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Nine Inch Nails Meets Garage Band at Pentucket!

Always trying to stay on top of my game with the latest technologies in music technology, I often will speak to my college professors or search online to see what's new.  Though not my professor, I often check out the webpage of Dr. James Frankel. He posted a podcast on the latest music technology innovations...and he caught my attention with the Radiohead re-mix project.  I found out that the project was shut down once I went to their webpage, but then learned the Nine Inch Nails was doing a similar thing.  The following project was a perfect start to this semester's Music Production I course and Garage Band. 

How I Worded the Assignment: 

As the music industry rapidly changes, passive listeners are now becoming active creators. Bands like Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead are now allowing users to download tracks from their songs and let subscribed users manipulate those tracks to create their own compositions to share with the world. We will be using Garage Band to create group Nine Inch Nails remixes.

The Nine Inch Nails webpage explains:
In the studio, we record everything in a multitrack format, separating all the parts onto different "tracks" that can be manifested individually. These tracks are then mixed down to two tracks - left and right (stereo) - that arrive to you in the form of a CD or Mp3. We're giving you all of the individual multitracks that were used to create the stereo ones you know. By loading those tracks into the appropriate multitrack application of your choice, you can remix and manipulate the original parts to your liking. 

My Directions:
Step 1: Go to www.remix.nin.com
Step 2: Click Register
Step 3: Enter your information for registration
Step 4: Check your e-mail for registration link. You may need to look at your spam folder and click the link they provide you
Step 5: Go back to www.remix.nin.com and login with your new username
Step 6: Click Mix
Step 7: Choose a track to download. Make sure that under format, you choose a song that used Garage Band
Step 8: Hit download
Step 9: Open Garage Band
Step 10: Open downloaded Nine Inch Nails folder and drag loops into Garage Band
Step 11: Create your own Nine Inch Nails Composition
Step 12: In Garage Band, choose Share and Share to ITunes
Step 13: Go back to www.remix.nin.com and hit Upload Remix
Step 14: Congratulations, your composition is now online for the world to see!

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