Patent ID: 8768139

Claim:
A system comprising: a plurality of lead computers linked together over a network; a plurality of player workstations, each of the plurality of player workstations associated with an individual player of a musical group; a plurality of receivers and transmitters for capturing audio signals and converting said audio signals to a transmittable form, wherein at least one of the plurality of receivers and transmitters is associated with at least one of the player workstations; a plurality of video receivers and transmitters for capturing images and converting said images to a transmittable form, wherein at least one of the plurality of video receivers and transmitters is associated with at least one of the player workstations; a storage device and a processor for receiving and processing signals from said audio and video receivers and transmitters; a recorder for storing said transmittable audio signals on the storage device; a recorder for storing said transmittable video images on the storage device; and an output device for outputting each audio and video receiver; wherein each of the plurality of lead computers includes a lead computer processor for processing a selection of a musical piece and a selection of the transmittable audio signals and transmittable images of one or more individual players transmitted over the network to the lead computer; wherein each of the lead computers include a display devices having one or more view windows for displaying and playing the selected musical piece alongside the selection of the transmittable audio signals and transmittable images of one or more individual players; wherein the selections are at least one of a videotaped performance of an individual player, a videotaped performance of a plurality of players, and a videotaped performance of the entire musical group.