What's New

Fixes crashing experienced with older iOS versions (12-14)

App Description

Create professional Blues tracks to your own chords in minutes with the award-winning SessionBand app - the world’s only chord-based loop app.

For Blues musicians and songwriters, this unique app is the ultimate tool for jamming and writing, with full and complete Blues tracks just minutes away! It's also simple enough for non-musicians to create their own great-sounding, royalty-free music with.

“Remarkably polished“ Forbes

“Extraordinarily useful“ Jamie Cullum

“Create like a master“ Engadget

With over 16,000 stunning, chord-based Blues loops (included) individually recorded by 4 of the world's very best session musicians, SessionBand Blues instantly converts the chords you select into great sounding audio – wherever you are and whatever your ability.

There are 15 different classic Blues styles included. Every single loop carefully engineered so you can instantly create your own tracks in those styles: from a slow Bonamassa 12/8 and a Muddy Waters shuffle, through various ballads, Texas and Blue Line shuffles all the way to uptempo Delta blues and Bluegrass.

And there's a host of pro features like auto-transpose, automated mixing, one-touch live recording, and Audiobus compatibility - allowing you to seamlessly export our unique content into other top music apps like Garageband. It has never been easier or quicker to create your own studio quality music even if you can't play a note!

If you love Blues – you will love SessionBand Blues! A Top 10 paid music app in 66 countries since launch.

Hear exactly how SessionBand Blues sounds by watching the video at sessionbandapp.com


The fastest way to create studio-quality Blues music...

• Simply pick one of 15 awesome Blues styles
• Choose your chords
• Stretch or shorten loops in seconds
• Build up a full track in minutes
• Instantly hear your track across the other playing styles and tempos
• Auto-transpose your entire track (not electronic pitch shift!)
• Mix your track (manual or automated)
• Adjust track tempo (+/- 15%)
• Record direct to audio
• Copy straight to other music apps
• Share with the world!


Get 4 of the world's top session musicians playing on your tracks...

• Drums – Geoff Dugmore (Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Taj Mahal, Newton Faulkner, Richard Ashcroft, Leona Lewis, Jimmy Page, Robbie Williams, Dido, Natalie Imbruglia, Steve Winwood...)

• Guitars – Adam Goldsmith (Brian May, Meat Loaf, Robbie Williams, Elton John, Will Young, Ronan Keating, Beverley Knight, Gloria Estefan...)

• Bass – Geoff Gascoyne (Sting, Georgie Fame, Van Morrison, Bill Bruford, Gloria Estefan, Jamie Cullum...)

• Keyboards – Tom Cawley (Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Watts, Stacey Kent, Andrea Bocelli, Peter Gabriel...)


Anyone can create and release professional Blues tracks with SessionBand...

• No musical experience required
• Simple, intuitive interface allows easy chord/loop selection and manipulation
• Audition loops as you go
• Build a full track in minutes with all-new 'Track Builder'
• Highly educational and great fun


Create great sounding real Blues music on the move...

• All loops reside within the downloaded app
• No internet access required once the app is downloaded
• Create studio-quality music absolutely anywhere!


Detailed Product Information

• 15 Blues styles in tempo order: Slow 12/8; Slow Shuffle; Slow Blues Rock; Medium Shuffle; Blues Rock Ballad; Slow 6/4; 70s Medium Blues Rock; Texas Shuffle; Funky Blues; Medium 6/4; Blues Line Shuffle; Rock n Roll; Fast Shuffle; Mississippi Blues; Bluegrass
• Tempos from 60bpm to 180bpm
• 10 chord variations for every root note in all 15 styles: 6; 7; 7(b9); 9; 7(#9); maj7; m7(b5); m9; m7; maj 'stop'
• Each of the 15 styles includes 15 alternative drum grooves and drum fills in addition to the 'main' drum pattern for that style
• The exclusive musical content in this app is not duplicated in any of the other SessionBand apps
• All loops are offered royalty-free and can be used freely in your own works

iPhone Screenshots

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iPad Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 11, 2014 Initial release
  • August 27, 2014 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • September 02, 2014 Price increase: $3.99 -> $8.99
  • February 19, 2015 New version 2.0
  • February 21, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • March 14, 2015 Price increase: $3.99 -> $8.99
  • April 27, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $1.99
  • April 29, 2015 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • May 07, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $1.99
  • May 12, 2015 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • July 26, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $1.99
  • July 30, 2015 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • August 11, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • August 21, 2015 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $1.99
  • August 23, 2015 Price increase: $1.99 -> $3.99
  • September 03, 2015 Price increase: $3.99 -> $8.99
  • September 13, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • September 15, 2015 Price increase: $3.99 -> $8.99
  • October 04, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $0.99
  • October 10, 2015 Price increase: $0.99 -> $8.99
  • November 01, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $1.99
  • November 04, 2015 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • November 28, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • December 02, 2015 Price increase: $3.99 -> $8.99
  • December 20, 2015 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $1.99
  • January 03, 2016 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • February 06, 2016 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • February 14, 2016 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $1.99
  • February 22, 2016 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • March 20, 2016 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • November 07, 2016 Price increase: $3.99 -> $8.99
  • November 12, 2016 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • November 30, 2016 Price increase: $3.99 -> $8.99
  • December 03, 2016 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • December 23, 2016 Price decrease: $3.99 -> $0.99
  • January 06, 2017 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
  • June 14, 2019 New version 2.3
  • June 14, 2019 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • June 14, 2019 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • June 14, 2019 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • June 15, 2019 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • June 15, 2019 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • June 16, 2019 Price increase: $1.99 -> $8.99
  • June 20, 2019 New version 2.4
  • October 28, 2019 New version 2.4.1
  • October 28, 2019 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • November 11, 2019 Price increase: $3.99 -> $8.99
  • December 24, 2019 Price decrease: $8.99 -> $3.99
  • January 14, 2020 Price increase: $3.99 -> $8.99
  • July 14, 2020 New version 2.4.3
  • September 16, 2023 New version 2.9