Getting Appy: Three Awesome Apps to Make Your Band Smile

Getting Appy: Three Awesome Apps to Make Your Band Smile :) Wondering how to engage your students in a high-tech world? Don't worry, be appy! Learn how a few of the latest music apps can inspire students to explore and improve their music skills. The three apps that will be discussed are: iKaossilator by Korg; MorphWiz by Wisdom Music; and Noise by Roli The specifics of how the iKaossilator app can be used to create a variety of creative layers and loops for integration into warm-ups and other technical exercises that can require metronome use. The MorphWiz app is specifically helpful and accessible to students with special needs to create music with a responsive tactile approach on a tablet or smartphone. The Noise app is one of the most recent apps created by Roli that allows students to experience some of the best sounds in creating drum loops and virtual synthesizers through a variety of creative and innovative sounds.