Keep It Simple with Garageband: Easy Music Projects for Beginners [Paperback]

Keith Gemmell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1870775163 | ISBN-13: 978-1870775168 | Publication Date: May 2, 2006

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!

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About the Author

Keith Gemmell is a composer/arranger and music technology author who uses Cubase 4 professionally on a regular basis.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: PC Publishing (May 2, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1870775163
• ISBN-13: 978-1870775168
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,455,519 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Daniel McKinnon "Dan" (Tewksbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keep It Simple with Garageband: Easy Music Projects for Beginners (Paperback)

'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

11 of 12 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

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This review is from: Keep It Simple with Garageband: Easy Music Projects for Beginners (Paperback)

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

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

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

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Melanie P. Chayette "the noodle bandit" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Keep It Simple with Garageband: Easy Music Projects for Beginners (Paperback)

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!