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Music Memos is a songwriter's best friend

They say the best camera is the one you have with you, but they don't usually mention anything about audio recording. For as long as I've had my iPhone, I've used Apple's built-in Voice Memos app to record my song ideas, collecting iterations of a riff or melody I don't want to forget. But Voice Memos is clunky, has no built-in organizational system, and the editing tools are borderline nonexistent. For me, the songwriting process usually goes something like this: I sit down with an acoustic guitar and play around until I stumble upon something I like. Then I play it on a loop, letting myself get comfortable enough to twist it around and see how it works with other notes and different voicing. Once I can hear a song in the noise, I'll start singing gibberish lyrics until I come up with a vocal melody that works. Then I record it, over and over, in Voice Memos. That's kind of a problem; I see "New Recording 233" and I sigh. Sure, I could have given the clip a real name, but why bo...<br clear='all'/>

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