Apple's GarageBand: Creating Songs From Scratch; Music Technology

Songwriting can be difficult. Often, we’ll have a melody, lyrics, or a beat but don’t even know where to begin to compose an actual song.  These lessons (7 Chapters/48 pages) in Garageband (desktop version) can help draw out those musical thoughts and then introduce tools to help build those ideas into a fully produced musical creation. These lessons also teach about SONG FORMATS and provide templates to create perfectly structured songs!

Anyone, beginners and professionals alike, can utilize GarageBand’s pre-recorded instrumental loops, drum beats, effects, thousands of digital instruments, and live recording capabilities to create a musical masterpiece.

Teachers in middle school or high school, with the use of IMacs or Macbooks, can utilize these lessons to springboard the musical creativity of their students to create awesome professional-sounding songs in just a few lessons.

No previous knowledge of Apple's GarageBand is necessary. Start from scratch with your students and let the lessons smoothly guide students through their projects.

For 15 years, I have been using GarageBand and teaching middle school and high school students to write, produce, and record singles and albums. Some have even posted their songs on iTunes, Amazon, and more. If we can do it so can you! I'm sure your students will LOVE this guide which is set up in a "lesson" format. After the guide is complete, students will use class time to continue to work on their musical masterpieces!