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~~Make a page and link to it here, wherein you give your answer to any of these questions:~~

* //What was your path to discovering alternate tunings?//

* //What are your current/past/future particular interests?//

* //What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?//

* //What instruments or means have you successfully used in the making of microtonal music? Recommendations?//

* //Any good microtonal anecdotes?//

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: The first step was my introduction to [[Xenakis]], [[Stockhausen]], and [[Laurie Anderson]] and the record library in Interlochen Summer Music Camp in the mid-1980's. Those artists me possibilities in music and performance art that I had never encountered before. Then I discovered [[Stuart Dempster]] and the [[Deep Listening Band]] in the early 1990's. I even remember doing a little dance when I found his book I was so excited. I often spent hours browsing the lonely, dusty shelves of the Music Library where the experimental music was kept. I devoured scores and recordings and joined the [[New Music Ensemble]]. Some composer friends of mine and I formed an experimental improvisational music/performance art ensemble, and we often accompanied dance performances and had some "happenings" around campus. I got to meet [[Stuart Dempster]] and [[Ellen Fullman]] when she was in Austin. When I got to Houston, I found [[Nameless Sound]] (formerly the [[Pauline Oliveros]] Foundation). I saw [[Jacob Barton]], [[Dan Sedgwick]], [[Marji Gere]] and [[Ben Grow]] perform as An Exciting Event at the Artery in Houston in 2008, and met the udderbot for the first time. After a hiatus of a couple of years, I somehow heard of the [[Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp]] in 2011, and after looking at all the implications that explored, I was hooked. (I think I was actually looking for The School for Designing a Society, and stumbled upon XPSC.)

~~Make~~ a ~~page~~ and ~~link to it here~~, ~~wherein you give your answer to any of these questions:<br />~~

~~<ul><li><em>What was your path to discovering alternate tunings?</em></li><li><em&gt~~;What are your current/past/future particular interests?~~</em></li><li><em&gt~~;What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?~~&lt~~;~~/em&gt~~;~~&lt~~;/~~li><li><em&gt~~;What instruments or means have you successfully used in the making of microtonal music? Recommendations?~~</em></li><li><em&gt~~;Any good microtonal anecdotes?~~</em></li></ul><br />~~

; What are your current/past/future particular interests?

~~Name your page after yourself, or whatever you'd like yourself to be called~~. ~~When you have new answers~~, ~~update the page!</body></html></pre></div>~~

: I am the band director at a performing arts magnet high school. Because of the format of our school's music program, I have some freedom to introduce more diverse music to my students. I would like to show my students the possibilities that can open up to them by exploring outside traditional Western music. I want to compose as well.

; What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?

: Trombone, 2 autoharps, jaw harps; I also have some software: microsynth, ScalaVista, Garage Band, Cubase LE, and I'm trying out Ableton Live to see if it's worth the money to me (I'm disappointed that its soft-synths don't re-tune easily); I'd really like to not get too dependent on electronics, I seem to be a bigger fan of using live instruments; I would really like to get a dan bau and/or a sanxian but also get better at doing these intervals on trombone

; What instruments or means have you successfully used in the making of microtonal music? Recommendations?

: Trombone, autoharp, jaw harp. Jaw harp is excellent for hearing the harmonic series. H-Pi Software's microsynth is very handy and easy to use. I wish it had more sounds. XENHARMONIC PRAXIS SUMMER CAMP 2012 was AWESOME!

; Any good microtonal anecdotes?

: There once was a composer from Nantucket...

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-: This revision was by author [[User:stephencrawford|stephencrawford]] and made on <tt>2012-09-18 14:00:38 UTC</tt>.<br>
-: The original revision id was <tt>365754258</tt>.<br>
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-The revision contents are below, presented both in the original Wikispaces Wikitext format, and in HTML exactly as Wikispaces rendered it.<br>
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-Make a page and link to it here, wherein you give your answer to any of these questions:
-* //What was your path to discovering alternate tunings?//
-* //What are your current/past/future particular interests?//
-* //What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?//
-* //What instruments or means have you successfully used in the making of microtonal music? Recommendations?//
-* //Any good microtonal anecdotes?//
-Name your page after yourself, or whatever you'd like yourself to be called. When you have new answers, update the page!</pre></div>
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+: The first step was my introduction to [[Xenakis]], [[Stockhausen]], and [[Laurie Anderson]] and the record library in Interlochen Summer Music Camp in the mid-1980's. Those artists me possibilities in music and performance art that I had never encountered before. Then I discovered [[Stuart Dempster]] and the [[Deep Listening Band]] in the early 1990's. I even remember doing a little dance when I found his book I was so excited. I often spent hours browsing the lonely, dusty shelves of the Music Library where the experimental music was kept. I devoured scores and recordings and joined the [[New Music Ensemble]]. Some composer friends of mine and I formed an experimental improvisational music/performance art ensemble, and we often accompanied dance performances and had some "happenings" around campus. I got to meet [[Stuart Dempster]] and [[Ellen Fullman]] when she was in Austin. When I got to Houston, I found [[Nameless Sound]] (formerly the [[Pauline Oliveros]] Foundation). I saw [[Jacob Barton]], [[Dan Sedgwick]], [[Marji Gere]] and [[Ben Grow]] perform as An Exciting Event at the Artery in Houston in 2008, and met the udderbot for the first time. After a hiatus of a couple of years, I somehow heard of the [[Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp]] in 2011, and after looking at all the implications that explored, I was hooked. (I think I was actually looking for The School for Designing a Society, and stumbled upon XPSC.)
-Make a page and link to it here, wherein you give your answer to any of these questions:&lt;br /&gt;
-&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;What was your path to discovering alternate tunings?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;What are your current/past/future particular interests?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;What instruments or means have you successfully used in the making of microtonal music? Recommendations?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;Any good microtonal anecdotes?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
+; What are your current/past/future particular interests?
-Name your page after yourself, or whatever you'd like yourself to be called. When you have new answers, update the page!&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</pre></div>
+: I am the band director at a performing arts magnet high school. Because of the format of our school's music program, I have some freedom to introduce more diverse music to my students. I would like to show my students the possibilities that can open up to them by exploring outside traditional Western music. I want to compose as well.
+; What instruments or means have you had/do you have now/do you want for the making of microtonal music?
+: Trombone, 2 autoharps, jaw harps; I also have some software: microsynth, ScalaVista, Garage Band, Cubase LE, and I'm trying out Ableton Live to see if it's worth the money to me (I'm disappointed that its soft-synths don't re-tune easily); I'd really like to not get too dependent on electronics, I seem to be a bigger fan of using live instruments; I would really like to get a dan bau and/or a sanxian but also get better at doing these intervals on trombone
+; What instruments or means have you successfully used in the making of microtonal music? Recommendations?
+: Trombone, autoharp, jaw harp. Jaw harp is excellent for hearing the harmonic series. H-Pi Software's microsynth is very handy and easy to use. I wish it had more sounds. XENHARMONIC PRAXIS SUMMER CAMP 2012 was AWESOME!
+; Any good microtonal anecdotes?
+: There once was a composer from Nantucket...
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+[[Category:People]]
+[[Category:Musicians]]