In 2005, the great Trent Reznor released and processed his samples of The Hand That Feeds so musicians around the world could remix it. T-Pain was able to make a career for himself using very simple tools – imagine what you can do with all these modern advancements! T-Pain’s debut album Rappa Ternt Sanga that was released in 2005 is said to be almost entirely produced on Garageband with only instruments and VSTs native to the DAW.įast forward 15 years later, and Garageband has made remarkable progress in its functionality. What’s fascinating is the amount of detail and depth this album has to offer, and that they were able to get this done using Garageband. Justice’s Xavier de Rosnay said “ A lot of people think it’s bullshit when we say we use GarageBand, but it’s actually an amazing tool.” One of my favorite albums out there, Cross was produced using Garageband. He was coined to be the “next big thing” by many fans online, and has left his mark in the music industry. In 2008, he quit his job and produced the studio album Wavves within a short amount of time and released it to the public just to see what would happen.

Nathan Williams, aka Wavves is an alternative indie group formed by Nathan from the beautiful town of San Diego, CA. If Rihanna’s team can make a hit using this free DAW, so can you. Umbrella was sitting at #1 on Billboards Hot 100 for a long time, and landed a place in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” list. You might actually recognize the loop! Open up Garageband and search for the “Vintage Funk Kit 03” sample. Rihanna’s team of producers used a drum loop from Garageband to help produce this song. Now let’s talk about hit songs that were made using Apple’s free digital audio workstation (DAW) Garageband. This is the mentality all artists should have because greatness can be made on any medium. Say this: It’s not what I use, it’s how I use it.ĭid you literally say it out-loud? Good. I also am friends with producers that use nothing but a computer and a pair of headphones that are currently on a global tour. I know music producers that have spent $30,000+ on their studios, and they aren’t earning minimum wage. The faster you realize that this is wrong, the better. For whatever reason, a lot of people believe that if they have expensive synths, pro-audio gear, amazing monitors and an acoustically treated room, they’ll suddenly become a rockstar overnight.

There’s nothing new about musicians, vocalists, and music producers getting upset that they don’t have a million-dollar studio with all the latest music gear.

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