How to Make A Country Song With Garageband

#country #garageband #tutorial

In this video, I do my best to show you how I would create a country song in Garageband.

When it comes to creating music on the fly, I typically choose to create riffs with the guitar and then throw up Garageband’s drummer track.

I find this is a great way to quickly create a song without much work. In fact, in about 30 minutes, if you have riffs ready, you can easily create the foundation of a song using the drummer track.

Put simply:
To make a country song in Garageband, follow the steps below:
1) Make up your riffs or chord progression
2) Record them in Garageband
3) Use Austin from the singer-songwriter sub-section of the drummer track.
4) Fill out the rest of the mix with other instruments, including the banjo, pedal steel, an upright bass, as well as some other instruments of your choice, including a harmonica.

Gear List:
1) Guitars

PRS SE Custom 24
https://www.zzounds.com/a–3970375/item–PAUCM4/

Fender Acoustic
https://amzn.to/2WG7IUb

2) Audio Interface

iRig HD2
https://www.zzounds.com/a–3970375/item–IKMIRIGHD2/

Focusrite Scarlett 2i2
https://www.zzounds.com/a–3970375/item–FOCSCAR2I2V3/

3) Studio Headphones

Audio Technica ATH-M50x
https://amzn.to/3jnKOe0

Plug-Ins

1) Yojo Banjo
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/yojo-by-reflekt-audio

2) Pedal Steel From Uwe Engelmann
https://www.native-instruments.com/en/reaktor-community/reaktor-user-library/entry/show/7155/

You have to have Reaktor 6 from Native Instrument
https://producersociety.com/komplete-start-garageband-best-plugins/

3) Serpo Multi-Instrument Plug-In From JD Tech
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/serpo-by-jd-tech

4) Melodyne 5 (30-Day Trial)
https://producersociety.com/best-autotune-plug-in-garageband/

Other Useful VSTs and Plug-Ins:

1) DSK Overture (Violin Type Plug-ins)
https://www.dskmusic.com/dsk-overture/

2) Spitfire Audio Labs Strings
https://labs.spitfireaudio.com/frozen-strings

3) DSK Dynamic Guitars
https://www.dskmusic.com/dsk-dynamic-guitars/

Other Useful Articles and Videos

1) How to Connect Your Guitar
https://producersociety.com/connect-guitar-garageband/

2) How to Separate Your Drums For Mixing + Drummer Track Tips
https://producersociety.com/drummer-track-garageband/

3) How to Mix A Song in Garageband
https://producersociety.com/how-to-mix-garageband/

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