I found using Garageband to create my little ode to Dare by Gorillaz quite easy and fun.
I have used sample based sequencers before in the past and more complicated packages such as Cubase, Acid Pro and Propellerheads Reason, but Garageband was perfect for what I wanted it to do. Plus, in typical Mac style... "it just worked".
An idea I had a while ago was to create a website that allowed people to post portions of songs they had created in order for people to download them, add extra tracks, instruments and ideas and then post them back for acceptance and continuation by someone else. Sort of a continuous work in progress type thing.
All Mac machines come with Garageband and a slew of pre-loaded samples to play with. Is anyone interested in trying this idea? I know of at least 2 other people with Macs who also have a modicum of musical talent, so it might not be too hard to get something down. Post a comment to register an interest.
And for the record... no hard trance, dance or techno. Melodic guitar, folk, jazz fusion please!
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Yeah why not – I’ve been messing about recording my ukulele DI into the Macbook and recording my banjo just using the inbuilt mic.
You can also get some nice trippety-hop stylings going on by taking funky beats, slowing them down below 75bpm and slapping fuzz all over them. Then all you need is a raging banjo solo, some pizzicato uke stabs and it’s got hit written all over it.
Post something you have started then, just one track in the song would be best and we can carry it on.