This project inspired me to change my process, which usually involves pencil and staff paper or notation software. For this work, I decided to use a simple form of graphic notation and a midi-capable keyboard to play and record sequences directly into GarageBand. This composition is a four-part round based on the genetic code for [...]
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Soundscape No. 1: Bitter
This project inspired me to change my process, which usually involves pencil and staff paper or notation software. For this work, I decided to use a simple form of graphic notation and a midi-capable keyboard to play and record sequences directly into GarageBand. This composition is a four-part round based on the genetic code for [...]
Why Everyone Should Worship Amy Pickard
Well I admit it, I am a diehard fan boy for country music extraordinaire Amy Pickard and that is why I was so excited that she contributed a piece to the Genetic Music Project. It only made sense to send a country singer the genetic code for Bitter Taste Perception, and check out the gorgeous [...]
Where are the Roses?
I took just the first ‘paragraph’ of the bitter sense code and assigned a chord to each of the markers (as your friend did, I believe). I wanted to change them as little as possible, so I left A, C, and G the same, but I changed the T to F. I did change A [...]