It wasn't just music utilization that got a big boost in 2011. Creating it has become less complicated than ever, owing to a growing array of digital tools.
Mobile apps geared in the direction of making music started showing shortly after the launch with the iTunes App Store in 2008. As platforms like iOS and Android have grown more capable, so too have these sorts of functions. There is not any shortage of apps that synthesize real instruments, and even ones that let you record your own samples, create beats and make songs from scratch.
In 2011, we saw Apple roll several of these concepts into one when it launched Garage Band for iPad, and then scaled it down for the iPhone and iPod Touch. It's not the first music recording and sequencing mobile app to appear, but for the price tag ($4.99), it's easily the best powerful. Garage Band for iOS consists of dozens of synthesized devices, which sometimes often be pretty high-priced when purchased as stand-alone apps. It has the benefit of several "smart" instruments to make the less musically inclined.
Like its desktop counterpart, the core function of this app is always to record and sequence multiple tracks of music. Using external accessories, one can even record vocals and guitars. Garage Band for iOS and apps like it provide an early glimpse of what's possible on tablets and smartphones, two categories of devices that continue to be relatively young.
It was an excellent year for SoundCloud, a social audio-hosting site which includes grown quite admired among newbie and professional musicians alike. Big labels and known acts are using SoundCloud to post and promote music, while less significant artists and laptop hobbyists are finding audiences there as well. Imagine it as sort of a YouTube for audio.
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