“Apple today released an update to GarageBand for Mac with version 10.3 introducing free downloadable Artist Lessons alongside new Drummers and sounds,” Jordan Kahn reports for 9to5Mac.
“Included in today’s update is a push towards educational content for the classroom with in-app Artist Lessons now available for free in 150+ countries,” Kahn reports. “Previously the content was available for $4.99 as in-app purchases in just 20 countries.”
“The update also includes new traditional Chinese and Japanese instruments including the Guzheng, Koto, and Taiko drums alongside five new Vintage Mellotron patches,” Kahn reports. “In addition, new in 10.3 are two new Drummers in Roots and Jazz styles, 1,000 new electronic and urban loops, and a number of new sound effects.”
Read more, including the full list of what’s new, here.
MacDailyNews Take: Good deal!
And what about the paid lessons they used to sell? I guess they abandoned them.
I’m not at my computer, I was assuming it was the paid lessons made free.
Looks like they just made the previously paid ones free. Cool!
Yeah, they gotta get new artists submitting to Apple Music somehow, so why not teach them to play other people’s songs?
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Or teach them to be really creative and compose incredibly generic songs that sound exactly the same as everyone else’s really creative songs.