Figure is for everyone though: a tactile treat of an app to create electronic loops using drums, bass and lead melodies, with no prior knowledge required. Here are 10 apps to try if you want to see what songs are lurking inside your brain waiting to get out.įigure is the work of one of the most respected music/tech companies, Propellerhead Software, whose tools are used by a host of pro musicians. They’re not about making you a star, but rather about opening up our ancient, tribal instincts to make music rather than just listen to it.
In 2015, not being able to sing or play is no barrier to making music for pleasure – yours, at least, if not the people within earshot – thanks to a generation of smartphone and tablet apps aimed at unlocking the creativity of musical novices. “Y ou can’t sing, you can’t play, you look awful … you’ll go a long way,” was how KitKat portrayed the music industry’s A&R process in its 1984 TV ad, albeit with the then-traditional fruit and flowers replaced by a four-fingered chocolate bar.
