tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316612212011-04-21T17:13:29.155-07:00This site teaches different approaches for composing and sharing music, audio and other media on the web. It begins with a beginner's introduction to music composition for non-musicians.Bob Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600425195395512819noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31661221.post-28411549950615129722009-03-05T20:49:00.001-08:002009-03-05T21:10:43.322-08:00Poetry is a wonderful structure against which to compose relevant sounds and music using GarageBand and other such applications. Three web searchable sites provided the full texts of work no longer under copyright: Project Gutenberg (<a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki">http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki</a>), the Open Content Alliance (<a href="http://www.archive.org/details/texts">http://www.archive.org/details/texts</a>) and the Million Book<br />Project (<a href="http://www.archive.org/details/millionbooks/">http://www.archive.org/details/millionbooks/</a>). Each can be searched for poetry or children's poetry to use in such projects.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31661221-2841154995061512972?l=cybercasting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600425195395512819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31661221.post-82960502229669438342008-04-26T05:39:00.000-07:002008-04-26T05:52:44.042-07:00Magic GarageBand is designed for quick music composition. Select a genre of music (blues, rock, jazz, country, reggae, funk, latin, roots rock, and slow blues).  Click a few more times and you have and own your own copyrighted work, infinitely editable, that can be inserted in a podcast or music composition.<div><br /></div><div>See Jim Dalryumple's great <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/133186/2008/04/magicgarageband.html">Magic GarageBand review</a>.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31661221-8296050222966943834?l=cybercasting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600425195395512819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31661221.post-17377924923178521032008-04-20T05:01:00.000-07:002008-04-20T05:03:42.722-07:00<ul><li><a href="http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/techknowpark/Arcade/Menu.html#sounds">NC Wise Owl's Multimedia Madness Menu</a><br /></li></ul><div>http://www.ncwiseowl.org/kscope/techknowpark/Arcade/Menu.html#sounds</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31661221-1737792492317852103?l=cybercasting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600425195395512819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31661221.post-1153868976299655732006-07-25T16:06:00.000-07:002006-07-25T16:13:59.096-07:00There are many sources of tutorials that introduce the Garageband applications. The best sites use screen movies that explain and show at the same time. Make sure you have a headphone set or speakers for your computer when using these.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Free</span><br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://comtechlab.iupui.edu/tutorialsfolder/garageband.html">http://comtechlab.iupui.edu/tutorialsfolder/garageband.html</a></li></ul><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fee</span><br /><ul><li>Learning GarageBand by Garrick Chow <a href="http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=106">http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=106</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31661221-115386897629965573?l=cybercasting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600425195395512819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31661221.post-1153868762195312212006-07-25T15:48:00.000-07:002006-07-25T16:40:33.940-07:00GarageBand runs only on Macintosh computers. This application comes free with the purchase of a Mac and to go very far in this tutorial will require access somewhere to a Mac computer. Garageband provides several levels for musical composition. At its most basic level, the user can select, repeat, mix and edit sets of previously composed short instrumental rhythms and patterns called loops. For those with some instrumental skill, two types of on-screen keyboards allow one to use the mouse or keyboard to play and record tracks of piano or other instrument sounds. For those with some voice skill and a microphone, singing and speech can be recorded. Many Macs come with a built-in microphone.<br /><br />Other devices can be connected to the computer that the program and the computer will recognize including microphones, digital piano keyboards and other electronic MIDI devices.<br /><br />What's possible? Before going any further, listen to some musical compositions created with Garageband at these web sites.<br /><br /><ul><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">iCompositions</span>. <a href="http://www.icompositions.com/music/">http://www.icompositions.com/music/</a> Click to download and listen to various selections. This site collects, rates and shares musical compositions made totally by or assisted by Garageband. A piece might be totally for Garageband loops are might be accompanied by a real musican singing or playing an instrument.</li><li><span style="font-weight: bold;">MacBand</span>. <a href="http://www.macband.com/">http://www.macband.com</a> Not only can one download and listen to Garageband sounds, but additional sound loops can be collected to use in your own compositions.<br /></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/31661221-115386876219531221?l=cybercasting.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Houghtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600425195395512819noreply@blogger.com0