The latest video on his Facebook page, which was posted Tuesday (May
17), showed the award-winning crooner jamming to an oriental tune with
Apple chief executive Tim Cook on the GarageBand app, before breaking
into guffaws at the end of the clip.
“Jamming my song The Key with
a new friend Tim Cook on the new GarageBand!” said Lin on the Facebook
post accompanying the video upload.
The clip, which has garnered more than 130,000 views and more than
950 shares since it was posted at 9am, coincided with a new update to
Apple’s GarageBand. The update “celebrates the rich history of Chinese
music with new instruments and extensive Chinese language localisation
throughout the app,” said Apple, in a press release on Tuesday.
The
update will add traditional Chinese instruments, such as the pipa, erhu
and Chinese percussion, along with 300 Apple-created Chinese musical
loops into the app, which will then allow users to create their own
music. iOS users will also get new sharing options to popular Chinese
social networks QQ and Youku.
“As a musician I’m always looking
for ways to take my music in new directions and GarageBand has been such
a great tool for me to experiment and add new elements to my songs
on-the-go,” said Lin, 35, in the release.
“I love how the latest
update to GarageBand adds traditional Chinese instruments along with
brand new loops so I can play around with mixing traditional and modern
sounds to create completely new styles.”