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Hi folks,
Here's the How-to-Guide to begin working on your own remix of our new
song
"Rule the World With Love"
- IF you're using
Garageband
from
Apple.
First things first, download the files within the music player so you can remix for free. Once you are finished, send a few versions to us, send some to friends, and then make you're own 12-inch super dance mix of BNL, play it REALLY loud and scare all your neighbors! (Legal note: BNL is not responsible for evictions or subsequent hate crimes) .
OK.. now you've got the MP3s on your computer. The second step is to move
them into
Garageband.
Open up a
NEW MUSIC PROJECT
(this will be under file once you open
Garageband)
(suggestion: name this one WINDITUP) Type the name in
SAVE AS section Set the
TEMPO
speed (how fast the song is) to 110bpm Set the
KEY
to B-major.
NOW you've got a place to start having fun.
You'll see at the top of the window a 'track' called Grand Piano. Don't
worry about this. Just leave it there and enjoy the funny little graphic.
NOW... just drag one of your new BNL tracks into the
Garageband
window. It should instantly begin importing (first technical word used
here!) into
Garageband.
When that finishes, do the same thing with the other MP3s you downloaded.
Keep doing this until you've loaded them all in.
Once they are all in make sure they are all ALL the way to the LEFT, so
they all begin playing at the SAME time. This is crucial. If not, they
won't sync up, and it won't sound right. Everything will be off.
Once you've got everything in, you can take out vocals (or anything else)
as you please. To go further with the idea, you can click the little
EYEBALL
in the
BOTTOM LEFT CORNER.
When you do this, you'll see a huge listing of instruments you can play
with. You'll be able to click any of the instruments you're interested in
hearing. Let's choose
STRINGS.
You should now see a listing of
BLUE
or
GREEN
sound files to the RIGHT of the instrument listing. (click any one of the
sounds to hear it).
When you find one you like, just
DRAG and DROP
it in the Window, where you just dropped the MP3s. And now, just like
that, you've got a new instrument already playing with the band. PLUS, the
cool thing is,
Garageband
will automatically transpose the sound file into the correct key of the
song (which you've already set at the Key of B-major).
From this point, you can do the same thing with ANY of the available sound
files on
BNLmusic.com
(drums, guitars, bass, vocals, whatever you have available in your
version of the software). THEN all you do is move them around and make BNL
sound like something all your own!
When you have created your mix you'll then need to convert it to mp3
format to send it along for us to hear. First, go to File in
Garageband
and click on "Export to iTunes". Then wait for
it to transfer over.
Once the file has moved over to
iTunes
you're ready to convert the remix to mp3. Highligh your track by clicking
on it then go up to the advanced section of
iTunes.
You will then click "Convert Selection to MP3".
After
the
conversion
takes
place
you
are
free
to
share
your
music
with
us and
all
your
friends.
Have a blast and shoot us a note with your MP3 so we can hear how the
world would have us sound! We'll be sharing our favorites with everyone on
the website! When mixing your BNL tracks please remember to only use
sources that are royalty free and not under copyright protection.
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