I had to watch this video several times before posting it -- not because my jaw was on the floor, but trying to figure out whether it was real or not, or the results of some insane video splicer trying to make everyone that plays Guitar Hero feel bad about themselves. Despite my matlocking, I couldn't find anything, but you GH scientists may be able to find something, so I'm posting it for your perusal.
I can't help but wonder, would I like Ben Eberle in person? He seems happy at the end, but maybe also like he might turn into one of those kids that never stops bragging. He kind of has the right if this is the real deal, but it also kind of makes you want to throw him out a window, you know?
*modified a little so everyone knows it's Ben Eberle. Sorry if it was already cblogged guys, I'm just trying to keep the front page from coming to standstill on Xmas eve :(
This kid has an insane memory and equally insane reflexes. I've seen another video of him playing expert in performance mode (performance mode is where the notes don't show up)
I'll bet he's a savant of some kind. There are people that have unique gifts similar to this. There was a vid I saw of a guy who could draw with great accuracy anything he saw. They flew him around a town in Italy, and gave him I think a week, and he drew a panoramic picture of the entire town. He had the number of collums and arches right and the proper scale in almost every building. Same thing with people that can hear a musical piece on a piano and turn around and play it. That's why this kid can probably make it look so easy, probably some inhreent gift, if thats what you would call it, is what makes him able to do it.
Could I do this? Maybe, but you had better bet I'd have to stop everything I was doing to practice it, and that just ain't gonna happen.
i agree with atomik.. i played guitar hero 2 and 3 and i got pretty dang good on expert.. then i realized that it's only a game.. and while games are fun, i'd rather be on a real guitar playing music.. it takes more talent to play on a real guitar than it does to play guitar hero...
plus, you can play any song you want as long as you know it..
and i enjoy the song itself.. but it's to complex and hard for people to get into it really. i really can't find a tune to wistle other than the interval section. music is better when it's simple and catchy and actually has a tune that sticks out..
I bet he has one of those stage-parents. The kind that probably force him to practice every day and get good at it or be punished, so they can ride the coat tails of his fame.
i don't know man... if this is for reals that kid and anyone else who reaches that point of the game should just seriously just try to learn real guitar... lol
why is brett micheal singing? does he always sing? maybe i havent got into the song enough to notice but i thought it was teh default singer doing it? so maybe i dunno
I think he's the real deal. My latest you tube to watch is the guy who did metallica's "And Justice For All" on expert... 3 days after the game came out.
Lightthrower: It's call personal preference, and I've got to agree with him, who cares if they like video games. They play fast to hide the fact that they're honestly not all too creative otherwise.
Guitar Hero 3 looks like shit, and the games already on my shit list for having "Holiday in Cambodia", DK is shamed by having this song in the game, and Jello's message with it is completely lost on the 12 year olds playing the game. Once I saw all of the sponsorship outside of musical instruments, I was honestly sad.
More power to the kid, he can play the fake guitar, ironically, I can play the real guitar, though would never waste my time learning any of this garbage.
Yeah, I had the pleasure of watching a Neversoft employee do this one live. He was the guy who put the notes into the song, and said it took him 3 months to finish it (there are over 4000 notes). I asked him if he worried about making something that was impossible to play, and he said he decided a long time ago that anything is possible. Inspiring... yet frustrating.
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1:51 PM on 12.24.2007
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my ass.
Also, I'm saying fake. The video gets way out of sync, you never actually see the 360, and often it looks like he's pressing the wrong frets.
Yeah the kid... He isnt human!
I commend you for your effort! All the intarweb sites that I usually visit while at work are pretty dead. Thank god I only have to work a half day. ;)
Anyway, Rock Band drums on expert are the new cool thing >.>
Here it is
why is brett michaels the singer?
Satanic prayer.
Could I do this? Maybe, but you had better bet I'd have to stop everything I was doing to practice it, and that just ain't gonna happen.
plus, you can play any song you want as long as you know it..
and i enjoy the song itself.. but it's to complex and hard for people to get into it really. i really can't find a tune to wistle other than the interval section. music is better when it's simple and catchy and actually has a tune that sticks out..
You sir, are a sad fucking person.
*sigh*
I R TEH DEPRESSED.
Guitar Hero 3 looks like shit, and the games already on my shit list for having "Holiday in Cambodia", DK is shamed by having this song in the game, and Jello's message with it is completely lost on the 12 year olds playing the game. Once I saw all of the sponsorship outside of musical instruments, I was honestly sad.
More power to the kid, he can play the fake guitar, ironically, I can play the real guitar, though would never waste my time learning any of this garbage.
Either way, pretty cool