Learning to play the guitar is hard. Lessons are expensive and if you want to teach yourself, it’s difficult to know where to begin. Some will recommend music theory – the basic rules that govern all musical instruments – while others will tell you to just grab some tabs and begin strumming....
It seems every year’s projected to be “The year of (…),” but if 2012′s any indication, ’13 will lead a new mobile movement. M-commerce Black Friday sales surpassed $1 billion for the first time last year, while 1.2 billion apps were downloaded during the 2012 Christmas week. With tablet sales projected to reach 450 million in three years, the move towards digital means even the tech savvy music world will see a mobile makeover....
Justin Boreta is a music producer and a founding member of The Glitch Mob, a Los Angeles-based electronic group. But when he isn’t helping to create tracks like "Derezzed (The Glitch Mob Remix)" and "Drive It Like You Stole It," he moonlights as an app developer, dreaming up new ways to compliment music with technology. His first effort, Mirrorgram, debuted on iTunes in early October, enabling users to capture mirrored images with Instagram-like filters. You can find him on Twitter at @Boreta....
You’ve been able to make music with an iPhone ever since the App Store launched in 2008, but the quality of the apps on offer keeps getting better. It’s now…
Looking to write, record, and collaborate on music with people all over the world? Look no further than the palm of your hand. There are a number of professional-quality...
2010 has seen some really inspiring creative apps become available and here’s our round-up of some of the best. We’re not including expensive pro software here, just mobile and web…
If you’re looking for some fun distraction this holiday season then why not have a go at making some music, or at least mangling some sounds on your mobile device….
It's hardly news that the iPhone can serve as a capable little music machine. But NanoStudio offers the complete music-making package, with synths, trigger pads, sequencers, samplers and much more—and, crucially, it makes them all intuitive to use. Complex apps walk a fine line between functionality and usability—there's nothing more frustrating than a feature-laden app imprisoned behind an inscrutable interface. NanoStudio pulls off this tightrope act gracefully, packing everything you need to tap...
