Garageband and Podcasting Made Easy
ABC's of GarageBand
Global and Interesting Links:
Handout - GarageBand_article_CBroos.pdf
Fun site - http://baroque.me/
If you use a box of crayons to draw a picture, you wouldn’t use the every color and cover the entire page, leaving a lot of “white” space actually improves your picture. You should have a lot of ‘white space” with using Garageband.
Level One
Level Two
Level Three
By adding a vocal track (track>new track>real instrument,) be careful to have headsets on. If you don’t, the computer will double record your voice and the loops, you will have a weird echo of your voice and the Garageband song. Having headsets on and using the built-in microphone, only your voice will be recorded. A simple tip, but well worth the effort.
It is important that students listen to a lot of Garageband songs to differentiate between what they like and don’t like. As students listen to more and more songs, they ask, “How do you do that?”
Music is highly subjective; students are taught to have an open ear/mind and must have other students listen to their compositions to offer suggestions. This is where the composition process really is electrifying. You will see students go from station to station, listening and offering suggestions. It is a very stimulating time in the MIDI classroom.
Posting is a validation of composing. The students run home and listen to their compositions and comment. I review commenting procedures in class, so everyone is aware of the rules: first names only, with positive comments or I delete. I weed and feed the website on a daily basis..
Having podcasts part of the music curriculum has transformed the entire school, it is easy and with a little work, very exciting.
Alien Attack Fourth grade - first GarageBand song with a theme
Jazz Fifth grade - first GarageBand
Holiday Fifth grade - Using a movie from Sibelius
Burger Blast Sixth grade - Screen shots of Inspiration, with a story and a song
Sammy and Olivia Play Fifth grade - piano only, recorded, then placed in GarageBand
The Three Pigs - Sixth grade, stories with piano keyboard
The Pencil Sixth grade - Using Flash and GarageBand
The Need for Speed Sixth grade - ELL student, drawings in flash
Turtle Dove Sixth grade - Sibelius and GarageBand
Dance Sixth grade rap
Presents Sixth grade - Piano Keyboard, story, and GarageBand
Max and Ryan - Fifth Grade - Flash, composer project
The Wedding - Fifth Grade - Flash, composer project
GFIII - Sixth grade - GarageBand, Flash, iTunes, iPhoto, and iMovie
3rd Trimester Eighth grade - composed own loops on keyboard - NO piano lessons
Spring Storm - Music Composition and performance
Number 47 - Eighth Grade - Flash, Piano Keyboard, GarageBand
Sunset Ridge Teachers - two day workshop