Indie singer-songwriter Brye has shared a TikTok video revealing that her song Lemons – that notched up 100M streams – was produced in GarageBand on a school iPad with a cheap plug-in mic.
The pop singer, whose full name is Bryanna Noelle Sebring, says her experience demonstrates that you don’t need fancy equipment in order to achieve a music hit – and echoes the promise made by Steve Jobs when launching the app for the Mac back in 2004 …
GarageBand was initially Mac only, and here’s what Steve Jobs said about it at the time of launch:
You can watch that video below, along with the Lemons video.
One of Brye’s fans asked her how she produced her songs, and she created a TikTok video saying this:
As John Gruber observes, this was why Apple created GarageBand – to enable anyone to create, share and upload music without the need for any expensive equipment.
Brye says that, six years later, she now uses Logic Pro and has a full-on home studio, but you absolutely don’t need this to get started – or even have a hit.
Listen to Lemons:
And watch Steve introduce GarageBand:
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