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Rock Band teaches you to play the drums

March 31st 2008 10:31
Real musicians scoff at Rock Band, the super-popular social karaoke-and-instruments game that has aging adults getting together to relive their dreams of being in a rock band.

How so? Well, it's like Guitar Hero, except that they've added vocals and a drum kit... and if you don't know what Guitar Hero is, then this clip, from the IT Crowd, might help explain the panicky awesomeness:




Guitarists are quick to point out that the 'guitar' for the game only has four buttons to press - far from the six strings and the 20-odd frets.

An interesting post, though, from fakeplasticrock.com, points out a video that claims that playing Rock Band can help you actually play the drums:

"Kevin, who regularly gets 98 to 99 percent on expert drums in Coheed and Cambria’s “Welcome Home”, put that theory to the test in a recent epsiode of G4’s Attack of the Show. He met with Coheed and Cambria and substituted for the real drummer!"

...and then they point to this video, which shows the brilliance in action...





(found on Fazed)


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Comment by Tracy

March 31st 2008 20:43
I've always wanted to learn and play the drums, I think I could be too old now...

Comment by Cibbuano

March 31st 2008 21:16

Comment by Tracy

March 31st 2008 21:19
He he, I like that philosophy!!

Comment by Anonymous

April 3rd 2008 20:29
Hey All! Come check out THE KIN streaming live from NYC on Saturday! Tune into www.woozyfly.com/thekin at 1 a.m. (EST) Catch watch it at this point? Check out the archive version.

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