System and method for recording and sharing music
View Patent ↗A method includes the steps of electronically storing a plurality of songs on a server; allowing a first user to select one of the plurality of songs; allowing the first user to play the one of the plurality of songs and record a user-generated track while the one of the plurality of songs is playing; and saving the user-generated track on the server separate from the one of the plurality of songs. An electronic system that allows the first user to perform the method is also disclosed.
1. A method of recording music, the method comprising the steps of:
a) electronically storing a plurality of original songs on a server at a first location;
b) allowing a first user to select one of the plurality of original songs from a second location across an electronic network;
c) allowing the first user to play the one of the plurality of original songs at the second location and to record a user-generated track at the first location while the one of the plurality of original songs is playing; and
d) saving only the user-generated track on the server at the first location separate from the one of the plurality of original songs.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising storing the user-generated track in one of a plurality of predefined instrument categories.
3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising allowing a plurality of additional user-generated tracks to be recorded and categorized in the plurality of predefined instrument categories.
4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising allowing a second user to select at least one of the plurality of additional user-generated tracks to be combined by the second user to form a cover song.
5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one of the plurality of original songs has a start time and wherein the user-generated track has the same start time.
6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the one of the plurality of original songs has a time duration and wherein the user-generated track has the same time duration.
7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, after step d), allowing the first user to combine the user-generated track with at least one other user-generated track to form a cover song.
8. A recording system comprising a server located at a first location, the server containing a plurality of original songs in a first database, the server being electronically connected across an electronic network to a recording site, wherein the server is adapted to simultaneously transmit one of the plurality of original songs across the network to the recording site and to record a track being played at the recording site to a second database in the server, wherein the one of the original songs has a start time and wherein the track has the same start time.
9. The recording system according to claim 8 , wherein the second database comprises a plurality of tracks stored in predefined musical instrument categories.
10. The recording system according to claim 8 , wherein the one of the original songs has a time duration and wherein the track has the same time duration.
11. The recording system according claim 8 , wherein the track is combinable with at least one other track at a mixing site electronically connected to the second database across an electronic network to form a cover song.
12. The recording system according to claim 11 , further comprising a payment acceptance module electronically connected to the second database and adapted to accept a payment from the mixing site.
13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, having encoded thereon program code, wherein, when the program code is executed by a machine, the machine implements a method for recording music, comprising the steps of:
a) electronically storing a plurality of original songs on a server at a first location;
b) allowing a first user to select one of the plurality of original songs from a second location across an electronic network;
c) allowing the first user to play the one of the plurality of original songs at the second location and to record a user-generated track at the first location while the one of the plurality of original songs is playing; and
d) saving only the user-generated track on the server at the first location separate from the one of the plurality of original songs.
14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises storing the user-generated track in one of a plurality of predefined instrument categories.
15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 14 , wherein the method further comprises allowing a plurality of additional user-generated tracks to be recorded and categorized in the plurality of predefined instrument categories.
16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises allowing a second user to select at least one of the plurality of additional user-generated tracks to be combined by the second user to form a song.
17. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein the method further comprises accepting an electronic payment across the electronic network from the second user.
18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises, before step b), accepting an electronic payment across the electronic network from the first user.
19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises, after step d), allowing the first user to combine the user-generated track with at least one other user-generated track to form a cover song.