Instead of going back to the old songs and re-doing them to full band versions in Garageband, I think I’m going to focus on brand new songs from this point on, for a while at least. I want to see if I can still write new songs, rather than looking back at the past. I’m proud of my older songs like, “Evil Fred”, “Mr. Tough Guy”, “Nightmare Has Begun Today”, “The Dark War”, etc. I think it’s time to go for a different change and focus on new material. I only wrote one new original song which I kept, “A Secret Hidden”, but it’s time to write a lot more. Garageband is inspiring me to write more rock n’ roll music. The heavier rock. Garageband is great software to create rock riffs and it’s good practice to improvise over.

As for the drum tracks, I’m still studying timing, and rhythm. I can play along with a metronome just fine. In garageband, I just keep the drum pattern simple 8th notes all the way through for now. In the future, I will record with a live drummer so the drums can sound more human. The songs will be even more tight with a real drummer playing in the background.

I just want to test out my songwriting skills. Find out if I have what it takes to write songs for full band music, and so far, I think I’m doing a good job. Nothing negative said about my few songs I put out there using garageband. Garageband is awesome. So glad I got the Ipad now. It’s actually a pretty handy tool. Love it.

Kev