It is amazing, inspiring and even a little overwhelming to be a musician today and have access to the vast amount of toys, tools and resources that technology has made available for us to play with. If someone had suggested 30 years ago that we'd be able to tuck a recording studio in a nifty bag and take it with us wherever we went we'd have thought they were delusional, or we'd be thinking they must be talking about one of those terrible little portable tape decks you set on the table and hit record, hoping it would pick up speech in such a way that we could actually understand it when we played it back later.
I remember the first time I ever saw someone creating and recording music on an iPad. It was on an episode of CSI New York and the young music student was creating her own catchy little groove and dancing around the room to it. I was fascinated by how effortless she made it look and how quickly she could layer multiple tracks on a repeating loop and come up with something I was subsequently humming for days. Of course, shortly after that she was brutally murdered and the iPad was stolen by the murderer and it turned back into a regular CSI style murder mystery, but I was so taken with the iPad and her little tune I kept the episode for weeks just so I could replay that opening scene and watch her create that groove and dance to it.
Today with the right apps you can use an iPad as a tuner, a synthesizer, a beat-maker or drum machine, a multi-track recorder, an effects box, for ear-training and to learn theory and reading music, to read and learn guitar tablature, a metronome, a notation device for writing music, a DAW for mixing and mastering tracks, a place to keep track of and display lyrics, and even a way to write promotional materials and stay connected to friends and fans while traveling. All this from a little device that would fit in a purse. Amazing!
Not all musicians are recording on iPads yet, but more and more of them depend on their smart phones, laptops, iPods and their respective speakers, so here's a selection of tech accessories with musical themes that make great gifts for the musicians in your life. You can find these and thousands more at our site
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Rainbow Heart Galaxy S3 Case White
Rainbow Heart iPhone 3 Case Black
MacBook Air Sleeve, Sized for 11", Ancient Organ
For guitar players iPad cover
Personal Piano iPad Mini Cover
Music Guitar Sound Amplifier Samsung Galaxy S2 Samsung Galaxy S2 Cover
Golden Music iPhone 5 Covers
Super Psychedelic Sorta Tie-Dye Treble Music Clef Cases For iPhone 5
Acoustic guitar closeup photo iPad mini covers
Acoustic guitar closeup photo sleeve for iPads
Microphone | Singing Out The Love For Music & Life iPad Folio Case
Microphone | Singing Out The Love For Music & Life iPad Mini Case
DRUM KIT Doodle Speaker
Treble Maker iPad Folio Case
acoustic guitar female hand music grunge sepia computer sleeves
red guitar strings bridge grunge music design laptop computer sleeve
guitar female player hand on hip bw music design computer sleeve
acoustic guitar flower dress grunge scratch music. laptop sleeves
Detail from a wedding chest depicting a musician a laptop sleeve
dark skin hands playing piano keyboard grunge laptop computer sleeve
GUITARS LAPTOP SLEEVES
GUITAR REFLECTIONS IPAD CASES iPad MINI CASES
Intricate Purple Guitar Laptop Computer Sleeves
Intricate Blue Guitar Computer Sleeve
HEADPHONES Doodle Speaker
Fun Music Amplifier Sound Check Personalized iPad Folio Covers
Stained Glass Fractal with Gold Music Clef Heart iPhone 5 Cases
Galaxy Nebula Glitter Music Note Pink Space iPad Case
rock & roll ~ the drummer iPhone 5 case
rock & roll ~ drummer iPhone 5 case
Surreal Life. Live in lyrics. Decals For NOOK Color
Surreal Life Musician Artwork. Decals For The NOOK Color
Sound Check 123 Fun Music Amplifier Personalized iPhone 5 Cover
musician cover for iPhone 5
MUSICAL CAT WITH OWL IN BROWN SEPIA GEM SAMSUNG GALAXY SIII COVERS
MUSICAL CAT WITH OWL IN RED RUBY GEM SAMSUNG GALAXY S2 COVERS
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Musicians Rainbow Fractal Love Music Clef Heart iPhone 5 Cover
The Guitar Player and the Violinist Vintage Laptop Decal
Old Electric Keyboard Laptop Sleeves
Piano keyboard iPhone 5 covers
Eadgbe Grungy Laptop Decals
The Rockin' Dead Skeleton Zombies iPad Cases
The Rockin' Dead Skeleton Zombies Laptop Computer Sleeve
Saxophone Computer Sleeve
Acoustic Guitar Background Computer Sleeves
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Colorful Music Equalizer w/Reflection, Cool Techno Laptop Computer Sleeve
Piano Sleeve For MacBooks
Gold Black Saxophone Sheet Music iPad Sleeve
Keyboard Time Sleeves For MacBooks
Music Swirl Macbook Pro sleeve (purple)
Trumpet Player Music iPad Sleeve
Guitar Player Music Lover's MacBook Sleeve MacBook Pro Sleeve
Saxophone Player Music iPad Sleeve
Guitar Player Music Lover's iPad Sleeve
Blonde Drummer Girl with Stars on Pink Sleeve For MacBook Pro
Love music happy smiley laptop sleeve
faux chrome ghetto blaster retro boombox sleeve for MacBooks
Boombox Macbook Sleeve
Cool Shades Retro Rooster MacBook Pro Sleeves
Great Laptop Sleeve!
'You Rock!' Rickshaw Messenger Bag
Acoustic Guitar Messenger Bag
Puppy Band Commuter Bags
Black and white music notes commuter bag
Beautiful cool music notes together as a heart commuter bags
sunshine on water reflections round piano commuter bags
dj music vintage messenger bag
dj music messenger bag
Retro Grunge Music Speaker Courier Bag
Retro Grunge Music Speakers Commuter Bag
Guitar Hand Psychadelic Green Purple Pink Courier Bag
'The Rocker' Rickshaw Messenger Bag
Mute Rickshaw Messenger Bag
Piano Keys Messenger Bag
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Rainbow White Music Notes iPad Sleeve
Rainbow Black Musical Notes on Gray iPad Sleeve
Musical notes heart and piano keys iPad sleeves
Musical Notes 5 Sleeve For iPads
Piano Keys Music Notes Grunge Floral Swirls iPad Sleeves
MUSIC IN THE AIR iPad Sleeve
Sing From the Heart dark Rickshaw iPad Sleeve
Personalized Rainbow Colored Music Notes Sleeves For iPads
Jumbled Musical Notes Hot Pink and White Sleeves For iPads
Vintage retro girly musical floral music notes iPad sleeve
Flute on Sheet Music iPad Sleeve
Stick Figure Girl I Sing T-shirts and Gifts Sleeves For iPads
Colorful Musical Notes Peacock Sleeve For iPads
Monogrammed Vintage Gold Gramophone Musical Notes Sleeves For iPads
Bass clef iPad sleeve
Sheet Music 7 Sleeve For iPads
Detailed Flute iPad Sleeve
Flute on Sheet Music iPad Sleeve
Detailed Clarinet Sleeves For iPads
Music Notes iPad Rickshaw Sleeve Sleeves For iPads
Treble Clef Tree, purple & black iPad Sleeves
Treble Clef Tree, green & black Sleeve For iPads
Guitar and Music Sheet iPad Sleeves
Violin Rickshaw Sleeve Sleeve For iPads
Musical Star golden notes Sleeve For iPads
Bird On A Musical Note With Flowers iPad Sleeves
Girls Musicians Birthdays : Pink Greatest Musician Laptop Computer Sleeve
A Musician is… Sleeves For iPads
Electric Guitar Lovers Dream Laptop Computer Sleeves
Colorful Musical Notes Peacock Computer Sleeve
Dj vinyl console computer sleeve
Dj vinyl console laptop computer sleeve
Million Dollar Quartet On Stage Sleeve For iPads
Music Like Wow Computer Sleeves
Laptop Computer Sleeve Antique Organ
Music 1A iPad Sleeve & Speaker Options
Intricate Purple Bass Guitar Design on Black Computer Sleeve
Intricate Blue Bass Guitar Design on Black Computer Sleeves
hat blue pan flute ribbon music design.png laptop computer sleeve
rainbow keyboard sleeve for MacBooks
purple electric guitar music graphic.png laptop computer sleeve
teal electric guitar music graphic.png laptop sleeves
Piano Photo Sleeves For iPads
Bright orange messy music notes ipad sleeve
Music Equalizer Speakers
Music Speaker
Young Girls at the Piano, 1892 Laptop Speakers
Woodland Violin Laptop Speaker
Beautiful girly love music heart music notes mini speakers
Cool glowing effects music notes heart swirls laptop speaker
READY TO ROCK! TRAVEL SPEAKERS
Vibe Mallets Portable Speaker
Violin Travel Speaker
Piano Keyboard Mp3 Speakers
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