GarageBand TIPS for songwriters (iPad/iPhone)

Published 2021-09-06
11 x handy tips for recording and writing songs in GarageBand iPad or GarageBand iPhone.
šŸŽ¹ More essential GarageBand iOS videos - Ā Ā Ā ā€¢Ā HowĀ toĀ RECORDĀ MUSICĀ onĀ yourĀ iPad/iPho...Ā Ā 

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ā° Time Stamps:
00:00 What's happening here?
00:11 Drummer as metronome
01:24 Song Sections
02:34 Lead-in Section
03:27 Section Names
05:10 2 Track Hack
07:13 Master Volume Hack
09:02 Naming Tracks
10:11 Sing Your Ideas
13:23 Master Reverb & Echo
15:12 Version Control
16:51 Use iCloud Drive

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All Comments (21)
  • @eddiefranco1531
    Pete, I was recently laid off from my job, took a few days to recover and regroup. I used a bit of my savings and took a chance on myself and got a few recording items on sale and stumbled upon your YouTube channel this week! All this to say, your channel has come to me at such a huge and important point of my life. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and being so thorough to us all, you are a great teacher and even though I have basic studio/recording knowledge, your videos have been a massive help! Sending you love and appreciation my man! - Eddie Franco
  • @BradExample
    man... i never knew i could drag the scissors and make cuts without having to goto the menu every time.... see Pete... i learn something new every time... amazing... i still havnt gotten used to using the 2 track hack either.. i gotta use it more... it would make life so much easier...
  • @Alex812
    I've learned so much from your vids thank you!
  • All of this is ludicrously helpful! I just started using Garageband on my iPad for songwriting and there's just so much to learn. You've got such great tips and do a fantastic job teaching them, thanks a million!
  • @Vulpecular
    Thanks Pete, Iā€™d put GB down as a toy for kids with iPhones. I was very wrong šŸ‘
  • @royor3
    Great tips Pete.. the Master volume + 2 track hack are pretty handy.. really good advice about singing the part first + then orchestrating it later.. I always say, Capture the idea before it disappears.. singing it is usually the quickest + easiest way.. songwriters should definitely bookmark this video for later on.. šŸ‘ Thanks..
  • @evalonious
    Oh Pete! I always learn something new when watching! 2 track hack!!! Epic!!! That will be really helpful with my new Arturia Fuse 2 channel audio interface. Should be arriving UPS from France any day now. So excited! It's got midi in the back as well as the assortment of inputs.
  • Hi Pete, a section renaming trick that saves me a lot of time is adding the chord progressions in the name. I usually use the virtual bass instead of the recorded guitars because once the bass is recorded I donā€™t re-record (and wipe the name)
  • @novacascade5005
    Darcy has such a great feel, I slotted him in very subtly under some stuff that I programmed. Worked a real treat!
  • @mackyrafa5278
    Got to watch this live! Thanks for all your help and wisdom, Pete! Working on my Songtember project here in California! šŸ¤˜šŸ¼
  • @realdawei
    Two Track hack is a winner šŸ‘
  • @57RickH
    Did not know about renaming sections - great tip šŸ‘šŸ»
  • @mozzer000
    Excellent Pete, huge thanks. šŸ‘