Current microtonal listening links?

I suppose I oughta introduce myself first. I'm jacob barton, a freshman at rice
university (music composition for now) in houston TX. I basically spent my free time
last semester searching for and listening to microtonal music available for free on the
internet. It was a surprisingly tricky search, and unfortunately I didn't make it to the
MP3.com artists until they had been ravaged by the takeover...very sad. I eventually
stumbled upon links upon links at John Starrett's webpage and at the Huygens-
Fokker Foundation page...they're ok.

I ought to say, my favorite gems of the search include: Mats Oljare's Blue Rondo a la
Thai, Prent's Mirror Walk and La Cuenta AND Chain of Flowers, Bill Sethares Circle of
Thirds (even played that on rice radio), Fokker's The Restless Diesis, Herman Miller's
Galticeran, and Joe Pehrson's Blackjack.

My main question at the moment is, is there a website that has a complete and
current list of links to sites that have microtonal midis and sound files? Starrett's page
is riddled with mp3.com links, and huygens-fokker's "music" links are hardly
complete? If there is no best site, should there be one?

Godspeed,
Jacob

Hi Jacob,

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "piccolosandcheese" <jbarton@r...> wrote:
> I suppose I oughta introduce myself first.

Welcome to this quiet little corner of the web.

> My main question at the moment is, is there a website that has a complete and
> current list of links to sites that have microtonal midis and sound files?

Not that I'm aware of, at least in the realm of "one-stop shopping" for micro listening.

> If there is no best site, should there be one?

There probably should. What it would take would be someone to keep a pulse on the microtonal developments, troll the net far and wide to find things that *we* don't know about, and devote time to keep a site up that periodly reviews all links to see if they are still current.

Are you volunteering? :)

Cheers,
Jon

Jacob!

Hi there. I was recently in your shoes, Jacob. I am a music student who
decided to use the internet to learn about microtonality, because my school
sure as hell wasn't going to touch it. I agree that there ought to be an
up-to-date list for people like us who want to discover what microtonality
is all about by listening to some good pieces.

I made one! I spent the afternoon going through my Netscape Bookmarks and
putting them into html so I could upload a list of links.

It's not complete, I'm sure, but I'd like it to be. If anyone on this list
knows of any microtonal/xenharmonic music at all that is available to listen
to on the internet, please email me off-list and tell me. I'd be delighted
to make the list more complete.

Also, I wrote very little descriptions of what's on each page, and if any of
you are on the list and don't like what I wrote about you, give me a
suggestion for something you'd prefer, and I'll happily change it. It's
nice to be identified to your liking.

Please don't be shy about sending me links! Ever since I discovered what
I'd been missing, I've felt very strongly about sharing what I've learned.
It's important to me to make a good list. This is a mission I've very
happily taken on, and I will not let it go without updates!

Jacob, thanks for the suggestion. I think a new listening list was
definitely called for.

-Andrew

--- piccolosandcheese <jbarton@...> wrote:
> I suppose I oughta introduce myself first. I'm jacob barton, a freshman at
> rice
> university (music composition for now) in houston TX. I basically spent my
> free time
> last semester searching for and listening to microtonal music available
> for free on the
> internet. It was a surprisingly tricky search, and unfortunately I didn't
> make it to the
> MP3.com artists until they had been ravaged by the takeover...very sad. I
> eventually
> stumbled upon links upon links at John Starrett's webpage and at the
> Huygens-
> Fokker Foundation page...they're ok.
>
> I ought to say, my favorite gems of the search include: Mats Oljare's Blue
> Rondo a la
> Thai, Prent's Mirror Walk and La Cuenta AND Chain of Flowers, Bill
> Sethares Circle of
> Thirds (even played that on rice radio), Fokker's The Restless Diesis,
> Herman Miller's
> Galticeran, and Joe Pehrson's Blackjack.
>
> My main question at the moment is, is there a website that has a complete
> and
> current list of links to sites that have microtonal midis and sound files?
> Starrett's page
> is riddled with mp3.com links, and huygens-fokker's "music" links are
> hardly
> complete? If there is no best site, should there be one?
>
> Godspeed,
> Jacob
>
>

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I forgot the link! Duh!

http://www.angelfire.com/music2/aah/microtonal/list.html

-Andrew

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Andrew!!

{you wrote...}
>I made one! I spent the afternoon going through my Netscape Bookmarks and >putting them into html so I could upload a list of links.

Excellent-o!! Now that you've taken on the mantle, you have agreed (in blood) to keep this page alive forever, and to keep track of all the links!

But in all seriousness, when I get a moment to put a link to *your* page in appropriate places, I will. In fact, the first place I'll put it is in the links section of this group!

What a good way to give back to the community - thanks!

Cheers,
Jon (who seemingly never tires of the exclamation point...)

In response to all:

Yes yes, this looks just like what I had in mind!...hmm perhaps I was volunteering...in
any case Andrew if your site stays in the present (or future) I will certainly send you
links if I find more. I'll be a vigilantee of sorts...

The only one that comes to mind that you don't have now is Gene Ward Smith's page
at http://66.98.148.43/~xenharmo/music.html ...check it out for sure.

Jacob

--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan M. Szanto" <JSZANTO@A...>
wrote:
> Andrew!!
>
> {you wrote...}
> >I made one! I spent the afternoon going through my Netscape Bookmarks and
> >putting them into html so I could upload a list of links.
>
> Excellent-o!! Now that you've taken on the mantle, you have agreed (in
> blood) to keep this page alive forever, and to keep track of all the links!
>
> But in all seriousness, when I get a moment to put a link to *your* page in
> appropriate places, I will. In fact, the first place I'll put it is in the
> links section of this group!
>
> What a good way to give back to the community - thanks!
>
> Cheers,
> Jon (who seemingly never tires of the exclamation point...)

Andrew,

Another link you should add (as well as listening to the music) is the fine work being done by Aaron K. Johnson:

http://www.akjmusic.com/works

Especially check out "The Juggler" - it is one of the finest pieces I've heard, in a traditional mode, in a long time. Very well worth listing on the list...

Cheers,
Jon

Jon wrote:

"Excellent-o!! Now that you've taken on the mantle, you have agreed (in
blood) to keep this page alive forever, and to keep track of all the links!

But in all seriousness, when I get a moment to put a link to *your* page in
appropriate places, I will. In fact, the first place I'll put it is in the
links section of this group!

What a good way to give back to the community - thanks!"

--

My pleasure! I can't stand the idea that so many people are missing out on
so much in their ignorance of microtonality, so I'll be happy to keep this
page alive forever and keep track of all the links.

Thanks for returning the favor on the MMM page... speaking of which, I
should add that page, since it has mp3s, and it's also a great resource for
people looking for microtonal mp3s. I'll do that today!

--

Jon also wrote:

"Andrew,

Another link you should add (as well as listening to the music) is the fine
work being done by Aaron K. Johnson:

http://www.akjmusic.com/works

Especially check out "The Juggler" - it is one of the finest pieces I've
heard, in a traditional mode, in a long time. Very well worth listing on
the list...

Cheers,
Jon"

--

Yes, thank for for that! I have added Aaron K. Johnson to the list. I had
seen an older site of his which became a dead link among my bookmarks, and I
didn't think to search for a new one. I agree, he is doing great work. I
personally prefer the "inharmonic" ETs to 19tET (11tET, 21tET, 13tET, etc.
-- 19tET gives me a headache), but "The Juggler" is a good piece indeed,
well worth listening to.

--

Jacob wrote:

"Yes yes, this looks just like what I had in mind!...hmm perhaps I was
volunteering...in
any case Andrew if your site stays in the present (or future) I will
certainly send you
links if I find more. I'll be a vigilantee of sorts...

The only one that comes to mind that you don't have now is Gene Ward Smith's
page
at http://66.98.148.43/~xenharmo/music.html ...check it out for sure.

Jacob"

--

Thank you for the link, Jacob!

If you were volunteering, I apologize for stepping on your toes. I didn't
mean to take the challenge away from you... I am pleased that you will help
me keep it updated with new links, though!

From your story, it sounds like we have recently had the same experience
with personal internet research, so I completely understand why it's
important to you. You must be seeing how much we've been missing and how
great it would be if more people became aware of the amazing possibilities
in xenharmonics! I was lucky to catch John Starrett's links page before
mp3.com imploded, so it was a great resource at the time, but still about
half of the links didn't function. I am planning to keep my list ship-shape
for the benefit of people like us.

-Andrew

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Andrew,

{you wrote...}
>My pleasure! I can't stand the idea that so many people are missing out >on so much in their ignorance of microtonality, so I'll be happy to keep >this page alive forever and keep track of all the links.

Here's another, a fine person who used to frequent MMM in the early days - Mary Beth Ackerley:

http://www.elucida.com/

Lots of interesting info, graphics, and sound clips on her site, very deep stuff. To listen to (and buy, if you wish) her wonderful CD "Intervals of Motion" at CDBaby:

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ackerley/from/evor

HTH,
Cheers,
Jon

Hi,

Jon wrote:
> Here's another, a fine person who used to frequent MMM in the early days -
>
> Mary Beth Ackerley:
>
> http://www.elucida.com/
>
> Lots of interesting info, graphics, and sound clips on her site, very deep
>
> stuff. To listen to (and buy, if you wish) her wonderful CD "Intervals of
> Motion" at CDBaby:
>
> http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ackerley/from/evor
>
> HTH,
> Cheers,
> Jon

Thanks again! I had already discovered her main site and put it on the
list, but I didn't have the page for her cd, and now I do. Awesome!

-Andrew

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--- In MakeMicroMusic@yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan M. Szanto"
<JSZANTO@A...> wrote:

> But in all seriousness, when I get a moment to put a link to *your*
page in
> appropriate places, I will.

It's now linked to the Wikipedia article on microtonal music.