Posts under ‘Music’

A few months ago a friend of mine sent me the you tube promo video for the Novation Launchpad for Abelton Live. The device is a controller for making beats and loops. I fell in love instantly and even though I’m not in the music scene I totally wanted one.
Now thanks to mifki and their [...]

 
The iPod Touch and iPhone music players, although adequate and stable, haven’t really seen a revolutionary change since it debuted in the very first iPod.  That’s not to say that it’s a bad player, because it isn’t.  It still sets the standard for the majority of players out there.  But it is a little…how do [...]

TopJam, from Ole Gammelgaard Poulsen, is one of those apps that make you wonder why no one thought of creating it before now.  It’s not a revolutionary concept and certainly won’t change the world as we know it, but it’s still pretty neat.  What exactly does TopJam do?  Its primary function is to pull up the 100 top [...]

In the days before Pandora, Sirius, and Napster, radio ruled the world.  If you didn’t own the album, CD, or cassette, the only way to hear your favorite tunes was the radio.  Your yearning for the latest from Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers or U2 could only be satisfied by a radio DJ.    
Sometimes you [...]

A metronome. It is a musician’s best buddy when wanting to succeed in being on beat. As a band geek who loves my saxophone dearly, I had to test this app out. It seems that every band geek and band director has some form of a metronome on their iPhone, so that you don’t have [...]

Control your music by swiping instead of pushing buttons – handy for when you’re driving or riding or running.
iTunes Link : GestureMusic
On deck: Just4Keepers (Sports)

ShareTunes is a music player that comes with a bunch of features including lyrics, artist info, and Twitter.
iTunes Link : ShareTunes
On deck: 3D Through Walls (Games)

Turn your iPhone into a guitar!
iTunes Link : Strummer
On deck:  Block Busting Planet Panic (Games)

Call me crazy, but internet radio is pretty much the same no matter where you’re getting it. The content, that is… it’s the same! With the exception of apps like Pandora and Boombox that let you personalize your own “station”, straight-up internet radio is always just internet radio.  There’s a gazillion internet radio stations out [...]

If you’re looking for something that’s like Shazam but better, look no further. Yeah Shazam’s free and MusicID with Lyrics costs about the same as an Egg McMuffin, but if there’s a free music app that comes with all of MusicID’s features I’d like to see it!
Shazam, in case you’ve never heard of it (loser!), has [...]

SoundGrid looks like a pretty heavy-duty sound mixing & composing app… you can even make your own ringtones with it! Neato.
(oh btw, Haas Animation Studios just posted some more codes for Hocus Pocus)
iTunes Link – SoundGrid
On deck: Strips Web Comic Reader (Entertainment)

Despite what mass marketers will have you believe, there’s more to Irish culture than leprechauns and step dancing! The Bodhrán Drum has been around for a good 400 years or so and now you can get one on your iPhone as well.
iTunes Link – Bodhrán Drum
On deck: eChant