Keep it Simple with GarageBand: Easy Music Projects for Beginners (Paperback)

by Keith Gemmell (Author)

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Product Description

Capturing ideas quickly

Writing memorable tunes and songs

Using loops

Understanding MIDI and software Instruments

Understanding audio recording and real instruments

Using effects - effectively!

Let's face it, for many beginners and amateur musicians new to computer-based music making, much of today's top-of-the-range recording software is far too complicated to operate. It's not like that with GarageBand. The complicated stuff remains hidden from view, with just the basic controls on display. The interface is friendly and inviting rather than off-putting, and capturing your ideas is quick and intuitive.

Keep it Simple with GarageBand contains a series of easy music making projects for beginners and amateur musicians. Follow these simple projects and you'll not only learn how to use GarageBand effectively, you'll also pick up tons of insider tips on songwriting, constructing tunes and pro-style audio production along the way: all explained in easy-to-understand terminology. Each project is preceded by on-topic, background information explaining just what you will be doing and why.

Keep it Simple with GarageBand!

About the Author
Keith Gemmell is a UK music technology writer who contributes monthly to Music Tech Magazine. He also publishes educational sheet music and audio products from his busy Internet site. Keith began his musical career at the age of seventeen playing saxophone, composing and recording for such labels as Virgin, Electra and Elton John's Rocket Records. This valuable experience enabled him to work alongside top record producers such as Gus Dudgeon. Since then he s been involved in just about every style of music imaginable both as a player and writer ranging from jazz orchestras to reggae outfits. You can find out more about him at www.saxmusicplus.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: PC Publishing (April 25, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1870775163
• ISBN-13: 978-1870775168
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #270,462 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quick Look At GarageBand, March 14, 2007

By	Daniel McKinnon (Tewksbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

'Keep It Simple with Garageband: Easy Music Projects for Beginners' by Keith Gemmell is exactly what it says, a quick overview of the Apple GarageBand software. If you use an Apple computer and want to learn how to play with music -- editing, mixing, etc then this is a nice guide for the basics of how to do just that. Brevity is the #1 descriptor at 89 pages but this is doesn't necessarily mean a book is bad or not useful!

Concise and clear, if you want to get your feet wet with GarageBand and learn how to have more fun with music on your Apple, pick up this book and you won't be disappointed!!

**** RECOMMENDED

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ten easy music-making projects which require no prior skills or musical abilities to duplicate, August 16, 2006

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

KEEP IT SIMPLE WITH GARAGEBAND: EASY MUSIC PROJECTS FOR BEGINNERS offers ten easy music-making projects which require no prior skills or musical abilities to duplicate. From extending a tune or recording a voice-over track to adding instruments and recording them, KEEP IT SIMPLE WITH GARAGEBAND is one of the easiest, best we've seen for mastering the program and its musical potentials.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

5.0 out of 5 stars just what i needed, June 27, 2009

By	Melanie P. Chayette "the noodle bandit" (NJ) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a music teacher, and one of the schools I work in just got a set of macbooks to do media projects. Well, this book is pretty much the curriculum for the garageband part. It's got step by step instructions, screen shots, and it goes at a good pace for the classroom. Great garageband resource!