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Music From DNA Patented
stm2 writes "Two lawyers have patented generating music from a DNA sequence. According to the patent, it covers 'music generated by decoding and transcribing genetic information within a DNA sequence into a music signal having melody and harmony.' A comment to the blog post mentions DNA-derived music being performed at a conference in 1995."
Well, I had thought of digging up Elvis, cloning him and embedding him into a bunch of ipods. But, I guess I can kiss that scheme goodbye now.
When our name is on the back of your car, we're behind you all the way!
Im pretty sure my DNA sounds like "Oops I did it again"
So much for finding a nice girl & making beautiful music together.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
This will complement nicely those audiophiles who emit DNA every time they listen to their $30,000 hi-fi systems.
The RIAA will send a settlement letter to your parents to forward to you. For only $5000 you can continue to live with your current DNA.
Swi
It's a faster and straightforward way for geneticists to identify junk DNA in our chromosomes, because it sounds much more like top-40 music.
Similarly, DNA for coding the human brain will sound like NPR; for muscles, Jock Jams; for reproductive organs... well, you get the idea.
Interestingly, the first DNA sample they plugged into this technology was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's. They found out that his chromosomes, in fact, sound remarkably like the Spice Girls being played at 78 rpm. Strange but true.
I was going to mod you up funny, but then thought you missed a bit of the joke, I would have added just a bit more:
The RIAA will send a settlement letter to your parents to forward to you. For only $5000 you can continue to live with your current DNA. Otherwise they will take you to court to have the offending material removed.
If you are about to mod me down, keep in mind that this post was most likely sarcastic.
Seems to me that avante garde artists like John Cage already have stuff like this covered- not by patent, but by prior art. I doubt any of them dealt with DNA specifically, but they were notorious for creating music (in the loosest sense of the word) using any of various sources of random influence.
And what happens when the music generated from my OWN DNA is a #1 hit?
"Hey Hey, we're 98% Monkeys....."
Table-ized A.I.
You just gave me a great idea for a lyric to sing at atheist meetings.... (heck, atheists need to take a leaf out of the fundies book and get some inspiring hymns...)
Here we come, a'climbin up the tree,
We've got opposable thumbs now,
They help us grasp and eat....
We're 98% Monkeys,
Our ancestors came from the ground,
We follow the path of best fitness,
'Cause it's the best game in town.
We're just trying to get laid,
Because we're programmed to,
And with each generation,
The women grow bigger boobs.
So don't tell us we're special,
Made by a hand in the sky,
We're shaped by the forces of nature,
And here's the guy to tell you why....
His name is Charles Darwin,
A science dude with a beard,
His theory changed our understandin'
We know you find that kinda weird.
If you're kinda religious,
It don't fit with your worldview.
'Cause it's all about sex, babe,
And what you do to get some too.