If you live near a Guitar World and have wanted to learn how to really use GarageBand to record music, then this is your lucky week! Apple and Guitar World are teaming up to offer free workshops on using GarageBand. According to AppleInsider.com:
The workshops will take place in a four week rotation on Saturdays from 10am-11am at all of Guitar Center’s 216 stores. The first class, Signal Flow and MIcrophone Techniques, takes place on May 7. Additional lessons include Virtual Instruments and Loops, Effects and Mixing and Publishing.
I have to admit that I have never used GarageBand, so I don’t know how good it is for recording. Just passing along the information as I know some love Macs and Garageband. I actually like both Macs and PCs, but the pricetag on Macs usually makes me lean towards a PC. I did save up for an iMac 6 years ago which is still running and I always loved it. You can get GarageBand for as low as $14.99, so that is a really low-cost recording option. Well, if you don’t take in to account all of the equipment needed to hook up to it 🙂
There is also an iPad GarageBand application – so I wonder if iPads could become a new form of cheap, portable recording studios? If so, recording demos could become a snap for bands – just connect everything in at practice and use the best take of each song you want to include on your demo.
