I know. It's a sickness. You can't review the iPad 2 and not use it as an excuse to show off a demo track from your awesome band and hope that it becomes an Internet sensation and you'll have so much power in the industry that the next time you hit an open mic night, the management won't make your band perform in the alley.

And by "perform in the alley" I of course mean...well anyway.

I have no band. I have no talent. I don't even have this iPad. It's a loaner. But I'm posting this to give a sense of how great the software and the hardware is.

It's got a ukulele track, a lead vocal track and two backup vocal tracks, all performed by me (recorded with a Blue Yeti USB mic plugged into the iPad 2 with the Camera Connection Kit's USB adapter, via a USB hub for microphone power). Plus a Smart Bass and a Smart Drumkit performed by the iPad.

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