Music Apps

Earlier this month the geniuses at Smule (same guys who brought you Ocarina) released their latest app, I Am T-Pain [App Store, $2.99]. In case you haven't heard, the app turns you into "musical genius" T-Pain, complete with Auto-Tune goodness along with original T-Pain tracks to sing along with.

But rather than reading about it, you honestly need to see incredibly fun app in action. Jump down to see I Am T-Pain in all its Auto Tune glory.

Spotify has just been released in the App Stores of the UK, Sweden, Spain, France, Norway and Finland. The app provides an interface to the popular Swedish music streaming service and allows access to their entire catalogue of millions of songs for just £9.99 a month (or approx. $16 USD). Spotify also published a video demonstrating how it works.

Spotify, the Sweedish music streaming service, has submitted an application to Apple for approval into the App Store. Spotify is widely viewed as the potential savior of the music industry and main threat to the iTunes music store, offering millions of songs for £9.99 a month (approx. $16 USD) in an easy-to-use interface.
[via BBC]

Retronyms has just released DopplerPad, a new musical instrument app for the iPhone and iPod touch. This one lets you not only play notes, but sample, cut, and mix them right on the device. It also features a very unique, futuristic interface. it looks like it will certainly take some work to get used to it, but it seems extremely feature-rich and just darn cool. Video after the break.

Indie rockband Good Night, States has announced that at their next concert, they are going to be putting their concert at the mercy of the audience, allowing attendees to come up and play along with the band using their iPhone or iPod touch and the Noise.io synthesizer app and some loops they have provided. They will have a jack that people at the stage can plug in to and jam along with. Check out a video they put together after the break.

I think I speak for everybody at iPhone Alley when I say that we LOVE Daft Punk. We also love free apps. So when I found iDaft, I nabbed it. Essentially, iDaft lets you be Daft Punk for the song Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger by presenting a series of pads which you tap to play the chorus. Not only can you play the individual chorus lines, but the app even comes with the song minus lyrics so you can play along with it. How fun is that?!

If you like Daft Punk, grab this app. Right now. It's free. [App Store]

We're not exactly sure how many musical apps exist in the App Store, but we can be sure there are enough to play just about any song as long as you have enough iPhones. To prove this point, The Mentalists, a four-girl band from London, broke out the iPhones and covered MGMT's "Kids" with tremendous accuracy. Get ready to stomp your feet and sing along; the video's below!