Garage Band tutorials

[cowlesz]

Are there any decent garageband tutorials/lessons/forums out there?

I've seen the tutorials on apple's site (http://www.apple.com/ilife/tutorials/#garageband-edit)

But I want something more in-depth.

 

[appleguy123]

What is it you want to do? GarageBand isn't exactly rocket science.

 

[Nuck81]

Youtube can show you anything you want to do.

Although they tend to be a little slow paced for my liking

 

[cowlesz]

Well, it feels like rocket science to me.....hahahahaha!

I've watched quite a few tutorials on youtube and they're pretty helpfull actually.

I was wondering if anybody knows a decent forum or website for it. I'm just dossing about with it really. But want to get good with it.

I'm recording a song I wrote years ago, but none of the drum loops fit the song. I've seen/heard you can make your own drum loops, but I cant get it to work.

 

[scooterguitar]

I'm not sure where, but there are tons of free backing tracks and drum loops out there that might just be as simple as downloading opposed to creating your own. Drum patterns tend to be the hardest (from a guitarist's point of mind) to lay down/create.
When I first got a mac (2008) and got into GB, I bought a few wonderful how to books, used off of Amazon pretty cheap. They are similar books with tons of diagrams/illustrations and great specific how to's. They helped me alot. Imagine there are new ones out for the newest edition of GB as well. GB is actually lots more in-depth than people give it credit for. So nice and easy to get up and creating, but there are MANY features the average user isn't even aware of.
Best of luck to you.