"I'll quickly put down a bass part in Garage Band using a keyboard and a fake guitar using a keyboard, and the simplest basic drum beat, and it gives the musicians an idea of how the song goes. I usually also write out the keyboard part, and sometimes the bass part, though the guitar parts are worked out by the guitarists, and I'll modify what they're playing. We go back and forth until it sounds good. All kids know how to use the Garage Band program, and it's good to write like that, because all you need is a tiny keyboard that you plug into your computer. Keyboard magazines hate me when I say things like this, because I'm a threat to their existence. Basically I'm saying 'You don't need any of that fancy stuff.'" - Donald Fagen of Steely Dan

WINDOWS PC USER??? Try these Garageband clones...Acoustica Mixcraft or Steinberg Sequel.

GARAGEBAND PRO USERS: Greg Laswell, T-Pain, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Seal, Erykah Badu, Barenaked Ladies, Donald Fagen of Steely Dan, Duran Duran, Oasis, and many others.

ABOUT ME: Starting off with Guitar early in life..it wasn't long before I was taking piano lessons from my mother. I started off recording with 4track cassette tape many years ago...my first tape was Beatles cover songs with Acoustic Guitar/Vocals. Since then, i've done a few sessions in commercial studios...until finally getting into laptop recording a few years ago. Lately, been taking an interest in synths and music production.