Count The Beats: Inspiration… two apps for the musician on the move

Recently I've been preparing to move home and finally did last weekend. Naturally I had to pack up all my musical gear, equipment and of course, my Mac. In the week leading up to the move, I've had my iPhone and nothing else. With no creative outlet and the pressure of looming project deadlines, I found myself scouting the app store for a fix to help me start fleshing out a few creative ideas.
This is what I found that worked well ...
Bravo to Epic Games for porting Unreal Engine 3 to the iPhone

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GDC 2010: Ngmoco explains how Eliminate Pro was built

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Final Cut dominant among Oscar documentary nominees

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Cnet reports this morning that the majority of the "Documentary Feature" and "Documentary Short" nominees -- 9 out of 10 in fact -- were made using Final Cut Studio, Apple's professional video editing package. Cnet spoke with some of the filmmakers, including Dan Wilken, online ...
Analyst: Apple will sell 35m iPhones next year, with or without Verizon

One of the questions that always seems to come up during our TUAW Talkcast and TUAW TV Live sessions is "When do you think Verizon Wireless is going to get the iPhone?" According to recent comments from Merrill Lynch analyst Scott Craig, the answer to that question is irrelevant to Apple.
Craig anticipates that Apple could sell 33 million iPhones in 2010, and that number would rise to 35 million in 2011 even without a second U.S. carrier. However, ...
Alice and Wonderland coming to the iPhone for free until March 8th

In case you’re concerned about the new Disney/Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland, then you might want to get the original story on your iPhone.
You can get an original Alice in Wonderland Storybook app for free until March 8th, and it features “beautiful vintage illustration with a new audio narration enhanced with music and effects”.
Go ahead and click here before this offer ends. You’ve got about two days.
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