Introduction to Composing in Garageband for Filmmakers

Sam Mcguire

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Garageband is an extremely affordable and powerful music creation tool. In this tutorial we explore the basics of working with movies, loops, exporting, and FCP X. Garageband provides filmmakers with scratch music tracks, royalty free music beds, and custom music tracks - all with no musical experience required (even though a little training can go a long way!) In this first tutorial Sam McGuire sets the stage for additional training which aims to empower filmmakers who need affordable music right away.

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