The new Music Memos app from Apple is a welcome upgrade for musicians who have been using the Voice Memos app to record song ideas.  Music Memos allows you to record in uncompressed audio, add drums, add bass lines, make notes, and export to GarageBand. Why Would You Export to

Apple released the Music Memos app a few weeks ago.  The intent is to provide an upgrade to the existing Voice Memos app, with a focus on recording musical ideas. I think Apple is spot on with this update.  Recording musical ideas is pretty much the only thing I used

Backing tracks have come a long way from the old CD’s (or even cassettes). Remember those? There would be several versions of the same song on a CD - one with the lead melody, and then several versions in different keys without the lead melody. Those backing tracks (or

Tell me if any of this sounds familiar: Example A: Perhaps you heard, a few months ago Kirk Hammett lost his phone and over 250 musical ideas that he had recorded in it.  250 ideas!  That's a lot of Metallica songs sitting in an iPhone.  Now, Kirk Hammett

I recently tried out the Apogee JAM 96k.  The JAM bills itself as "the professional guitar interface for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Mac".  As a bit of background, Apogee provides a wide range of audio electronics, covering entry-level to high end interfaces.  The JAM 96k fits as