Ever 
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Tag Archives: music apps
Apptastic: Figure
Want to make some music? Got three minutes?
The Figure app is a quick way to put an original song together, using drums, bass and a synthesizer.
Apptastic: Moshcam
It’s easy enough to watch movies on your smartphone, but what about concerts? Moshcam is a free app that features over 1,200 hours of live music from a wide variety of bands.
Apptastic: Music Smasher
As 
the number of streaming music sites multiplies, it’s sometimes difficult to find what you’re looking for. Music Smasher makes that easier by searching all of the big sites – from Spotify to Grooveshark – to help you find the song you’re looking for.
App Review: VidRhythm
One of the most 
charming things about VidRhythm is being completely surprised by what the game produces. So, without giving away too much, let’s say the videos that result from the collection of six sounds you’re asked to make will make you smile and mine your creative energies to come up with something truly unique. What’s impressive is how easy the app makes it for you to create videos that look professionally polished. Too many apps take themselves seriously. VidRhythm is one of the few that will let you laugh at yourself — again and again and again.
App Review: Groove Coaster
Just when the music 
game genre was going stale, Groove Coaster comes along and not only turns it on its ear, but delivers a wonderful breath of fresh air. Rather than staying put and waiting on the notes to come to you, you’ll hop onto a winding track, touching the screen as your icon crosses flashing beats. That not only gives the game a sense of motion, it keeps you on your toes as your perception is challenged. (Is the next beat far away or just over the next hill?) That winding sense also helps to visualize the music. The firework-like explosion of light that accompanies successfully hitting each beat makes things even more challenging — but also much more fun.
How enjoyable is this game? It’s one of the very few you’ll sit through the credits for multiple times — since even those are playable.
App review: Tap Tap Revenge 4
Judged solely on the gameplay elements, Tap Tap 
Revenge 4 is a wonderful app. The familiar tap-the-screen-in-time-with-the-music style of play doesn’t get old, and the developers have picked a good selection of songs as a starter pack. Unfortunately, other elements, such as out of control commercialism and a chat room that resembles the wild west make it entirely inappropriate for young players. Ads are plastered everywhere, and the game regularly tries to convince players to buy additional songs. Chat rooms, meanwhile, are self-moderated — and offensive actions generally aren’t reported, since so many people are doing the same thing. That’s sad, because online gameplay is actually a lot of fun, letting you compare your skills to others.
Read more at Common Sense Media
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