Patent ID: 8487173

Claim:
A system for creating a virtual band for providing online music composition comprising: an interactive website and at least one remote computer running a browser; the website accessible from the browser on the at least one remote computer device via a network; a first musician entity and at least a second musician entity being self-selectively combinable to form the virtual band to collaborate musically to create at least one song; the website operable for receiving a first track created off-line by the first musician entity; the website further operable for receiving at least a second track created off-line by the second musician entity; the website further operable for allowing the musician entities of the virtual band to selectively combine the received tracks by downloading and mixing the received tracks off-line and uploading the combined tracks; the musician entities of the virtual bands giving at least one of the uploaded tracks or combined tracks the property of being the at least one song; the website further operable for the musician entities of the virtual band to give the received tracks, the combined tracks, and the at least one song the property of being publically accessible to all visitors of the interactive website or privately accessible to only the musician entities of the virtual band; and the website further operable for allowing notation and HTML code posting for users to blog on the received tracks, the combined tracks and the at least one song which have the property of being publically accessible.