Writing about Whistler on My Dream App's voting page, he said:
"Also, I hate to say it, but if anything should have set the world on fire with undiscovered musical talent, it would have been GarageBand. Unfortunately, GarageBand remains the ugly little iLife stepchild, the one that hardly anyone even opens. That doesn’t give me high hopes for Whistler’s adoption curve."Well, Garageband has set the world alight with undiscovered musical talent.
Here's a random selection, all available at iTunes.
Apologies to anybody left out. No slight intended.
Maggie Osterberg.
B&massa.
The Bananakiller.
Finer.
Bottled.
Me, for f*ck's sake.
And we'll remain "undiscovered" as long as the likes of Pogue and co continue their self-perpetuating ignorance about anything that happens outside of the music industry hype machine.
Garageband revolutionised so many musicians' experience of making music. For me, it was a Brian Wilsonesque sandbox. A plaything that became a serious tool very, very quickly and paved the way to bigger things.
Yes, Apple: that means I eventually "went Pro".
Whistler is a revolution. It takes the one thing that blocks Joe Bloggs out of Garageband - "but I can't play..." and dispenses with it.
"You don’t have to say anything, and you don’t have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don’t you, Steve? You just put your lips together and… blow."Yup. That's all it needs.
David, you missed the point. Because making music really should be that simple.
