How to Make Enhanced Podcasts in GarageBand - Point Blank

Now this hasn't really got much to do with music production but it's still useful to know how to put together a professional podcast, especially if you're DJing as well as putting your own music out there. Check out this video from point blank.



"http://www.pointblankonline.net/music-business-online-promotion.php This week we show you how to put together an enhanced podcast in GarageBand to give your DJ output a professional edge.

If you want to learn more about this subject check out the four week Music Business 2: Online Promotion course on Point Blank Onlinehttp://www.pointblankonline.net/music-business-online-promotion.php"

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Here's a collection of tunes that I made using just my iPad.

I've had Garageband on my iPad for quite a while now, so naturally I've made some tunes using nothing but the iPad. Naturally the tunes don't sound as professional as they would if I created them using a full DAW like Ableton or Cubase. The process of making music on the iPad is fun, it's great as a musical sketchpad and a great way to create and develop ideas on the fly.

I've uploaded an album of five tracks to my Bandcamp page. All of the music on the album was created using nothing but my iPad 2; I even did the artwork in Photoshop for iOS.

Overall the tracks are pretty short and mixed pretty rough. I used Garageband to do the main arrangement and some of the instrumentation but I also used quite a few other apps that have the audio copy feature.

You can buy the album for £0.99 (or more if you want to give a donation to Voltage-Controlled).But if you like, I've embedded a player below so you can also listen online for free.

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GarageBand now available for iPhone

I'm always messing around with GarageBand on my iPad, it's one of those apps that gets you coming back again and again. Today apple finally released an update makes it universally compatible across all iOS devices. This means that I can now jam out and come up with new song ideas on the fly.

GarageBand was originally an application for Mac only, sort of like a starter DAW for people that are new to recording. I was never really interested in GarageBand on the mac, to me it seemed very limited for the sort of music that I make. I know a few people that swear by it but then again most of them only use it for recording quick demos or acoustic tracks.

However, the iPad version got my attention. I'm not going to replace my trusty laptop as my main means of recording and sequencing. The iPad is great for sketching out ideas but it's a long way off from being able to take over from professional music making software. But here's the beauty of the iPad version; it gets ideas down and it does it fast. I can pick it up and in half an hour I have the basis of a new tune. If I come up with a cool idea while I'm using any of the other iPad synthesizer apps I can use the audio copy feature and paste it into the sequencer of GarageBand which allows me to arrange it and bring in some other elements using the built in instruments.

Now I can have all of his in my pocket on my iPhone. If I'm out of the house and I get a little inspiration I can just get out my iPhone and start jamming out in GarageBand. All that's missing from this update is iCloud support, I'd love to be able to start a tune with the iPhone and then add more to it later on when I pick up my iPad. Hopefully that will come up in a future update.

GarageBand is available from the AppStore now for just £2.99. If you already have GarageBand installed on your iPad then the update will be free and the app will work across all of your iOS devices.

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iPad Garageband - piano/Organ played with Korg R3

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