Any Rock Band folks here?
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As the title implies, anyone here play Rock Band 2 (XBox 360) online? I find it’s a great game to kill time in-between class and work, and wanted to know if anyone here would be up for some good old plastic jamming.
Tag: foxBabble
Guitar / Bass: Expert
Drums: Hard/Expert
Vocals: Hard/ExpertI have all of the Rock Band 1 songs imported and roughly 60 DLC tracks (of note full The Who pack, Boston pack, and bunch of other stuff). I can take on anything thrown my way on expert Guitar or Bass (yes, I play finger-bass too =P), and just about anything on hard Drums or Vocals (I’ll fail pretty fast on Expert if I don’t know the song on that instrument though), so I’m decently equipped for some high-level World Tour if anyone needs another band member. =D
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I prefer doing it for real, been in the music industry for over 20 years. These toys they bring out just don’t give you the feel at all but then i’m used to the real thing i guess
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have no money for rockband
lolill stick to my gibson
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Well, the thing about the Guitar Hero / Rock Band games is that they are just that - video games that are easy to have fun with, especially at parties. I realize it may be easy to shun the games and the people that play them as "musical wanna-be"s - however, I also know plenty of musicians (some of whom I live with in my residence hall) who love playing them.
Anyways, back on the original topic; any Freelancers who play Rock Band?
Edit: Also, Gibbon, have you tried the Rock Band drums at all? I have a brother who has played drums for almost 10 years, and he swears that they’re not much different than playing a real electric kit - and that the game is, in ways, a pretty decent drum trainer.
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Funny you mention drums as that’s what i play lol. I’ll stick to my Pearl kit but i know what you mean about these things being fun, just not my thing, although i saw some 10 yr old doing a half decent impression of Slash the other day, it’s those damn coloured buttons on the guitar, just doesn’t look right lol
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Edit: Also, Gibbon, have you tried the Rock Band drums at all? I have a brother who has played drums for almost 10 years, and he swears that they’re not much different than playing a real electric kit - and that the game is, in ways, a pretty decent drum trainer.
Me and my lady friend had a go on Rock Band last week, me on bass an her on drums, and she said very much the same. I also noticed the same for the singing as well, it simply checks if your voice is hitting the note, so it can train you to sing in tune. Overall, its a pretty cool game other than the guitar and bass parts. I actually found playing bass on there harder than I really find playing bass, and ditto to guitar. Having only 5 buttons is just silly. I tried hysteria on the bass on there and was like o.O
It’s possible that I’m used to open strings and 10th and 12th frets…But no, I don’t play it
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Sorry, I hope I didn’t sound insulting in my post. Point taken; playing on a kit with real heads versus pads does have a way different feel, since you have more of a bounce. I liked it, but it was kinda hard to control. lol Guess I’ve got a long way to go. =P
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Not at all lol, i mean even the best electronic kits won’t give you the feel, doesn’t matter who makes it, Simmons, Roland and so on. They serve their purpose, as does this rock band program, it’s all about having a laugh which it certainly does
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