Methods for online collaborative composition
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1. A system for creating a virtual band for providing online music composition comprising:
- an interactive website;
at least two musician entities being self-selectively combinable to form the virtual band to collaborate musically to create at least one song; and
at least one device running a browser;
wherein the website is capable of permitting a visitor to the website to register as a user, the user being a musician entity or a listener;
wherein the website is further capable of receiving at least one track created offline by the musician entities;
wherein the at least one track is operable to be given the property of being the at least one song by the musician entities;
wherein the website is further operable for allowing the user to create a playlist comprised of tracks, songs, or a combination thereof;
wherein the website is accessible from the at least one device via a network; and
wherein the website automatically receives a track upon the track being sent to an associated song email address, wherein the song email address has either public accessibility or private accessibility.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for creating and editing collaborative music compositions via a computer network, including remote uploading tracks by musicians, and for creating and joining a band, wherein the system and methods provide for at least one musician to join a virtual group of at least one other musician for the purpose of virtual collaborative creating and/or editing music tracks remotely, via an online network and interactive website therefor.
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1. A system for creating a virtual band for providing online music composition comprising:
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an interactive website; at least two musician entities being self-selectively combinable to form the virtual band to collaborate musically to create at least one song; and at least one device running a browser; wherein the website is capable of permitting a visitor to the website to register as a user, the user being a musician entity or a listener; wherein the website is further capable of receiving at least one track created offline by the musician entities; wherein the at least one track is operable to be given the property of being the at least one song by the musician entities; wherein the website is further operable for allowing the user to create a playlist comprised of tracks, songs, or a combination thereof; wherein the website is accessible from the at least one device via a network; and wherein the website automatically receives a track upon the track being sent to an associated song email address, wherein the song email address has either public accessibility or private accessibility. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for creating a virtual band for providing online music composition comprising:
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an interactive website; at least two musician entities being self-selectively combinable to form the virtual band to collaborate musically to create at least one song; and at least one device running a browser; wherein the website is capable of permitting a visitor to the website to register as a user, the user being a musician entity or a listener; wherein the website is further capable of receiving at least one track created offline by the musician entities; wherein the at least one track is operable to be given the property of being the at least one song by the musician entities; wherein the website is further operable for allowing the user to create a playlist comprised of tracks, songs, or a combination thereof; and wherein the website is accessible from the at least one device via a network, wherein an item'"'"'s accessibility is operable to be determined by at least one contributor of the item, the item including any of the track(s), the song(s), the playlist(s) or a combination thereof, and the at least one contributor being at least one musician entity who created the track(s) or song(s), or the at least one contributor being at least one musician entity who created the track(s) or song(s) of the playlist(s) and a producer of the playlist(s), and wherein a profit from a fee is distributed to the contributor(s) of the item;
equally by percentage;
according to a tier system, in which the at least one contributor designates the allocation of profits to contributor(s) of an item by percentage;
or according to an alternative tier system, in which the at least one contributor designates the allocation of profits to contributor(s) of an item by amount. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for creating, organizing and managing a virtual band, the method steps including:
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providing a system comprising a server in communication with an interactive website accessible with at least one remote device via a browser through a network; the website receiving a first track created off-line by a first musician entity; a second musician entity selectively downloading and combining the first track and at least a second track; the website receiving the combined track by the second musician entity the musician entities being self-selectively combinable to form at least one virtual band for online music creation, editing, and social network-based distribution through the interactive website; the musician entities of the virtual bands giving at least one of the uploaded tracks or combined tracks the property of being a song; and distributing any profit from collected fees to the contributor(s) of the item for which the fees were paid, the distribution being either;
equally by percentage;
according to a tier system, in which the at least one contributor designates the allocation of profits to contributor(s) of an item by percentage;
or according to an alternative tier system, in which the at least one contributor designates the allocation of profits to contributor(s) of an item by amount. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for creating, organizing and managing a virtual band, the method steps including:
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providing a system comprising a server in communication with an interactive website accessible with at least one remote device via a browser through a network; the website receiving a first track created off-line by a first musician entity; a second musician entity selectively downloading and combining the first track and at least a second track; the website receiving the combined track by the second musician entity the musician entities being self-selectively combinable to form at least one virtual band for online music creation, editing, and social network-based distribution through the interactive website; the musician entities of the virtual bands giving at least one of the uploaded tracks or combined tracks the property of being a song; and the website receiving a track via a song email address to which the track was sent, the song email address having either public accessibility or private accessibility. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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