So how does it all work? Well, on starting, you're presented with a selection of instrument catagories.
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The real beauty of the app is, musical skills are not required! A complete novice can have a pretty neat tune blasting away within a very short time of getting started, yet the amateur or even pro musician will find things to like about having this amazing app installed. There's even a sampler, so you can add your own sounds or clips to your work. For those who've never come across it before, GarageBand contains everything you need to create and mix your own song, including drums, keyboards, guitars and vocals. Garageband is already quite well known to Apple computer fans, as it has existed on the Mac for some years and the ipad version is much the same thing, only in cut down, touch screen friendly form. On buying the iPad, I noticed the App Store had a number of synthesiser apps, but it wasn't until I saw GarageBand, launched by Apple alongside the new iPad 2 that I realised that this might have the potential to renew my interest in making music. Used by several bands of the time, I spent hours composing simple tunes and melodies on it before University came along and I got distracted for long enough that my piano skills got beyond rusty. There were two things I wanted, a car and a synthesiser and by 17, once I'd got the car (by far my most prized possession) I spent my remaining savings on a Yamaha Sy85 (this was about 1994). My parents gave me everything I needed in life and this was Dad teaching me that for the things you want, you should earn them. As soon as I turned 13 years old I went out and got myself a paper round, not because I was a particularly hard working teenager, nor because I enjoyed developing a healthy fear of neighbour's dogs, but because Dad had warned me that if I ever wanted anything, I should be prepared to work and save for it.