Pix & Stix is an iPad (or technically any Tablet) set of drumsticks and a single guitar pick, designed to work with the iOS version of Garageband. Can a set of iPad drumsticks turn me into, as Charlie Sheen might have said, a bitchin’ rock god from Mars? There was only one way to find out. More »
Apple’s music creation app has broken free of its iPad-only chains and is now ready for iPhone and iPod touch-touting musicians. Just for the love of God, please keep your headphones on while you use it. More »
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. More »
If you have an iPad 1, you can only use GarageBand because it doesn’t have enough memory and power to run iMovie. But if you are getting an iPad 2 tomorrow, you can get them both. Each is $6. [Garage Band and iMovie]
Garage Band for iPad always seemed like a no-brainer to me, and it’s clear that Apple thought so too—they were just taking their time to get it right. It looks like it’s gonna be an impressively capable solution for sketching out music on your tablet. And it looks like it’s gonna be a blast to use. More »
At last, there’s a new version of iLife. It’s got all new, enhanced versions of the major apps. They’re pretty fancy-looking, and they’ve got a whole bag of new tricks, like automagic movie trailers. More »
Apple has finally made their September event official, and it’s coming sooner than many expected – the “special event” will be held on September 1 in San Francisco, and from the look of things it’s going to involve music. More »
While iLife ’09′s GarageBand comes bundled with 9 free lessons on guitar and piano, Artist Lessons, with famous musicians, cost $US5 a pop to download. So what does that money actually get you?
In one of the odder announcements during the Macworld keynote, Sting, along with others like Norah Jones, will teach you to play guitar and piano in Garageband ’09.
