The Old Guard has spoken.
Bill Wyman, formerly of the Rolling Stones, and Nick Mason, of Pink Floyd, are criticizing the video game "Guitar Hero" and similar games, contending they discourage young people from picking up real instruments.
In the games, youngsters pick up smaller, faux versions of the instruments and "play" them along with rock songs and prompts on the screen. The more accurate they are, they better they do in the game.
"It irritates me having watched my kids do it. If they spend as much time practising the guitar as learning how to press the buttons, they'd be damn good by now," Mason griped to The Guardian.
The games are getting more notice than usual because on Wednesday Rock Band is releasing its Beatles version, where players can play along with the Fab Four, in one of the most anticipated releases of the year.
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The Stones and Pink Floyd can talk because they learned their craft. But did you wonder why today's music is so bad. I bet today's musicians probably couldn't even handle Guitar Hero. The choice, unfortunately isn't between practicing a fake guitar and practicing a real one. The choice is between a fake guitar and a fake gun.
Well, my son started taking guitar lessons solely because of Guitar Hero, so what do they know?
ABSOLUTELY YES!!!!!!! On the other hand this may encourage (Persons) to pick up a real instrument....
Here at TakeLessons, we have seen many students sign up for music lessons after developing an interest from playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band. Some of our teachers even help students learn to play some of the songs from the games.
i love family guy :)
and gutair hero
and the real gutair
The games that let people participate in playing music with popular musicians is a great idea because it lets people do more then just listen to songs. People can now use a guitar and watch a video and have fun within a game. It will in the long run separate people into two categories, people who really enjoy what they are going and they will go out and begin learning to use a real guitar and make their own music and the other category will be people who separate themselves from music altogether. Making music isn't a game it's hard work and these new games take out the thought process that was used by the original musicians who are experts in an industry that has a history that can blow people's minds.