Not too long ago I asked the extremely intelligent and attractive Garageband Guide community a question.
Where’s your favorite place on the web to upload your music?
To save any changes made on your Mac to your device, drag the GarageBand Transfer folder from your Mac back to the GarageBand area in the Finder window. In the My Songs browser, tap the Select button, tap the song you want to share, tap Share, then tap Song. After you tap Song, you can add the artist, composer and title information.
Dozens of you got back to me with a variety of answers, with one site coming out on top by a clear margin..
That site?
As a musician and producer, discovering Soundcloud was one of those ‘where have you been all of my life‘ moments.
As the community pointed out, there ARE other sites similar to Soundcloud that are perhaps more focussed on bands,music and the promotion side of things (some through paid ‘add ons’ that kind of work like in app purchases… I’m looking at you here, Reverbnation!) but it’s the flexibility of Soundcloud that really sets it apart from these other places..
It doesn’t matter what you’re using garageband to record either – podcasts, poetry and more all have designated groups and communities within the site.
The same certainly goes for musicians too – there’s more genres on offer than you can shake a stick at and what’s more it’s a fantastic place to ‘base’ your audio. What I mean by that is that it’s definitely a good idea to use Soundcloud’s almost universal compatibility with other sites to your advantage.
While we’re on the subject of compatibility, have a gander at this video I put together. It walks you through how to get your finished Garageband projects onto Soundcloud for the whole world to hear.
Right then – let’s get down to it. What exactly is so damn good about Soundcloud?
It’s Free
Well, a basic account is free, which is MORE than enough to get you up and running. In fact, I know of plenty high profile artists who still have a bog standard free account.
With the free account you get (amongst other things) 2 hours of upload time/space, 100 free downloads for each of your tracks and the ability to assign secret links to any of your audio.
Speaking of secret links…
Secret links are especially handy if you want to give a select few people a sneak peek of your track. Set your track to ‘Private’, then copy the ‘secret link’ from the track’s share drop down menu.
It’s Industry Standard![]()
In the music industry is is anyway. 99% of music blogs, big and small will link to featured tracks using Soundcloud.
When linked to in this way, the track displays as it does in Soundcloud – as a waveform with all the buttons, icons and other assorted bells and whistles.
Not only does this look VERY cool, it allows listeners to place a timed comment at any point along the waveform.
Listeners can also download and share the track directly from the linked version of the waveform… Without having to sign up to Soundcloud… Or even visit the site.
As you can imagine this makes reaching people and creating an audience much, much easier.
Community Spirit
Probably the best thing about Soundcloud is how easy it is to discover and connect with other creative people in the same niche as you.
You can search Soundcloud using pre defined keywords or your own to discover tracks, people or even whole groups just waiting for you to reach out to them.
Loads of Soundclouders are open to the prospect of collaboration, which is a great way to expose yourself to (and captivate) someone else’s audience as well as make lots of cool new friends.
Just before I go I want to share this Soundcloud ‘tutorial’ video from amicable lo-fi songsmith and Soundcloud aficionado, Jof AKA The Always Unprofessional. In it, he shares some insights into how to get the most from the site as well as giving you the chance to look closer at how the stats work.
That covers a few of the things that I love most about Soundcloud. There are a lot more really awesome features that I just don’t have room to list here – I strongly urge you to not take my word for it though.
Get over to Soundcloud and give it a whirl!
I’d love to know what YOU get up to on Soundcloud – paste a link to your BEST track in the comments!
Bye for now…
GarageBand User Guide for iPad
You can share a song as a GarageBand project or as an audio file. You can share GarageBand songs to a Mac, to SoundCloud or to another app on your iPad. You can also send a song in an email, share it to nearby devices using AirDrop, or use it as a ringtone. If you have set up iCloud, you can also Use iCloud to share songs between devices.
You can import a GarageBand song created on another iPad or iPhone. Because GarageBand for Mac offers features and functionality not found in GarageBand for iPad, you can’t import a GarageBand for Mac song to GarageBand for iPad.
In Logic Pro and GarageBand for Mac, you can share a special GarageBand for iPad-compatible version of your project to iCloud. You can add, edit, and arrange new tracks in GarageBand for iPad. When you reopen the project in Logic Pro or GarageBand for Mac, the new tracks are added to the original project.
Share a song to a Mac
You can open a GarageBand project in GarageBand on your Mac, or play the audio file in the Music app on your computer. You can’t open a GarageBand project on a Windows computer.
Share songs to a Mac using the GarageBand File Transfer folder
GarageBand uses the GarageBand File Transfer folder to store audio files that you can import into GarageBand or use with other music apps. You can copy the GarageBand File Transfer folder to your Mac to create a backup or to use the contents with other apps.
![]() Send a song in an email
Send a song using Messages
Send a GarageBand song to the Clips app
You can add your GarageBand song to videos you create with the Clips app, available from the App Store.
Open a song in another app on your iPad
You can open a GarageBand song in iMovie or another app on your iPad. The app must be compatible with the “Open in” feature.
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Import a GarageBand for iPad song
Using a Mac, you can import a GarageBand song that was created on another iPad or iPhone. Because GarageBand for Mac offers additional features and functionality not found in GarageBand for iPad, you can’t import a GarageBand for Mac song to GarageBand for iPad.
After you import a song, you can open it in the My Songs browser.
Share a song to nearby devices using AirDrop
You can share songs to other devices using AirDrop. AirDrop is available for devices featuring a Lightning connector.
Before sharing a song using AirDrop, you must turn AirDrop on in Control Center. You can also choose whether to share with all devices using AirDrop, or only those in your Contacts.
A notification appears on the device it is shared with. After the song is downloaded to the device, it opens in GarageBand (if GarageBand is the only compatible app) or presents a list of compatible music apps.
Collaborate with other users using iCloud Drive
You can invite people to collaborate with you on songs stored in iCloud Drive. When you or one of the other users close a song you are collaborating on or close GarageBand, the song is updated with the latest changes in iCloud Drive. If changes made on multiple devices are out of sync, a copy of the song with the new changes is saved to the same location as the original in iCloud Drive.
Send a GarageBand song to SoundCloud
Send a GarageBand song to Youku
Sending a song to Youku is available when a Chinese keyboard is chosen on your iPad.
Share a GarageBand song using a sharing extensionHow To Upload Songs To Soundcloud From Garageband On Mac Pc
Before you can share GarageBand songs using a sharing extension, you must install one or more apps that include a sharing extension.
Share a GarageBand song as a ringtone or text tone
Manage exported GarageBand ringtones
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