Digital music composition, performance and production studio system network and methods

A digital music studio system network formed from system components integrated around an Internet infrastructure supporting digital data communication among the system components, said digital music studio system network comprising:

• a plurality of AI-assisted digital audio workstation (DAW) systems, wherein each AI-assisted DAW system has a keyboard and/or music instrument controller and an audio interface with a microphone and audio-speakers and/or headphones;
• AI-assisted DAW music servers supporting the delivery of AI-assisted music services to system users through said AI-assisted DAW systems, wherein each said AI-assisted DAW system is configured for supporting the composition, performance and/or production of music within tracks supported in a project being maintained within the AI-assisted DAW system deployed on said digital music studio system network;
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• communication servers for supporting communications among system users working on said music project over said digital music studio system network.

A digital music studio system network comprising:

• (a) a plurality of client computing systems, each client computing system having a CPU and memory storage architecture with an AI-assisted digital audio workstation (DAW) system program installed and running on the CPU as shown, and supporting a virtual musical instrument (VMI) library system, a sound sample library system, and a plugin library system, along with a file storage system for project files, and OS/program storage, and being interfaced with
• (i) an audio interface subsystem having audio-speakers and recording microphones,
• (ii) at least one of a MIDI keyboard controller and one or more music instrument controllers (MICs) for use with music projects,
• (iii) a system user interface subsystem supporting visual display surfaces, input devices such as keyboards, mouse-type input devices, OCR-scanners, and speech recognition interfaces, and various output devices for the system users including printers, CD/DVD burners, vinyl record producing machines, etc., and
• (iv) a network interface for interfacing the AI-assisted DAW to a cloud infrastructure to which are operably connected, data centers supporting web, application and database servers, and web, application and database servers for serving at least one of VMIs, VST plugins, Synth Presets, Sound Samples, and music effects plugins by third-party providers;
• (b) an AI-assisted DAW server for supporting the AI-assisted DAW program, and serving one or more of VMI libraries, sound sample libraries, loops libraries, plugin libraries and preset libraries for viewing, access and downloading to the client computing system;
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• (c) data centers supporting web, application and database servers supporting the operations of various music industry vendors, service providers, music publishers, social media sites, and streaming media services, digital cable-television networks, and wireless digital mobile communication networks.

A digital music composition, performance and production system comprising:

• (a) a plurality of client computing systems, each client computing system having a CPU and memory storage architecture with a web-browser-based AI-assisted digital audio workstation (DAW) system installed and running within a web browser on the CPU as shown, and supporting within memory storage (SSD) program memory storage, and file storage), a virtual musical instrument (VMI) library system, a sound sample library system, a plugin library system, a file storage system for project files, and OS/program storage, and interfaced with
• (i) an audio interface subsystem having audio-speakers and recording microphones,
• (ii) a MIDI keyboard controller and one or more music instrument controllers (MICs) for use with music projects including a digital music performance and production system, MIDI synthesizers and the like,
• (iii) a system bus operably connected to the CPU, I/O subsystem, and the memory storage architecture and supporting visual display surfaces, input devices including at least one input device selected from the group consisting of keyboards, mouse-type input devices, OCR-scanners, and speech recognition interfaces, and various output devices for the system users including at least one output device selected from the group consisting of printers, CD/DVD burners, and vinyl record producing machines, and
• (iv) a network interface for interfacing the AI-assisted DAW to a cloud infrastructure to which are operably connected, data centers supporting web, application and database servers, and web, application and database servers for serving one or more of synth presets, sound samples, and music effects plugins by third-party providers;
• (b) an AI-assisted DAW server for supporting the web-browser based AI-assisted DAW program, and serving one or more of VMI libraries, sound sample libraries, loops libraries, MIC libraries, plugin libraries and preset libraries, and synth preset libraries for viewing, access and downloading to the client computing system and running as plugs with the web-browser;
• (c) web, application and database servers providing one or more of Synth Presets, sound samples, and music loop by third party providers around the world for importing to the web-browser AI-assisted DAW program;
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• (d) data centers supporting web, application and database servers supporting the operations of various music industry vendors, service providers, music publishers, social media sites, and streaming media services, digital cable-television networks, and wireless digital mobile communication networks.

A digital music studio system network for creating musical compositions, performances and productions using AI-assisted digital audio workstation (DAW) system technology that automatically tracks, and helps resolve music IP issues, including copyright ownership issues, relating to each music project created and maintained on said digital music studio system network during collaboration of one or more human beings and one or more AI-based music service agents working with said one or more human beings on a music project, said digital music studio system network comprising:

• a cloud-based infrastructure supporting digital data communication among system components;
• AI-assisted music style transfer transformation generation system;
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• a plurality of AI-assisted digital audio workstation (DAW) systems, wherein each said AI-assisted DAW system is operably being connected to said cloud-based infrastructure, by way of system user interface, and includes subsystems selected from the group consisting of:
• a music source library system,
• a virtual music instrument (VMI) library system,
• an AI-assisted music project storage and management system,
• an AI-assisted music concept abstraction system,
• an AI-assisted music style transfer system,
• an AI-assisted music composition,
• an AI-assisted digital sequencer system,
• an AI-assisted music arranging system,
• an AI-assisted music instrumentation/orchestration system,
• an AI-assisted music performance system,
• an AI-assisted music production system,
• an AI-assisted music publishing system, and
• an AI-assisted music IP issue tracking and management system,
• wherein each said system is integrated together with the other systems and configured for supporting the delivery of a suite of AI-assisted music services monitored and tracked by said AI-assisted music IP tracking and management system during musical compositions, performances and productions using said AI-assisted digital audio workstation (DAW) systems so as to automatically track and help resolve music IP issues, including copyright ownership issues relating to each music project created and maintained on said digital music studio system network during the collaboration of one or more human beings, and AI-based music service agents working with the human beings on said music project.

32a. The digital music studio system network of claim 20, wherein each said AI-assisted DAW system displays comprises said AI-assisted music publishing system and graphical user interfaces (GUIs) supporting AI-assisted Music Publishing Services available for use with music projects created and managed within the AI-assisted DAW system, and wherein the AI-assisted Music Publishing Services include:

• (i) learning to generate revenue in various ways:
• (ii) publishing your own copyright music work and earn revenue from sales;
• (iii) licensing others to publish your copyrighted music work under a music publishing agreement and earn mechanical royalties;
• and/or (iii) licensing others to publicly perform your copyrighted music work under a music performance agreement and earn performance royalties;
• (iv) licensing publishing of sheet music and/or MIDI-formatted music;
• (v) licensing publishing of a mastered music recording on various records, and/or by other mechanical reproduction mechanisms;
• (vi) licensing performance of mastered music recording on music streaming services;
• (vi) licensing performance of copyrighted music synchronized with film and/or video;
• (vii) licensing performance of copyrighted music in a staged or theatrical production;
• (viii) licensing performance of copyrighted music in concert and music venues;
• and (ix) licensing synchronization and master use of copyrighted music in a video game product.