1:08 PM on 05.20.2008
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Niero
If you think
Rock Band had a tricky learning curve for gamers, you may want to see it from this talented musician's point of view. Sure, playing a real instrument can be infinitely more complex, but you can't discount the added hand-eye coordination this game requires you to put in before you learn the songs and can rock out
like a professional six-year-old.
While this may not completely shut up the haters who say, "Go play a real instrument," it does give us sofa musicians a little ammo.
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Rockband and the drums is a different story though as I suck in the RL with drums.
thought so.
TIME MEASUREMENTS AND MUSIC FEEL IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
IF YOU CANT KEEP A BEAT IN YOUR HEAD YOUR USELESS
SO F-U TO ALL THE 12 YEAR OLDS THAT THINK THEYRE MUSICIANS BY PLAYING ROCKBAND
You know, the all caps really brings a certain insight and strength to your argument.
Also, you are adorable when you are angry.
...And I will always defend the Vocal mode on Rock Band. On Expert, you can either sing it or you can't. Just saying.
Why don't you guys go master a "real guitar" then tell me which is harder lol wow idiots. Everytime I try Rockband or GH it makes me want to play my real guitar not vice versa.
It does look staged to a degree. I have to disagree with vocals on expert though, as the supposed tones on screen rarely match the tone of the singer for some songs. Almost like Harmonix made it hard for hard's sake. The Clash(should i stay or should i go ) is a perfect example, almost monotone the entire song, yet the phrase charting is all over the place.
so why dont you go play your real guitar and stop complaining. at least rock band gets you laid!
"Some songs are even easier to plat in real life than their game counterparts"
I call bullshit.
Lets say you play an easy song like Glycerine by Bush. It only uses four chords, but if your just starting out it would take you hours to learn finger placement for each chord (if your a beginner). On GH or RB all you do is press colored buttons which only takes you minutes to learn.
Its dumb to compare five colored buttons to 6 strings and 20 frets.
I can complain if I want to. When stupid people think mastering Rock Band is the same as mastering a real guitar it makes me mad enough to comment.
Heres something we can do. How about we make our own songs. You use Rock Band and I use a real guitar and see who wins.
Or how about we go to a concert and get onto the stage. You do a solo using your five button plastic guitar and I use my Ibanez RG.
It is harder on rockband.
If you can chain 3 barre chords(power chord even easier if you like), you can play perfectly most Ramones songs :)
Musical Phrasing
Intonation
Dynamics
Technique
Rhythm and Note Reading
Listening Skills (pertaining to the ensemble you're with)
Muscle Memory
Internal Pulse
Knowledge of Chordal Structure
People Skills
Just a small list of the things you need to have a knowledge of to be an accomplished musician. Us musicians don't just push buttons to on screen commands.
It gives the music industry a new way for consumers to experience the music that they love in a new way and open them up to trying out new genres of music that they have not tried yet.
BTW, there are not many that think Rock Band will magically turn you into a musician> Where did you get that idea?
I've been on this site for a long time now. I AM NOT A TROLL for what I said. I only commented to those that thought mastering RB is like mastering a real guitar. Sorry, but I could care less what these idiots think about my FACTUAL STATEMENTS! There are plenty that would agree with me.
Does anybody in here really think that playing Rock Band makes you a musician? I have honestly never heard anyone say that. Except for people who are basically modern versions of the little dweebs that thought their Counterstrike experience made them better at handling firearms (ha ha ha -- no).
I like to play real instruments and rock out. I like to shoot real firearms and play FPSes. They are totally, totally, totally different.
All the people who say that Rock Band is a waste of time/energy are very confusing to me, because this is a gaming site. We're wasting time and energy on everything in here. They exist purely for fun and enjoyment - if they are fun, and you enjoy it, that makes the Rock Band as legitimate as any game.
Rock Band gives you a better understanding and appreciation for actual musicians, for me personality ever since I started playing rock band, guitar hero etc I just want to learn the real thing. Not sure who is saying you can magical play real instruments if you play rock band, but they be wrong ofcourse.
Example: the intro to Stockholm Syndrome by Muse is SO much easier on a real guitar.
Actually, as an accomplished guitar player, when I first started playing Rock Band it was easier for me to play "Enter Sandman" on a real guitar than it was in the game. As I've gotten better at the game, that's changed. But songs that have really fast strumming are easier on real guitar, mostly because their is no combo counter if you mis-strum. Plus, while playing real guitar, you are not bound by rules that apply to the game.
Also remember you dont play one string with your right hand on a real guitar, there is six of and you need to be able to pick them out, one at a time.
You play Gran Turismo? Stop wasting your time and buy your own sports car.
You play Call of Duty 4? Stop wasting your time and go join the Army.
You play Monopoly? Stop wasting your time and go run your own corporation.
We get it; Rock Band skillz =/= real music skillz. Can we move on now?
These people DO NOT EXIST. No one thinks like that, anywhere, at all. Everyone who I have ever met who has played Rock Band says "Oh, this is a fun game" and then has a blast with their friends. They don't say "Oh, this is a fun game, and I am certain that I am now skilled enough to be a professional musician."
http://mcrorie.net/Pages/Videos.html
Now granted, Epic is a simple song, so maybe I should have tried something else. But Epic is also an AWESOME song, and that's why I picked it.
I've been playing drums for something like 20 years though, so I guess that explains it. The thing is, ALL of these games are meant for drummers, not guitar players. They are nothing like playing guitar, but EXACTLY like playing drums. If you enjoy them, then learn the drums, not guitar.
Every guitar player I know hates these things. They can't play them AT ALL because they are nothing like actually playing a guitar. I love them, because they are exactly like playing the drums.
Well, insofar as it's like having sex with 25 condoms on, but hey, it can still be fun. Right?
but yes, you have to unlearn your instrument before you can play the rock band equivalent. even on the drums, there's location issues (hi-hat alternating between yellow or blue when it is usually left of the snare) and even in expert not all drum hits are represented, so if you're familiar with a song, you're more likely to be hurt than helped by your knowledge.
"hey, we used to cover Superman, this'll be easy.... crap crap crap what the fuck"
no one goes "I'm awesome at Nascar 09, I'll easily make the sprint series!"