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


BipTunia has made 7 albums. It's structured music. I work on music largely 24/7. Or close to that. I've played music since 1978. First put out a record in 1985.
BipTunia has made man albums. All but the first 7 contain some microtonal music.  


The next BipTunia record, that we're working on now, is all microtonal.
It's not a jam band. structured music. I work on music largely 24/7. Or close to that.  


I made a free [https://biptunia.com/?page_id=2070 xen VST synth], and plan to make more. Edit: [https://www.kvraudio.com/product/microtonal-polyphonic-shiny-dirt-by-biptunia-synths I made a second free xen VST synth].
I've played music since 1978. First put out a record in 1985 with a jazz-punk group called [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1787303-Baby-Opaque Baby Opaque].  


I am working on [https://biptunia.com/?p=2980 a xen compilation album].
I made 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 do the [https://www.freedomfeens.com Freedom Feens radio show], syndicated on 19 stations around the US. I've been podcasting regularly since 2006, and have been on radio since 2011.  
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].
 
I used to do the [https://www.freedomfeens.com Freedom Feens radio show.] I don't do it anymore, but they still play replays on 16 commercial stations around the US. I've been podcasting regularly since 2006, and started on radio in 2011.  


I write and edit tech books: https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/3220
I write and edit tech books: https://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/3220
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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].
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 wife.  
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.  


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 of BipTunia. He and I went to college together, back in the early 80s.