Category Archives: Avoidance of Errors

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Science In Heaven: Gillian Grassie’s Genetic Music on Harp

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After a long break, I am thrilled to share the newest genetically-inspired music from harp super-star Gillian Grassie. She based her heavenly piece on the genetic sequence allegedly related to people’s ability to learn from their mistakes (I know, the research is speculative but the music is beautiful). And, on another note, let me know [...]

Avoidence of Errors (Harp)

This is what I’m playing (bold chords are the harmony line I created – the top notes are the melody I derived from the DNA pairs). I can explain further how I got to this point if you like: G G Ab Eb Bb Eb Eb Ab Ab G Ab F G Ab Cm Eb [...]

New Genetic Music Out of West Virginia: ‘Errors of Avoidance’

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From Denmark to West Virgina, word about the Genetic Music Project is getting out and the project keeps mutating and evolving. Check out the latest piece, Errors of Avoidance, from Infinity Ranch, who took a very original approach to letting the genetic sequence lead him down the musical path. Trippy, retro, quirky, awesome, and based [...]

Errors of Avoidance

For this track, I took 4 10-letter sequences from the Avoidance of Error marker. Instead of keying each letter to a musical note, I keyed each to a particular sound programmed into a drum machine. Then I used the sequences to create four rhythmic patterns. The various synth and keyboard lines on top of those [...]