I Could've Sworn I've Heard This Somewhere Else 🤔

This is a creative research project about ambiguity in music copyright law that I completed as part of Professor Nicol Hammond's seminar on Issues and Practices in Ethnomusicology. The piece is a collection of popular melodies that are obscured over time by a series of transformations that teeter on the edge of what would be deemed copyright safe under the Fair Use doctrine. The piece is also accompanied by commentary about the programming process, and how it informed my artistic decisions. I also include field recordings, transcriptions, and analyses of poignant moments in the performance and discussion of the piece.