GarageBand TIPS for songwriters (iPad/iPhone)

11 x handy tips for recording and writing songs in GarageBand iPad or GarageBand iPhone.

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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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[windsorqueensborough]

Two track hack! Brilliant! I had to stop the video to comment. Ok, back to

[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...

[beverlypotts]

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!

[eddiefranco]

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

[royor]

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.. 👍 Thanks..

[novacascade]

Darcy has such a great feel, I slotted him in very subtly under some stuff that I programmed. Worked a real treat!

[nomoresaul]

My only issue with using a drummer track as a metronome replacement is that once I’ve done that it becomes far too tempting to just leave the drummer track as the drums lol

Song sections is a tip I learned from you a while ago now and it is so crazy helpful. It’s also especially helpful for later recording vocals so you can see like, D just passed, that means you were singing too slow and need to try again, for example.

Ah man I need an interface rig thingy.

[jeffreybiesiotmusic]

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 don’t re-record (and wipe the name)

[JasonFerguson]

I wish it had text note like Logic. So handy. Love your channel Pete!

[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.

[dragonladymusicexperience]

Thanks for putting all these hacks in one place. Very useful indeed. Awesome

[LoveRise]

OMG Pete, after all this time I never knew that the track splitter could move from above! I also thought you had taught us the 2 track hack before yet couldn’t find it in your videos so I ended up buying a 12 inch ipad pro 3 off ebay when I discovered that gb defaults to the track view even without using an interface only on that size ipad which I really find helpful when recording. Not disappointed in my purchase because I love the increased screen size compared to my 2018 10.5 ipad pro. Got it for $610 including 512 gb with cellular in pristine condition which will be a nice addition for creating my songtember song along with a video to go with it.🍭🍭🍭

Stellar tips Pete, now Im going to finish watching the rest of it!

[mackyrafa]

Got to watch this live! Thanks for all your help and wisdom, Pete! Working on my Songtember project here in California! 🤘🏼

[dimitriosbitzenis]

Great work, one additional hint for the one regarding the master track volume hack you don’t need to have it on to have the volume lowered. You can turn the master fx track off and the volume still will sound quieter if you lowered the master fx eq. This helps with dsp usage!

[RickH]

Did not know about renaming sections - great tip 👍🏻

[Vulpecular]

Thanks Pete, I’d put GB down as a toy for kids with iPhones. I was very wrong 👍

[seanchandler]

Very informative Pete thanks so much for the tips😎

[Samuli]

Thanks for the tips. Am working on #songtember. Will see what happens.

[Alex]

I've learned so much from your vids thank you!

[klaytonvonkluge]

“All GBs metronomes are about as bad as the other”
Priceless “Pete Johns” 😆
Thanks for this one man, it’s like a Studio Live Todays’
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