A system and methods for continuously communicating data regarding the status of a monitored condition using music, which trained persons can recognize and interpret. One or more data collector devices monitor conditions and provide data regarding the status of the conditions to an analyzing device. The analyzing device receives the data and creates data music that is played on an audio device with reference music establishing the Hierarchal Music Structure (HMS) to the listener. The data music is a musical representation of the data against the reference music, which are played on an audio device.