I made "I'll Tell
You What" with my iPad which is pretty much the same
thing... but for some reason it just feels different
to do this on my phone. I sat on a couch for 5
minutes while waiting for Talya and her mother to get
ready and just sung into my phone and made this up. My
cell phone. I'm still kinda amazed I have a device
that I can speak into and talk to people all over
the world wherever they are. And now this? I could
easily make an entire album, professionally on my
phone with the $4.99 GarageBand app. Actually, it was
free once it was released last week because I had
already bought it on my iPad a few months ago. I would
need a little attachment so I could plug in a real
microphone, etc... but uhm, we're talking about my
CELL PHONE. It is the gadget of my lifetime. This
is bigger than the PC boom.
Seriously.
Smartphones are a
whole different stratosphere as far as life-changing
devices. Every song you've ever thought of is seconds
away, any time you want, on your phone. Nearly every
TV show or movie you can think of is seconds away, any
time you want, on your phone. Thousands upon thousands
of videogame in every genre seconds away, anytime you
want, on your phone. Videophoning at wi-fi hotspots
and to the jailbreakers out there - on 3G as well,
seconds away, any time you want. Every piece of
information to answer every single question you may
have, seconds away, any time you want. And now?
Creation. And this is where I get
inspired...
Everything
I mentioned above is "fun" and with information
online, it can be useful. Being able to create music?
I mean, not just ideas, but honest-to-goodness flesh
out what I believe will produce a #1 song
someday? ON YOUR PHONE? It suddenly becomes
therapy for me. I know I've mentioned it before, but
as a songwriter, ideas come quickly and kinda haunt
you until you can record them and move on. I used to
leave myself voicemail messages of melodies just so
I wouldn't lose it... but this? What? Man, I only
think musicians can appreciate the professionalism of
the GarageBand app (again for $4.99, wtf) what you can
just plug your guitar into or use the "smart"
instruments then lay down some vocals and voila...
ANYWHERE. You're stuck on a car ride - BOOM. On an
airplane, voila. On the TOILET. It's a just...
ridiculous.
Now, I had
the same eureka about the iPad and after making this
song, it occurred to me that I should probably produce
an album completely on this device just 'cause it's
that inspiring. I suddenly thought of iPadam. Right?
An album of songs created on the iPad by me. All fun,
quirky, happy type melodies that stick in your head,
that are about 2 minutes, that are fun to listen to. I
mean, the name is perfect: iPadam. I was able to
get "iPadam.com" and really look forward to finding
all the sounds I can and making a vocal driven
catchy album much like "Robot Monster". The world is
more than sick of my ballads. And I'm far too goddamn
happy and upbeat for that shit. Once I get one
song complete, I'll make a little trailer for the
album and "release" the site that will give snippets
throughout the writing process. No idea when it'll be
done, but I assume early in 2012. I don't
want to labor over this. Quick, quirky and fun.
Similar to the Late Show Songs in the '90s.
