GarageBand ’11 takes further steps into the musical world by not only expanding and refining its pedagogical efforts but also adding more amps and effects to its Guitar tracks. No additional basic lessons appeared and only a smattering of artist lessons were added after the initial release.
Unfortunately, there was little follow-up on this front. It did so by incorporating into GarageBand basic guitar and keyboard lessons as well as song-centric lessons from a handful of famous artists. With GarageBand ’09 Apple focused the program on musicians rather than podcasters, attempting to market the program not only as a lightweight digital audio workstation (DAW) but also as a music teaching tool. Unless you’re a podcaster, musician (aspiring or otherwise), or have stumbled upon GarageBand because you heard it could help you create ringtones or edit audio, there’s seemingly little in it for you. Regrettably-but unsurprisingly-it’s ignored by the vast majority of iLife users. GarageBand, the musical component of iLife, has long been the application of choice for many podcasters and Mac musicians.
