Patent ID: 7723603

Claim:
An interactive music apparatus comprising: a remote wireless device having a touch-sensitive LCD screen, a processor, and software; a processing host computer; a transmit/receive device enabling wireless transmission between the remote wireless device and the processing host computer; and a speaker and a second output component, each configured to receive an output signal from the processing host computer and emit an output based on the output signal; and wherein the remote wireless device is configured to receive data from the processing host computer comprising LCD x-y coordinate location information defining an area of the LCD screen for providing a cue or series of cues related to a musical performance, and the remote wireless device is further configured to transmit data comprising LCD x-y coordinate location identification information when a user of the remote wireless device contacts the area defined by the x-y coordinate location information in response to the cue or series of cues; and wherein the processing host computer is configured to receive the data transmitted from the remote wireless device, convert the data into a first output signal and a second output signal, and transmit the first output signal to the speaker and the second output signal to the second output component.