Create Music or a Podcast
Tips for Writing Your Own Song
Tips for Writing Your Own Song
Check out the video to the right for nine subtle aspects of great songwriting. This video will draw your attention to details in the songwriting process that can take your song from good to great.
Check out the video to the right for nine subtle aspects of great songwriting. This video will draw your attention to details in the songwriting process that can take your song from good to great.
Create a Beat: INCREDIBOX
Create a Beat: INCREDIBOX
Positives: Super simple and fun way to mix, create, and download a music sample/beat that you can use for any non-commercial production.
Positives: Super simple and fun way to mix, create, and download a music sample/beat that you can use for any non-commercial production.
Drawbacks: You can only mix the sounds they provide; you can't create your own effects.
Drawbacks: You can only mix the sounds they provide; you can't create your own effects.
Create/Produce a Song: GARAGEBAND
Create/Produce a Song: GARAGEBAND
Positives: Fully-equipped music creation studio capable of helping you create/produce music samples, songs, podcast, etc. Has both a Mac Desktop and iPad/iPhone App platform.
Positives: Fully-equipped music creation studio capable of helping you create/produce music samples, songs, podcast, etc. Has both a Mac Desktop and iPad/iPhone App platform.
Drawbacks: Getting started can be a little overwhelming at first. Use the Video Tutorial to the Right to start.
Drawbacks: Getting started can be a little overwhelming at first. Use the Video Tutorial to the Right to start.
Recording and Publishing a Podcast
Recording and Publishing a Podcast
Record audio for a podcast using Quicktime on your MacBook or the Voice Memo App on an iPad.
Record audio for a podcast using Quicktime on your MacBook or the Voice Memo App on an iPad.
You can edit out background white noise using Audacity's noise removal feature.
You can edit out background white noise using Audacity's noise removal feature.
- Load your audio file in Audacity by dragging the file into the window.
- Highlight a section of the audio that is only the white noise.
- Click Effect>Noise Removal>Get Noise Profile>OK
- Double click to highlight the entire audio file.
- Click Effect>Noise Removal>OK
Publically share your conversation via your school YouTube account.
Publically share your conversation via your school YouTube account.