GarageBand represented an actual accessible starting point for those of us who wanted to make music on the computer but had no good entry point. I didn’t know why you’d need things like track effects or bus groups because I had no idea what any of it meant. The software was esoteric and hard for outsiders such as typical educators like myself to understand. When I started teaching in 2004, GarageBand was released that year and basically no one taught Music Technology. I’ve been very vocal about my dislike for last year’s version, and some took it as a generic “OMG I hate GarbageBand” as if I won’t stoop to using it or something. Backgroundįirst of all, I had some good conversations with folks about GarageBand. Short version: It’s no WatchBand, but it’ll do.
