The Clash of Art & Technology: Music

I've been wanting to post this for a good while, but have been "under the weather" sort to speak. Cold and bleak do not bode well with me. I'm sure there are others out there that feel the same. XD

I'm new to a lot of this app stuff that's taken root and infiltrated the minds of millions. XD While apps are cool, I'm not that big on them. It just depends on what an app is needed for really. Some are fun, educational or now, developed to help with expressing artistic creativity. Some are free, some are not. Both routes have their bouts of bummers. Depends on the long run what you want to sacrifice: Time or money. As much as I love technology, it can also irritate me. While I'm not musically inclined, I feel the pain of artists in general that deal with trying to find tools (software, apps, etc) that best fits their needs and hoping they don't hit a wall, limitation or fault with an art program. It can stagnate progress and leave you feeling irritated if you're new to it all.

While visiting family during Christmas, I overheard a family member talking about an app that you can use for all those neat i-whatever devices. (iPad, iPhone, iPod) This may not be the best app out there for playing guitar, but I found it pretty neat. It's called Amplitube (free version). I love that there's pro and con comments listed below an app. It saves a lot of time in finding the right app for anyone. Of course, with anything that's "free", it's probably limited in it's options, and what options that are given may not be of good quality. Sometimes, I will have to delve into a program to see if it fits what I'm looking for. Just because someone else says it's crappy, may be because of a feature they needed to work wasn't of good quality...that they might have failed to mention when making a complaint. I have to know specifically why a program is crappy. Not only that it's crappy. Is the feature that lacks in quality something I need to use in the future? If not, I shouldn't have a problem using the program if it's a feature I won't need or miss. For example, I came across people through the Internet who said GIMP was a hard program to use, but I couldn't understand why. =|

Below is a video I watched a year or so ago that sets a great example "the tools are what you make them". In the end, the tool can't easily create what we want for us. But if we know the "right" tool that works for us and can use it to get creativity across to an audience, no matter the route, that would be an awesome feat within itself. That has to be one thing I love about technology and Art coming together. Whether someone's physically able to use a musical instrument or not, it opens up doors for others to express themselves artistically in ways that were never available 50 years ago. There's no such thing as an absolutely perfect tool, but a tool that fits your needs and is right for you. =) 

As far as I know. The band below had all their instruments stolen. The drums played by one guy looks to be from the app GarageBand. Just goes to show, never to give up finding what works for you to get your creativity across. =)