Jacob A. Barton (b. 1985) (ASCAP) describes himself as a thinker, music composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist (keyboards and aerophones), vocalist, songwriter, educator, producer, recording artist, event organizer, and sonic explorer.

Having learned of the word "microtonal" in 2003, Jacob searched for music that was both microtonal and desirable to him personally. Finding (and perhaps prematurely determining) a dearth of the latter, he endeavored to take the microtonal "plunge" and make as much of his music as microtonal as possible from that moment on. His compositional output is eclectic and includes chamber music; orchestra and concert band music; electroacoustic music; music for himself as a solo performer; game or party pieces; and rounds.

Jacob's most prominent instrumental work has been with the Udderbot, a novel family of slide woodwinds based on replacing the base of a glass bottle with a rubber glove. He has offered workshops in Udderbot making; incorporated the Udderbot into various musics; commissioned and performed new work featuring the Udderbot; and is currently at work on prototyping for commercialization and/or mass production. Hear a concert of Udderbot music at The Internet Archive . The Udderbot has always been a collaborative endeavor, so please get in touch if you feel called to help out this fledgling instrument project!

Jacob has served on the board of UnTwelve, with whom he has organized a series of summer camps for exploring microtonality. The curricula that have evolved from these activities are fundamentally based in singing in Harmonic Series (as well as equal tempered xenharmonic) tunings; learning the math of Just Intonation by singing in ratios; and employing comma pumps to endow microtonal intervals with musical significance.