May

Resource Roundup (May 2010) - Awesome Apps for Musicians

Posted In: Career Building, For Businesses, Marketing & Promotion, Reviews, Uncategorized by claybutlermusic

It’s time for a new Resource Roundup! So many awesome apps, gizmos, and gadgets are hitting the market that appeal to musicians. Here are a couple:

Accept Credit Cards at Gigs with your Smart Phone

Poised to revolutionize the way indie musicians do business, Square allows you to accept credit and debit cards right from your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or Android. Simply sign up for the service by downloading the app, and they send you a card swiper attachment that plugs into the audio input of your device.

Rock Out with your Pod Out…iPod, that is.

Being a guitarist, I’ve been waiting for an app that I can use to get great guitar tones on the road and on the fly. Enter iRig by AmpliTube. The app installs on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. The modeling sounds great, the interface looks great, and it’s surprisingly intuitive. There’s a small guitar interface jack that plugs into your audio input, which costs around $40. It’s not released yet, but you can preorder iRig from IK Multimedia’s website.

Guitar Toolkit

Agile Partners has released a killer iPhone app, Guitar Toolkit. This one’s a definite must-have! For about 10 bucks, the app boasts the following:

Tuner, complete with custom tunings
Metronome
Scale library
Chord Library
Chord Finder - you play the chord, Chord Finder tells you what it is
Supported instruments include 6- and 12-string guitar; 4-, 5-, and 6-string bass, banjo; mandolin, and ukulele
“Lefty Mode” for southpaw players