Patent ID: 6746246
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: G09B

Abstract:
A method of automatically composing at least one musical song with a programmed processor comprising the steps of:defining and storing a set of songs which are each defined by a song template, the song template comprising at least one track comprising a sequence of measures and a plurality of audio samples allocated to the or each track, playing at least two of the songs to an audience; obtaining response signals from the audience indicating the popularity of each song with the audience; the programmed processor selecting at least one of the played songs in accordance with the popularity of that song with the audience; the programmed processor composing at least one song by automatically applying one or more rules to the template of the selected song, the rules modifying one or more characteristics of the template to produce a modified song, and the programmed processor replacing the less popular song with the composed modified song in the set of songs.