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<div>Anyone else having this problem? As if it wasn't bad enough that Apple discontinued access to the Apple Music Library from within Garageband, but now dragging and dropping directly from Apple Music (the only method they left us with) into Garageband will only work occasionally, if at all, sometimes requiring up to 10 attempts to get the song to go in. The only workaround I've found is highlighting the song in Apple Music > Invoke Show In Finder > locate the actual file and drag it in (via the finder). This is a brand new anomaly in Garage Band 10.4.4 and Mac OS Monterey 12.0.1</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Dragged Song Free Download</div><div></div><div>Download Zip: https://t.co/hUOujL8nxc </div><div></div><div></div><div>In the meantime, I've discovered a workaround. Resize the windows of Apple Music and Garageband so a portion of the Finder's desktop is visible. When dragging a song, pass the pointer over that section of finder before dropping into GB. Don't ask me why, but it works.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Oh, you better believe they're gonna hear about it. I use GarageBand as part of the process in putting together an annual slideshow presentation as part of my job. I was already frustrated last year with the updates to the program, and now even their "solution" isn't viable. This is COMPLETELY unacceptable! I swear, losing Steve Jobs was the worst thing that happened to Apple. They literally have no idea what they're doing without him.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Should the situation persist, reaching out to Apple Support for a closer look at the issue would be the next step and you can reach them by starting with Music, Apps & Services > Mac apps here - Apple Get Support.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Do you see any error messages when attempting to perform this action? To clarify, when dragging and dropping are you dragging to an audio track or to the empty area below the existing tracks in the Tracks area?</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>There are no error messages generated. The song simply will not drop into the designated track and essentially vanishes. In other words, it's as if I didn't initiate the drag and drop at all. It doesn't matter whether the song is dropped into an existing track, or below the existing tracks (which would normally create a new track). However, using the "show in finder" command, locating the actual file and performing the same drag and drop, works. I have a short video that shows the problem, but it appears I cannot attach here?</div><div></div><div></div><div>I went through every step suggested. Blew out all my settings, started fresh...problem persists and now I have to recreate all my original settings. This is beyond frustrating. Yeah, I could go to the Genius bar and show them exactly what's happening, then they would report it, and more than likely your devs already know it's an issue. You'll have many others reporting this same problem soon. Wait and see. I do take responsibility for upgrading in the first place. Next time I won't be so quick to adopt the new OS and updates. I'm really sick and tired of this.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I am having the exact same problem. What has worked for me is to drag all the songs I'm working with in Music onto the desktop and then drag and drop into GarageBand. Trying to drag and drop directly out of Music seems to be completely broken under Monterey 12.01. There are no error messages, and you can drag out of Music but absolutely nothing happens when you try to drop into GarageBand. It's almost like GarageBand is treating the files as incompatible.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I had the same issue. With first voice recording, drag and dropping the iTunes song into Garageband worked. Second time, with a new voice recording, it did not work. It finally worked when I isolated the song into finder, as suggested in this thread, and then right-clicked on the song. I scrolled down to "copy". Then I went into Garageband and right clicked on the track, right below the voice recording, and clicked "paste". Shocked that it worked! I have no idea why I even tried that. Wasn't even thinking. Just grabbing at straws. Try it!</div><div></div><div></div><div>Yeah, I've been doing that too just to cripple through my work, but it's not a fix. It's a bandaid like the suggestion I made locating the original file using "locate in finder" and dragging it into Garageband. Apple needs to acknowledge the issue and fix it immediately. I'm shocked they would release an update to Garageband yesterday, but that didn't fix the problem. It may in fact be a problem with Apple Music, rather than Garageband, but how does one know? Either way, things seem to get worse with every upgrade.</div><div></div><div></div><div>But it brings forth a workaround. Drag the song to the desktop (which take like :01 to create a new file) and then drag the desktop file to GB. Later delete the desktop files. Only takes an extra few seconds.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Yes, we're all sharing frustration with Apple on this one. Another workaround (not a fix) is to highlight the song (or songs) in Apple Music (the platform formerly known as iTunes) that you would normally drag and drop into GB, and simply use the copy command. Then paste them into GB. If copying/pasting multiple songs, GB will create a new track for each one. You can then simply move the songs where you want in GB and delete those tracks if you like. I realize this is yet another bandaid, and not the fix we all need...but is quicker than dragging the files to the desktop and then into GB as previously suggested. So Apple, if you're reading this - c'mon guys. Seriously!</div><div></div><div></div><div>For starters, any band that can shoehorn a petri dish into a song narrative like Dragged Up do (Professor Boo Boo Invents the Plague) are pinned on for some form of greatest. High On Ripple is just that, seeing Dragged Up pick up where they left off last year with Hex Domestic. From the tempo shifts of the scuzzy jangle rock opener, Bible Study, and the noirish swoon rock of Missing Person, to the wonderful abstract absurdity of Life-Size Marilyn; the latter like a protagonist from a Christopher Brookmyre novel coupled with the splintered noise of EVOL-era Sonic Youth.</div><div></div><div></div><div>As Dragged Up prepare to hit the road in support of High On Ripple, last week the band kindly answered our questions about their history, influences and, of course, their excellent new album.</div><div></div><div></div><div>S13: Bible Study is the kind of song that feels like a lot of different ideas have been brought to the table from all band members. Is this how you approach your songs?</div><div></div><div></div><div>I wrote this arrangement for a wonderful African vocal, where I mixed traditional instruments with the possibilities of electronic music. The song is about what it's like to be separated from someone you love.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Playing with a drummer could be a double edged sword - a good one will keep you tight, one who speeds up (the usual) or even wavers, will not help the problem at all. Using a drum machine instead is a great discipline. Some I play with can keep exactly in time, others are out after only a few bars. But, get a good rhythm going on a machine, and it's relentless. You can even turn it down as you play, and hear if your timing is improving.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Bear in mind, though, that unless the music is for strict dance, it will, by its very nature, fluctuate slightly from point to point. That's what the music often does, and makes players do, although that's maybe a slightly different issue from the one you indicate.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I'd suggest working with others, or at least play along to records. Join a band of similar or hopefully slightly better ability.</div><div></div><div>One unspoken rule of local bands is that everyone is usually of about the same competence; anyone too good or too bad doesn't get to join, or doesn't stay long.</div><div></div><div>Once you're playing as a unit, you'll find there's a tendency to greater or lesser extent that you pull each other along & a groove is established. This isn't hard and fast, but there's a general rule that as a team you'll all meld your individual differences into one tighter unit.</div><div></div><div></div><div>I always think of ability to stay in a groove is similar to how well people can sing, as a bell-curve with a few exceptional ones at the top, a few hopeless ones at the bottom, but the majority scattered around the middle of the curve with general competence/ability. The more you play, the more you will learn to climb to the upper reaches of that curve. There's ability/talent, then there's practise. Neither alone will get you there.</div><div></div><div></div><div>Anecdotally, I used to dep for a function band on either drums or bass, if one of their players couldn't make a gig. The task tended to split about 50/50 between bass & drums. If I was playing bass I quite enjoyed it; their drummer was basic but competent & could carry a groove well, making the whole band swing along happily. If I had to dep on drums, however, it was a completely different tale. The bassist for some unfathomable reason had never figured out that the centre of his groove was when his finger let go of the string, not when it first contacted it. That meant he constantly dragged & I had to consciously force the beat ahead, all the time. That was draining.</div><div></div><div></div><div>of course, this is a scripted power-play by one of the characters & 'not real', but I do love how the script is right every time. Before the shouting starts, Andrew first drags a couple of fills, then rushes one, before Fletcher pulls the band up. Once Fletcher starts shouting 'rushing/dragging' & making Andrew start over, each time he is correct. That must have taken many takes, but they got it right in the final cut.</div><div></div><div>I think it would be interesting to listen to this & see if you can tell when it rushes & when it drags. It's not easy. Most of the time it's very close, except in the really 'flustered' bit where he's nowhere near.</div><div></div><div></div><div>How did you detect the problem? Because a conductor complained of you dragging? Because your waveform didn't align with the sequencer grid (but perhaps it sounded OK)? Do you particularly play late when reading notation? Perhaps you need more practice at reading.</div><div></div><div></div><div>First, establish that there's a real problem. If there is, don't over-think it. No need to agonise over the psychology of your late playing, just play earlier! If you've got a computer sequencer program maybe set up an exercise. Playing to a click, aim for your waveform to look like the second example rather than the first. A simple scale will do. (Yes, that's TOO early, but be able to do it.)</div><div></div><div> 795a8134c1</div>