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# Music based on Coronavirus DNA is now an NFT Collection
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-based-on-coronavirus-dna-is-now-an-nft-collection/
- Published: 2021-12-10T14:45:22.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-10T14:45:24.000Z
- Description: One of the most exciting aspects of Music NFTs is the level of creativity that it enables alongside the ability to monetize. Using a process called DNA Sonification, ViroMusic.io has. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/12/music-based-on-coronavirus-dna-is-now-an-nft-collection.ht
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Tech, music NFT, NFT, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:48

One of the most exciting aspects of Music NFTs is the level of creativity that it enables alongside the ability to monetize.

Using a process called DNA Sonification, [ViroMusic.io ](http://www.viromusic.io/?ref=hypebot.com)has created a collection of 10,000 songs and digital images using the genetic code of the Coronavirus and is selling them as NFTs

The songs are now available as an NFT collection on [Rarible.com.](https://rarible.com/collection/0x16e299df0bfe415f6c855b0223a4135473e73f50?ref=hypebot.com) They currently have a listing price of .07 ETH or about $297.

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Their software combs through the viral code to identify sections that sound musical and turns each letter of RNA into a musical note comprising a melody.

Then human-played instruments were added on top as accompaniment including Yoed Nir on the cello, whose credits include Regina Spektor, Judy Collins and Interpol’s Paul Banks. Drum parts were added by Chuck Sabo, who recorded on albums by Elton John, XTC, OMD and Natalie Imbruglia.

#### How DNA Sonification works

**From the ViroMusic website:**

“The idea for this collection was born from an awe of the beauty in the code of life. We hope this project helps to raise awareness that even a virus capable of inflicting such misery is fundamentally based on the same code as every living thing on earth. We thought it would be interesting to take this code and make it play music. We hope you find it as haunting, interesting and provocative as we do.”

**Bruce Houghton* is Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/) and [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and serves as a Senior Advisor to [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which acquired both publications in 2019\. He is the Founder and President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and a professor for the [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com).*