[Jim Dalrymple]

Hi Keith,
If you're looking for one page that will have all of the articles, try this.
http://www.macworld....s/creative.html
Everything will show up there, so you can tell at a quick glance if something new has been posted.

[fireboxer]

Jim -
I too have just bought an imac for the music making purpose. I couldnt figure it out on a PC, but with a Presonus box and some monitors and my trusty old Roland W30, I was up in 1 hour. (I had to unbox and plug it in and figure out what goes where. The imac was the easiest). So now I too am using GarageBand and I hope to graduate to Cubase LE. However, I cant quite figure out the Cubase yet. Ideas where to get help? In any case, best of luck.
John

[Ch4nc3]

Hi Jim,
As a musician using the Mac,and seeing the tools that you will be using, I for one will be totally following your progress. Any helpful tips in the field are always helpful and I am very grateful that you are working thru this endeavor. Way to go!
Garry

[roark]

If your using Garageband and am getting anywhere near good results, you will want to "graduate" to "Studio Logic Pro"... Garageband is really Logic "lite" When Apple bought Logic, they just stripped it down to the basics, and thru a very cool music studio primer program into iLife.

Studio Logic is also your best bang for the buck... the program used to cost $999. Now that Apple has rejuvenated it... added a bunch of samples and tools, and cut the price in half... GO APPLE!!! lol.

You'll find most pro-musicians are using or gravitating towards Logic. Its just the most powerful sequencing production tool (suite) out there.

[CyberInsekt]

Jim:

I think it would be extremely helpful to have pictures of your gear and your setup to accompany the text as you go through this process. Good luck!!

Update: Scratch that, I missed your comments at the end of the post saying you would be posting video and photos

[pavement]

Mmm, I really want to do this too ! ! 1
I will follow your progress closely.

[major7]

Brilliant! Great idea documenting the procedure. That will build anticipation.
I'm really looking forward to following this and see how it compares to my experience. I just finished my second CD and released my first one with TuneCore. Maybe I should have waited for you!
I'm looking forward to hearing why and how you use all those different software programs. Also, the bit you've shared already about recording guitars was quite insightful.
Tutorials. Nice to hear about TutorialDepot.com. I hadn't heard of that. There's also grooveboxmusic.com and lynda.com.
I encourage you to hang in there. I also kept a web site for my latest CD - www.throughwaterandfire.com - where I kept people updated with news events and sent out newsletters and such. It was very hard to keep up with as the work for the CD really overwhelmed me.
All the best!
Steve
www.major7productions.com

[Jim Dalrymple]

Hi John,
Cubase is a great application that I use it all the time for recording. Is there anything specific you're having trouble with in getting started with LE?
Don't be too quick to give up on GarageBand. There is a lot of hidden power in there. I use Cubase, Logic and Pro Tools, but I still use GarageBand all the time too.

[alexpage]

Hi Jim,
I have been living in my attic with my Mac, Roland and various guitars for the past six
months working on my first album at night when my kids are asleep. It has been great
but isolated. I really look forward to keeping up with your progress. Good luck man and
keep it fun even if it's heavy!
Alex Page

[NoelinArbelos]

Jim,

It's astonishing how easy it is to create good music with just GarageBand and Logic Express.

It's also possible to collaborate with your music colleagues over the Internet. We've just completed our first CD (Portraits in Stone) and as we live about 60 miles apart we found www.ejamming.com invaluable for thrashing out ideas.

Once we had fleshed out the tracks we then began with GarageBand, FTPing files back and forward as the track grew. It was very exciting waiting for the next instalment to arrive to listen to what had been added. We only moved onto Logic Express when the time changes and the key changes were too complicated for GarageBand to cope. We finally mixed in Logic Express, and yes, used TuneCore to distribute our album, and it was very satisfying to see it appear in iTunes.

I will follow your journey with interest.

Cheers

Noel

www.arbelos.eu

[Jim Dalrymple]

Thanks for the good wishes Alex. I plan to have a lot of fun throughout this process!

[unrated805]

Jim, I would be very interested in reading your story on tune core last year, if you still have it that is.. I am about a month away from finishing my own project. I am trying to absorb as much knowledge as possible in the online music distribution arena.

[Jim Dalrymple]

Congrats on getting your album out there Noel. I agree with you about GarageBand -- I don't think some people give it enough credit.

[fireboxer]

Jim -
Looks like I may have some answers as I am watching the Cubase training DVD tonight. Will keep you updated.
Thanks,
John