Patent ID: 8327268

Claim:
A method of creating a musical work, comprising the steps of: (a) accessing a database comprising a plurality of digital audio items, each of said plurality of audio items having at least one metadata item associated therewith, each of said at least one metadata item being descriptive of a characteristic of said associated musical work; (b) choosing one of said plurality of digital audio items; (c) determining at least one metadata item associated with said chosen audio item; (d) using any of said at least one metadata item determined for each of said chosen audio items to determine a hierarchical order and a screen location based on said hierarchical order; (e) displaying an icon associated with said chosen one of said plurality of digital audio items on a display device proximate to said screen location; (f) performing at least steps (a) through (e) a plurality of times for at least two different chosen audio items, thereby displaying a plurality of icons on the display device, each of said displayed icons being associated with one of said at least two different chosen audio items; (g) requiring a user to use said hierarchical order to select at least two of said plurality of icons on the display device; (h) for each of said selected at least two icons, determining an audio item associated therewith, thereby determining at least two audio items; (i) using each of said determined at least two selected audio items in said musical work; and, (j) performing the musical work for the user.