What’s Fast Tracker my music teacher would ask. That’s not music he’d say. Seriously, screw that guy. Kids today have it much better, as you can see this in this fun video jam featuring a bunch of iPads, a variety of apps including GarageBand, and (as always) an entirely over enthusiastic music teacher who not so secretly wishes he was Liam Howlett. Still, great stuff.
The guitars were linked to the iPads via Apogee Jam, while drums and vocals were recorded through an IK Multimedia iRig Mic. The keyboards are M-Audio MIDI devices also plugged directly into the iPads. Also worth noting that the video was shot in conjunction with a UK music store — yep, everything’s an ad these days. [YouTube via SonicState]
iwannabesteve
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 12:50 PMlame.
JAKE
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 12:54 PMhow about teaching them to sing instead of using autotune?
haha
wsDK_II
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 2:07 PMHow about we all use iStuff and forget about any ‘real’ talent?
mike
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 1:19 PMis it just me or does it look really awkward palying on the ipad.
And how about putting some real instruments infront of them instead of pressing one key every 2min…
wsDK_II
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 2:10 PMI dont want to see you writing again on this board if you have something negative to say about Apple. Apple showed me that being gay is ok, and helped me find the real meaning in life – Steve Jobs.
Music is meaingless unless made by an Apple product!
David Dempsey
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 2:05 PMI’d love to have had these tools when learning music. The hard part is getting people to want to learn how. Putting tools and aids which help them access the music production frees their ability to create the music. Isn’t that what the learning is for? Why do so many people think there is something greatly beneficial in doing things the hard way?
As for the knockers…. Roosevelt said: It is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.
par
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 2:15 PMthose lyrics could do with some work
A
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 4:09 PMThat is pretty cool for what it is. I don’t think any of these kids fooled themselves into thinking they could really play piano, or guitar, or drums, after just tapping on the iPad screens(The ones who could actually play were actually playing), but it involved them in the production of music, and sometimes that’s all the motivation someone needs to go out, and learn the real instrument that this software is trying to replicate.
Steve
Monday, July 25, 2011 at 6:56 PMLooks like a huge gimmick. Why Apple? Why not, I don’t know… Guitar Hero? Or failing that, REAL instruments? Because Apple is topical, silly!
The more hospitals and schools pretend to use iPads productively, the more they look progressive and forward-thinking, allowing them to increase enrolments.