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Hi All,
It was an interest in playing the piano that led me to this forum by way of PianoWorld many years ago. I think my username there was Opus45, but I often used my first name whenever I posted (mostly on the Adult beginners forum). I still enjoy playing the piano, or more accurately a Yamaha keyboard. I donated a very nice Kawai UST-7 before a recent move to a small town near Asheville, North Carolina (been in downsizing mode for about 5 years).

With some good fortune and being generally frugal I was able to and made a decision to retire a bit early last year (I'll soon be 60 years). I may end up doing some volunteer work at some point, but my plan right now is to take some time and travel around the U.S. (RV) and spend a lot of time outdoors when it's safe to do so again. This will be a huge change from being chained to a desk staring into computer monitors 8 hours a day every day for years on end.

I've lurked here for quite a long time and enjoy reading interesting opinions regarding current events and other various topics that come up from time to time. Several years ago someone asked me where I get my news and I told them I often start here.

@Axtremus said in Covid-19 Music:

Thanks, @Jeff. I meant to ask how that “music” generates using the biology of SARS-COV-2 as input, compares to other “music” generated using similar method/algorithm using the biology of other viruses as inputs.

It seems I must have given the wrong impression Ax. I'm not the engineer who generated this musical interpretation. That would be Markus Buehler and his colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I apologize for the confusion.

@Axtremus said in Covid-19 Music:

How does the “COVID-19 music” compare to, say, bacteriophages, Pegivirus-C, or the human papilloma virus?

I don't Ax the music didn't interest me but here's a link if you are interested in the composition.

I don't really care for the musical interpretation of the Coronavirus, but what is being done with it is interesting. The virus structure of Covid=19 is translated into music, then used to develop a related music structure that might lead to creating drugs to counteract the virus.

Source: ABC Health and Wellbeing