Garageband for Songwriting and Music Production - Complete

The Complete course!

Is Garageband considered for professional audio production?

Garageband isn’t less powerful than Logic Pro just because it’s free; People ignore the things that are free in life. Just because it’s easy to get doesn't mean it’s not worth getting it.

I have been using Garageband since its release in 2004, and back then, I used it to compose music for theatre.

With the continued improvements to Logic Pro throughout the years, Garageband has inherited some of the best features from its older brother. Tempo changes, Key changes, and some powerful plugins for mixing and mastering, to mention a few. GarageBand is a fully equipped music creation studio inside your Mac with a complete sound library that includes instruments, guitar, and voice presets, an incredible selection of session drummers and percussionists, and a vast selection of Synthesizers.

Can you make a professional recording with Garageband?

We can safely answer with a resounding YES!!

Garageband for Songwriting and Music Production

GarageBand is your swiss knife for music creation and audio production. Here you can record ideas and get your instruments to blend with others available in the library in seconds.

Learn how to navigate the interface and create your first project using one of the available templates. If you have never composed a song, Apple Loops can help you do that. You'll find thousands of loops to add to your song and hundreds of instruments to play. All these tools will help you shape your compositions without needing expensive equipment. 

If you are a musician and want to record your instrument and your voice or two instruments simultaneously, Garageband helps you do just that with ease.

You will learn how to record, edit, mix and master your music, whether you are a beginner or not. 

Get to play different instruments worldwide using your computer keyboard or a midi keyboard. If you have a guitar, bass or piano, you'll get to try a vast array of professional-sounding effects and include them in your composition.

You will learn what equipment is best to get according to your needs without breaking the bank.

Learn the 11 essential elements of mixing and mastering that every professional sound engineer use for a release. 

Garageband is your Music laboratory where your creations will start to take shape and make your ideas available to the world. 

I can't wait to see you in the Class!

Fran

• Welcome to the Class!
• How to use the exercise files
• Installing GarageBand
• Exploring the Control Bar
• Smart Controls and Editor
• Transport Control
• Tuner, Pre-count and Metronome
• Master Volume and Master Track
• Notepad, Loops and Media Browser
• Tracks Area
• Playhead, Automation and more
• Track Types
• Creating a new Project
• Adding tracks into your Project
• Deep Dive into Apple Loops
• Types of loops
• Creating a song Part 1
• Creating a song Part 2
• Creating a song Part 3
• Changing Tempo and Key Part 4
• Using Flex tool
• Deep dive into the Drummer
• Taking full control of the Drummer
• Getting Started with Software Instruments
• Learning the Musical Typing
• Choosing a Midi controller
• Recording and Time Quintize
• Recording your own drums
• Editing your Drums in Piano Roll
• Transposing and correcting mistakes
• Splitting Drums into separate tracks
• Creating Apple Loops
• Creating a metronome Click
• Collaboration and Score Editor
• Deep dive into the Midi Draw
• Playing with the Arpeggiator
• Introduction to Recording Real instruments
• Recording a real instrument
• Getting sounds into Garageband
• Getting the sound into the project
• Recording first guitar
• Recording the second guitar
• The Amp Designer
• Cycle recording
• Exploring the Pedal board
• Diving deep into the Pedalboard
• Flex Tool and Matching Groove
• Multitrack recording
• Introduction to the Creative Process
• Exploring layout
• Recording the first Synth
• Copying regions
• Using Apple Loops Part 1
• Using Apple Loops Part 2
• Using Apple Loops Part 3
• Using Apple Loops Part 4
• Freezing tracks
• Working in the arrangement
• Saving Favourites
• Walking through the process
• Introduction to Mixing and Mastering
• Housekeeping before Mixing
• Playing with the volume faders
• Arrangement track
• Tempo changes
• Diving into Panning
• Intro to Automations
• Copy, Paste and Delete Automations
• Applying more Automations
• 11 Essential Elements of Mixing and Mastering
• 609 Using the Equalizer
• Equilizer Automation
• Audio Units Plugins
• Locking Tracks and Improving Performance
• Basics of Compressor and Limiter
• Exploring the Reverb
• Exploring the Delay
• Ambience effects Chorus
• Flanger and Phaser
• Tremolo and Vibrato
• Mastering your Project
• Sharing your song
• Congratulations!