Rock Band

[Lantien]

Harmonix swings back and rewards old people!

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=417335#post417335

Mega-Ultra-Super Boston SIX (6) pack!! Those who know me know that I'm especially psyched for this announcement. Enjoy!

“More Than a Feeling” (Master)
“Peace of Mind” (Master)
“Smokin’” (Master)
“Rock & Roll Band” (Master)
“Something About You” (Master)
“Hitch a Ride” (Master)

Each song can be purchased individually for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) or all 6 can be purchased as a pack for $9.99 (800 Microsoft Points). They will be available next week through the Xbox Live! Marketplace, and through Sony's PlayStation Store.

More than a feeling master's a given.  After that, maybe one or two more songs.  All in all a good week for releases; hoping for a 90s-era set of songs for next week.

[Samwise]

I'd love to we some charts of sales per track.odt of the.

Have I just not had enough coffee?

Your going to need a shitload of coffee for that to make any sense.

I'd estimate about this much

Knowing the sleep-deprived state he's currently in, I judge your portrayal accurate.  Spoiler: Prospero is a dad as of last Saturday.

[voodoolily]

I wish they'd put Cult of Personality by Living Colour on there. And All Right Now by Free. And some Savoy Brown and some War. Fuck sake, people, they're not giving us RAWK!

[Prospero]

Ya know, I would blame it on my iPhone keyboard, but I toally reread it at the time and thought it made sense.  I may have to excuse myself from the internet until he grows up. That or I need some infant Valium.

[Samwise]

I think you should print that post out and put it in his baby book.

[Prospero]

...and look here, here's how much you fucked up papa's mind. He used to be smart, and then you came along and his brain turned to jello.

Speaking of childhoods, if I ever get me some Rock Band I'll have to pick up the Boston song pack. Those are all family favorites from when I was a kid. I never cease to be stunned by how well remember the lyrics.

[Xilren's Twin]

Harmonix swings back and rewards old people!

http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=417335#post417335

Mega-Ultra-Super Boston SIX (6) pack!! Those who know me know that I'm especially psyched for this announcement. Enjoy!

“More Than a Feeling” (Master)
“Peace of Mind” (Master)
“Smokin’” (Master)
“Rock & Roll Band” (Master)
“Something About You” (Master)
“Hitch a Ride” (Master)

Each song can be purchased individually for $1.99 (160 Microsoft Points) or all 6 can be purchased as a pack for $9.99 (800 Microsoft Points). They will be available next week through the Xbox Live! Marketplace, and through Sony's PlayStation Store.

More than a feeling master's a given.  After that, maybe one or two more songs.  All in all a good week for releases; hoping for a 90s-era set of songs for next week.

As an old person, I am now happy.  Pleased to be making with the early Def Leppard and AC/DC now thanks.

The irony in all of this is since GH2 & 3 plus Rock Band, my kids don't groan when i pop in a cd of my old man music in the car anymore.  My 8 year old complains that the cover of Tom Sawyer sucks :-p

[Furiously]

Some Rage Against the Machine would be nice for us people that cannot sing.

[Miasma]

The terrible Gibson patent lawsuit is going forward.

[Stephen Zepp]

The terrible Gibson patent lawsuit is going forward.

Out of all the frivolous lawsuits I've ever seen, that one takes the cake. Just take a look at the patent summary that was awarded--there are 2 or 3 blatant points that make the alleged infringement obviously incorrect (unless of course you call a hunk of plastic with some buttons a musical instrument, and somehow turn your TV into a "head mounted 3D device").

Here's a thought: all of the owners of both GH and RB should get together and file a class action suit against Gibson for causing both Activision and Harmonix to be destracted by frivolous suits, thereby causing us grievous harm (we still don't have our full album downloads, and it's Gibson's fault!!11!one!cos(0)1).

[WayAbvPar]

Whatever software fix they put in for the BWT doesn't work for shit. Train Kept on Rolling came up 4 fucking times in less than an hour on Saturday night. The 4th time I was so annoyed I just shut the goddamned thing off.

[Sauced]

We had pretty good luck with it on Saturday, actually.  Well, except when it decided we'd have fun playing Green Grass.

One thing, though, at least on the PS3 version - the new Music Store is great but until they add a shopping cart and let you buy more than one god damn song at a time, it's a complete waste of effort.

[WayAbvPar]

Heh, yeah- GG&HT came up as the very first random song we were asked to play. I had no problem forfeiting 10k fans to quit out of that one.


Any advice on getting the hang of medium drums? I can keep up for a bit, but eventually I lose the beat and go down in flames. I swear I could beat expert drums if they didn't have that goddamned foot pedal 

[Sauced]

My basic procedure for improving at these games is to follow my current difficulty until I hit a wall, and then start playing the "easy" songs on the next difficulty level.  By the time I hit the wall on, say, Expert, I can go back and magically the Hard songs are easier.

If Medium is gettin' ya down, might want to try playing Weezer, Creep, et al on Hard and see how it goes.

Also, to be honest, I read some basic drum 101 info on wikipedia.  Realizing that they built the drum patterns on existing, practicable concepts like Paradiddles makes it easier to work on it.  Paradiddles are really simple exercises that train your ability to operate limbs separate from each other.  When I started trying them, it was very obvious that I could just practice those and I would get better at the game, and it worked.

[Phildo]

Drum rudiments for the musically inclined.  Some of them still break my brain.  I need to go practice more.

[Sauced]

A lot of expert is simple identifying when the game has switched the rudiments to red-orange, blue-orange, etc.  I can usually find them when I slow it down to 60% or so, but I'm still struggling with consistency.

[WayAbvPar]

I have never used the Practice feature...was hoping I could just learn on the fly and fake the rest (which resembles my academic career far too closely). Once a slacker...

[Sauced]

I've 3-starred my way through some of the early songs on Expert, but living in the Blicking Red of Death for 3 minutes is unhealthy (to my liver).

edit: green grass only *feels* like it takes 3 months.

[Mosesandstick]

Another webbie with rudiments: http://www.vicfirth.com/education/rudiments.html

Calibration is much more important with the drums than the guitar; its a lot easier to be a bit off with the drums than the guitar. Might want to double check your calibration and see if anything is iffy there.

[WayAbvPar]

Anyone tried the wireless guitar for RB yet? I am wondering if it is any more durable than the wired one it shipped with- mine is starting to give me issues.

[Samwise]

We have a wireless guitar with the PS3 version -- not sure if it was standard or if we had to get a special package to get it.  Either way, it's a piece of shit.  The strummer broke after a few weeks.  Still need to see about shipping it back.

[fuser]

The terrible Gibson patent lawsuit is going forward.

Out of all the frivolous lawsuits I've ever seen, that one takes the cake. Just take a look at the patent summary that was awarded--there are 2 or 3 blatant points that make the alleged infringement obviously incorrect (unless of course you call a hunk of plastic with some buttons a musical instrument, and somehow turn your TV into a "head mounted 3D device").

What takes the cake is the three year wait(Gibson). I know management is slow but sweet jesus...

Activision licensed the rights to model its video controllers on Gibson guitar models and to use their likenesses in the game.

Activision has said that by waiting three years to raise its claim, Gibson had granted an implied license for any technology.

[Lantien]

Old people rejoice!


http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?p=504538#post504538

Hey everybody,

This week's DLC for $1.99 per song (160 Microsoft Points) or these songs can also be bought in a 3-song Classic Rock pack for $5.49 (440 Microsoft points). PS3 Store should be back up on Thursday so these tracks should come out then as well along with the last two weeks of DLC that they've missed.


"Call Me" by Blondie (master)


"Simple Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (master)


"Message in Bottle" by the Police (master)

[sidereal]

I'm old, but I'm not old enough to enjoy any of the Rock Band DLC.  Are the Harmonix offices in a nursing home?  Where's the FUCKING BUDDY HOLLY?!

Track a song written between 1992 and 2002, plzkthx.

[Sauced]

For a slight bit of devil's advocacy, I will say that it must suck to not be able to say "Hey, here's the people we asked to be in our game that told us to Fuck Off".

It's a lot to ask, I know, but I would like to be able to count on more than one hand music in this game that I would actually listen to while not playing it.

[Big Gulp]

Track a song written between 1992 and 2002, plzkthx.

The golden age of suck?  No thanks.  Keep up the oldies, guys.

[Stephen Zepp]

Track a song written between 1992 and 2002, plzkthx.

The golden age of suck?  No thanks.  Keep up the oldies, guys.

I'm 40. There is more I'd love to both play and listen to from 1988-1995 or so than anything I've seen so far on RB, including the tracks that came with. I think the only DLC that was I was even remotely serious about wanting to play was the Boston 6-pack, and even that I would have selected some different songs myself. (and yes, I realize that's much earlier than the time period I mentioned :P )

[Sauced]

The golden age of suck?  No thanks.  Keep up the oldies, guys.

It's just like all other art and media.  If you want to find the 5% that's great you have to look for it yourself, mass media and the majority of other people sure as hell aren't going to help you.

[sidereal]

Track a song written between 1992 and 2002, plzkthx.

The golden age of suck?  No thanks.  Keep up the oldies, guys.

Obviously opinions differ.  But regardless of personal preferences, I suspect the market overlap between the 360 and, say, Red Hot Chili Peppers is substantially larger than the overlap with, say, the Eagles.  And I suspect that Microsoft knows that full well and that the reason for the relentless Oldie-a-thon has more to do with rights issues than with customer preferences.

[Morfiend]

I like the Blondie, the others are classics, but not my style. Pretty much anything is better than last weeks crap though.

[Lanei]

Rock Band needs more Bad Company

[IainC]

Rock Band needs more Bad News

FIFY



It could also do with not being the thick end of $400 in Europe....

[WayAbvPar]

I was never much of a Boston fan (didn't dislike them, just didn't really fall in love), but I downloaded the Boston pack for some friends who are bigger fans. Finally got around to playing a couple of them, and they are just flat ass FUN to play. Even if all the B-R chords in Piece Of Mind break my feeble little head.

[Mosesandstick]

An album has been announced. Seriously. And dates have been given.

Judas Priest's Screaming For Vengeance if you don't want to check out the link.

http://kotaku.com/381271/rock-bands-first-album-announced-our-harmonix-qa

[Thrawn]

Who's going to need Rock Band anymore once -

http://www.guitarrising.com/

comes out?