System and method for mixing song data using measure groupings

A method for mixing songs comprising:

• selecting a first frame sequence that comprises at least part of a measure grouping that begins on a dominant beat at the start of a measure in a first song, wherein at least one person previously listened to the first song to mark a first song cuepoint corresponding to the dominant beat in the first song;
• selecting a second frame sequence that comprises at least part of a measure grouping that begins on a dominant beat at the start of a measure in a second song, wherein at least one person previously listened to the second song to mark a second song cuepoint corresponding to the dominant beat in the second song;
• selecting first subsequences from the first frame sequence;
• selecting second subsequences from the second frame sequence;
• and
• generating a transition based on the first subsequences and the second subsequences.

An apparatus for mixing music comprising:

• a memory unit that stores transition data, wherein the transition data comprise first song cuepoints, each of which marks at least one measure grouping that begins on a dominant beat at the start of a measure in a first song, and second song cuepoints, each of which marks at least one measure grouping that begins on a dominant beat at the start of a measure in a second song, wherein at least one person previously listened to the first song to mark each of the dominant beats in the first song and at least one person previously listened to the second song to mark each of the dominant beats in the second song;
• a transition generation unit, which uses at least one of the first song cuepoints and at least one of the second song cuepoints to generate a transition between the first song and the second song;
• and
• a player, which truncates playback of the first song and begins playing the transition in response to an advance signal.