iPhonefreak width="190"

Seven Alternative Music Player Apps for the iPhone

Yes, a perfectly acceptable music player comes as standard on every single iPhone, however it’s not the definitive be-all-and-end-all.  There are plenty of developers out there with the talent and ability to greatly improve on Apple’s standard iPod app, you just need to know where to find them. We’ve collected together seven popular alternatives to the [...]

Continue reading...

Gaming Controls + Electronic Music Creation = OscilloScoop

If you’re into electronic music and its creation, but also like new and innovative music apps, then OscilloScoop should catch your attention.  Created by Scott Snibbe and Lukas Girling, the intention behind the app was to incorporate the same control techniques used by a gamer, and put them into real-time music creation. They’ve done this by [...]

Continue reading...

120 BPM iPhone App Review – Music, Sweet Music

In the same way that a games fanatic can’t take their games console with them when they leave the house, a musician can’t take their entire studio with them either, hence the popularity of music apps for the iPhone.  It’s surprising that a mobile phone can be used to create music that doesn’t sound terrible, [...]

Continue reading...

Grooveshark Disappears from the App Store

Grooveshark was at the top of our list of new iPhone and iPad apps released last week, but after a few short days of App Store residency, it has been removed from sale.  For those who aren’t familiar with Grooveshark, it’s a web-based streaming music service along the lines of Spotify. According to a Grooveshark blog [...]

Continue reading...

Slacker 2.0 for iPhone & iPod touch now in the App Store — caching included

The Slacker Radio app has just been updated, which has brought the app up to version 2.0 and adds the ability to cache your stations. In order to cache, simply tap “Cache This Station” and then moving forward you will able to listen regardless of your connectivity situation. The one catch is that in order to [...]

Continue reading...

iPhone Project Shortlisted for Music Award

An intriguing iPhone-based musical project has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2010 New Music Award, awarded by the PRS for Music Foundation, which gives a prize of £50,000 to the most ground-breaking, innovative and exciting idea submitted.  Of the five shortlisted entries is SATSYMPH, a collaboration between three UK-based artists. The idea is as follows:  SATSYMPH [...]

Continue reading...

No streaming required: Rhapsody brings offline music to the iPhone

We have seen the promises that offline listening would soon be available for the iPhone, and it looks like it is has arrived courtesy of Rhapsody. The newfound ability with the Rhapsody app comes in the form of version 2.0 and is available for download as of this fine Monday morning. In order to use this [...]

Continue reading...

Musician Records Entire Album Using Only an iPhone

Tom Freeman is a sound engineer who by day works for a company who produce equipment and software designed to emulate classic analogue audio equipment, but he is also the man who embraces high-tech musical methods, as he has just become the first person to record an entire album of material using only an iPhone [...]

Continue reading...

Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz App Review

We’ll start off by saying that we will be referring to this game as abcdefg… throughout this review, as to type the entire alphabet everytime we mention the app will not only be annoying to read, but will give the impression there are a wealth of odd formatting errors! Jorg Piringer lives in Vienna, has a [...]

Continue reading...

Astonishing Way to Make Music with Your iPhone

Making music using your iPhone is nothing new – we listed seven video examples a while back – and even those who don’t own an iPhone have often heard of apps such as Ocarina, and the possibilities they offer.  However, this title may be a new one on many, but if the video below is [...]

Continue reading...