' Facebook group.
-That's pretty much it, that I recall. Certainly nothing destructive.
+That's pretty much it, that I recall. Certainly nothing destructive, despite untruths being spread on the Facebook Wiki Workgroup.
--Other than that, just helped the community when possible. Put together a compilation album, made [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 some free xen VSTs], and patiently answered a lot of questions from people, especially people new to xen, on the ''Xenharmonic Alliance'' Facebook group, and the ''Microtonalitaly'' Facebook group.
+<hr />
-<hr>
+'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia'''" from November 19, 2004, for more on my opinion on wikis.
-'''Read "The Great Failure of Wikipedia'''" from November 19, 2004, for more on this. Written by Jason Scott, one of the people who helped build Wikipedia in the early days: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/808
+This was written by Jason Scott, one of the people who helped build Wikipedia in the early days: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/808
-tl:dr version of Jason Scott's article: '''The productive contributors leave because they go from "being a content creator to being a content ''defender''."'''.. When a very few people dump all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." (In other words, when the ''admins'' are not ''admin''ing.)
+'''''tl:dr''''' version of Jason Scott's article: '''The productive contributors leave because they go from "being a content creator to being a content ''defender''."'''.. When a very few people dump all over everything, and admins don't stop them, because admins don't want to be "mean." (In other words, when the ''admins'' are not ''admin''ing.)
 And usually a few editors jump in and tell the people trying to make things work that they're being "mean."
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 Or the editors and admins think a wiki is a democracy. When they should think of it as private property jointly owned by the admins and editors who have made useful edits.
 <hr />
-'''WANT TO CHAT WITH ME?''': Like many microtonal musicians, and many musicians in general, and many synth players, and most software designers, I have [[wikipedia:Asperger_syndrome|Aspergers]].
+'''WANT TO CHAT WITH ME?''': Like many microtonal musicians, and many musicians in general, and many synth players, and most software designers, I'm an [[wikipedia:Asperger_syndrome|Aspie]] .
 So I have a hard time reading sarcasm, especially in text, especially from people I haven't talked with a lot.
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 So if you're kidding with me, add "lol"  or I'll never know.
-And if you're pissed at me, let me know clearly, or I'll never know.
+And if you're pissed at me, and don't explain clearly, I'll never know.
 If you're trying to convey something more subtle, explain it in plain English or I'll never know.
-These are, by the way, good overall suggestions for anyone talking to anyone on the Internet.. People don't know your baseline, then they can't read between your lines
+These are, by the way, good overall suggestions for anyone talking to anyone on the Internet. When people don't know your baseline, then they can't read between your lines.
-<hr />
+Being an aspie is actually a plus. It helps me ignore outside distractions to have more focus for doing complex projects I enjoy.    <hr />
 [https://www.facebook.com/local.scrutinizer Me on Facebeast.]
 [https://twitter.com/FreedomFeens Me on Twitter.]