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| | '''Andrew Heathwaite''' is me. I am a dad, husband, experimental human, and sometimes maker of music! |
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| <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">**Andrew Heathwaite** is a performer, composer, teacher and student, whose work by his own characterization centers around compassionate creative skepticism, trivialization of power differences, and transformation of (at first invisible) constraints to provoke the new. "Xenharmonics is, for me, only one tool for avoiding telling society what it already knows."
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| As a project of Oddmusic Urbana-Champaign, he refretted a steel-string acoustic guitar to 22edo in 2009 and a mountain dulcimer to a 20-tone JI scale in simple overtone relationships ([[Harmonic Limit|31-prime limit]], 45-odd limit) in 2010. He also plays cümbüş, a fretless Turkish lute, with a special focus on [[17edo]]. He is interested in linear temperaments and moment-of-symmetry scales, having worked quite a bit in neutral thirds scales, porcupine, and orwell.
| | Since the early 2000's, I've had periods of high microtonal activity, and periods of none. I owe a lot to [[Jacob Barton]], who has inspired me countless times and been my collaborator on such projects as Oddmusic Urbana-Champaign and the [[Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp]], where I was a teacher back in the day. I have some songs featured in [[The Sagittal Songbook]], including one that appears on An Exciting Event's EP [https://anexcitingevent.bandcamp.com/album/hark-ye-music-lovers Hark Ye Music Lovers]. I also gave names to a few things that appear on this wiki, including [[Orgone]], [[Shoe]], [[Cartwheel|Cartwheel-17]], and the apparently meme-worthy [[17edo neutral scale|Kleeth modes]]. |
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| | I've experimented with supergluing wire frets to produce homebrew microtonal instruments (a la [[Dante Rosati]]), although I confess when the frets started falling off, I got discouraged and walked away from that. I used to play [[22edo|22-tone]] guitar, [[88cET]] guitar, and a 20-tone JI dulcimer refretted that way; also cümbüş (a fretless Turkish lute) with a special focus on [[17edo]]; and a [[31edo|31-tone]] bouzouki, refretted by Ron Sword. The accompanying song-writing generated music for two bands that no longer exist: JARband and The Enslins. I don't have (most of) those instruments anymore. |
| //I no longer want to see microtonality slip under the radar into pop music without anyone noticing, just to be sold back to us by the greedy kings of copyright. That's not good enough.//
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| //I want a revolution that is aware of itself.//
| | Now (2025), after some years of no-music, followed by some years of 12-only music, I am back to occasional microtonal forays, with the intention at least to contribute this year to the [[Tuning of the Month Club]] on Discord. I don't anticipate getting super involved in the microtonal community or taking on any sort of teacherly role (other people are much more committed and up on things than me), but it's nice to be involved again, even if just a little bit! |
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| | And what got me making microtones again? One big factor: my son is now doing it! Inspired by music we both love ([[Sevish]], [[Brendan Byrnes]], [[Xotla]], [[ZIA]], and [[Francium]]), he has been studying music production and creating his own original tracks to share with the world. And seeing him do it helped me remember, I love it too! |
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| * [[http://www.bandcamp.com/andrewheathwaite|Bandcamp profile]] (with download links for Newbeams) | | Long live Xenharmony! |
| * [[http://soundclick.com/andrewheathwaite]] - [[SoundClick]] profile | | |
| * [[http://oddmusicuc.wordpress.com]] | | == External links == |
| * [[http://untwelve.org]]
| | * [https://andrewheathwaite.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp profile] (with download links for Newbeams) |
| * [[user:Andrew_Heathwaite]] - wiki profile
| | * [https://soundcloud.com/andrew_heathwaite SoundCloud profile] |
| | * [https://soundclick.com/andrewheathwaite SoundClick profile] |
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| | == See also == |
| * [[Andrew Heathwaite's MOS Investigations]] | | * [[Andrew Heathwaite's MOS Investigations]] |
| * [[Technical Notes for Newbeams]] | | * [[Technical Notes for Newbeams]] |
| * [[earwig]]</pre></div> | | * [[earwig]] |
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| <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Andrew Heathwaite</title></head><body><strong>Andrew Heathwaite</strong> is a performer, composer, teacher and student, whose work by his own characterization centers around compassionate creative skepticism, trivialization of power differences, and transformation of (at first invisible) constraints to provoke the new. &quot;Xenharmonics is, for me, only one tool for avoiding telling society what it already knows.&quot;<br />
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| As a project of Oddmusic Urbana-Champaign, he refretted a steel-string acoustic guitar to 22edo in 2009 and a mountain dulcimer to a 20-tone JI scale in simple overtone relationships (<a class="wiki_link" href="/Harmonic%20Limit">31-prime limit</a>, 45-odd limit) in 2010. He also plays cümbüş, a fretless Turkish lute, with a special focus on <a class="wiki_link" href="/17edo">17edo</a>. He is interested in linear temperaments and moment-of-symmetry scales, having worked quite a bit in neutral thirds scales, porcupine, and orwell.<br />
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| <ul><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.bandcamp.com/andrewheathwaite" rel="nofollow">Bandcamp profile</a> (with download links for Newbeams)</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://soundclick.com/andrewheathwaite" rel="nofollow">http://soundclick.com/andrewheathwaite</a> - <a class="wiki_link" href="/SoundClick">SoundClick</a> profile</li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://oddmusicuc.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://oddmusicuc.wordpress.com</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://untwelve.org" rel="nofollow">http://untwelve.org</a></li><li><!-- ws:start:WikiTextUserlinkRule:00:[[user:Andrew_Heathwaite]] --><span class="membersnap">- <a class="userLink" href="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Andrew_Heathwaite" style="outline: none;"><img src="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/pic/Andrew_Heathwaite-lg.jpg" width="16" height="16" alt="Andrew_Heathwaite" class="userPicture" /></a> <a class="userLink" href="http://www.wikispaces.com/user/view/Andrew_Heathwaite" style="outline: none;">Andrew_Heathwaite</a></span><!-- ws:end:WikiTextUserlinkRule:00 --> - wiki profile</li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Andrew%20Heathwaite%27s%20MOS%20Investigations">Andrew Heathwaite's MOS Investigations</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/Technical%20Notes%20for%20Newbeams">Technical Notes for Newbeams</a></li><li><a class="wiki_link" href="/earwig">earwig</a></li></ul></body></html></pre></div>
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Andrew Heathwaite is me. I am a dad, husband, experimental human, and sometimes maker of music!
Since the early 2000's, I've had periods of high microtonal activity, and periods of none. I owe a lot to Jacob Barton, who has inspired me countless times and been my collaborator on such projects as Oddmusic Urbana-Champaign and the Xenharmonic Praxis Summer Camp, where I was a teacher back in the day. I have some songs featured in The Sagittal Songbook, including one that appears on An Exciting Event's EP Hark Ye Music Lovers. I also gave names to a few things that appear on this wiki, including Orgone, Shoe, Cartwheel-17, and the apparently meme-worthy Kleeth modes.
I've experimented with supergluing wire frets to produce homebrew microtonal instruments (a la Dante Rosati), although I confess when the frets started falling off, I got discouraged and walked away from that. I used to play 22-tone guitar, 88cET guitar, and a 20-tone JI dulcimer refretted that way; also cümbüş (a fretless Turkish lute) with a special focus on 17edo; and a 31-tone bouzouki, refretted by Ron Sword. The accompanying song-writing generated music for two bands that no longer exist: JARband and The Enslins. I don't have (most of) those instruments anymore.
Now (2025), after some years of no-music, followed by some years of 12-only music, I am back to occasional microtonal forays, with the intention at least to contribute this year to the Tuning of the Month Club on Discord. I don't anticipate getting super involved in the microtonal community or taking on any sort of teacherly role (other people are much more committed and up on things than me), but it's nice to be involved again, even if just a little bit!
And what got me making microtones again? One big factor: my son is now doing it! Inspired by music we both love (Sevish, Brendan Byrnes, Xotla, ZIA, and Francium), he has been studying music production and creating his own original tracks to share with the world. And seeing him do it helped me remember, I love it too!
Long live Xenharmony!
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