Introducing the Alternative Country Guitar
Introducing the Alternative Country Guitar Greetings, Guitar fans! We’ve just released a brand new guitar for Smule Pass and All Access Pass holders. It’s called Alternative Co
At Long Last, A New Guitar Is Coming!
At Long Last, A New Guitar Is Coming! If you’ve upgraded to the most recent version of Guitar! (version 1.3.5), you may have noticed a dark silhouette on the selection screen. W
How to Sing! Like a Star
How to Sing! Like a Star Want to sound like James Hetfield rocking out in an arena? Or Elton John crooning in a concert hall? Keith Houston, Smule’s resident karaoke expert, sho
Magic Piano Gets More Magical with Sing! Jams
Magic Piano Gets More Magical with Sing! Jams Today, we’re proud to announce a new feature that we hope will bring more magical moments to Magic Piano. It’s called Sing! Jams.
The Producer’s Seat: Five Ways to Make Sing! Work For You
The Producer’s Seat: Five Ways to Make Sing! Work For You You’ve mastered your mic technique. You’ve run through a few songs and are starting to get a feel for the unlimited
Mic Check: 5 Ways to Make the Mic Your Friend
Do you want to know how to sound your best on Smule? Here are some very useful tips and share your performance with the world.
Sing! Karaoke for Android
Greetings Sing! Karaoke Android people! This is Mark, Engineer-Progenitor of Smule’s Sing! Android app. Since we first released our debut version of Sing! Android in December 201
Find Undiscovered Talent in the Smule Network
Find Undiscovered Talent in the Smule Network Your first day of high school. Your first lunch at summer camp. Your first time visiting a foreign country. When I started working as
Notifications have arrived on Smule.com!
Smule isn’t just about one, two, three or even four music apps: it’s about a community of people who enjoy listening, creating and discovering both music and talented singers.
AutoRap 2.0 – Major update and redesign!
AutoRap 2.0 – Major update and redesign! Sup! Over the past few months, we’ve been hard at work on AutoRap. Taking all your feedback and suggestions into consideration, we
Changes to K-Pop Song Availability
Localizing content around the globe is an ongoing mission for us here at Smule. We pride ourselves on seeking and receiving permission to use all content in all territories of the
Upload Your Own Songs to Smule
Smule’s brand new feature is here We’re excited to announce a brand new web feature (uploading a song to Smule) that is designed to bring even more of the community’s cre
Introducing embeddable Smule players!
As our community grows, more and more amazing content is created. We discover new artists and amazing recordings inside our apps and on our website everyday, and what it’s made u
“Introducing Rap Battles,” by Smule, ft. AutoRap
You don’t have to rap alone anymore. AutoRap: Rap Battles drops today. Pass the mic and go head to head with your friends using Rap Battles, a new kind of Smulean mobile, musical
A Behind the Scenes Look at Licensing at Smule
Here at Smule, we strive to get the hottest songs for you to sing, play, and collaborate on, while working within the multi-layered world of the music industry. On any given day, w
New Network Traffic Record
With the huge successful launch of Guitar! and the ongoing Sing! growth, our network traffic broke a new record this weekend. We peaked at serving 1.5Gbps (Gigabit per second) thro
Mobile Design Strategy – Luke Wroblewski
This presentation will make you think differently when designing for mobile.
Prototyping tools and descriptions
Just found this useful Google Doc which describes different prototyping tools/cost/platform. https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pOa2Uqiakxlry5hNuZm89Eg&output=html&wid
Tips for Subclassing UIViews
Sometimes I long for the day when I get to create an iOS app that just uses Apple’s default interface element. Of course, this doesn’t last long, because using and abus
This App Blows! (Ocarina 2 Launches Today)
Welcome to the Smule Blog! I am Ge Wang (@gewang), Smule’s Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer and Assistant Professor at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research i
