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• Rock Out for Real with Rock Band 3?

  
  Aeropause Games — Authority: 484
  It was only a matter of time before someone saw the value in marrying insanely popular fake-guitar-playing games and actual musical instruction, but it seems as though that time is coming sooner rather than later with Rock Band 3 aiming to be more than just a bit of fun in its next incarnation. Dhani Harrison, son ...
  8 hours ago

• PS3 Beatles: Rock Band DLC crashing games servers overseas

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 790
  European owners of the PS3 version of The Beatles: Rock Band who decided to purchase the "Abbey Road" DLC are having an awfully difficult time coming together . A lengthy forum thread on the Rock Band message board tells of the woes of a number of overseas faux-rockers who, after downloading the content on ...
  19 hours ago

• Rock Band 3 To Teach People How To Actually Play Musical Instruments

  
  RouteNote Blog — Authority: 437
  Harmonix who are the makers of The Beatles: Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Band Hero, DJ Hero and of course Rock Band are soon be releasing the new Rock Band 3. So far there has been a lot of talk that users are slowly getting a little bit bored of the games, because they cant see how Harmonix can beat The Beatles Rock Band ...
  22 hours ago

• Harmonix Co-Founder Juggles "Rock Band" and Chamber Music

  
  Innovation Economy — Authority: 514
  Last month, I was chatting about music with Eran Egozy, the co-founder of Harmonix Music Systems ; they make a little video game called "Rock Band," and earlier they created "Guitar Hero." Egozy handed me a business card with a great color photo on it. It wasnt a card for Harmonix, the Cambridge company that is now ...
  1 day ago

• Harmonix employees harmonize during a cappella Paramore song performance

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 790
  Since only a fraction of Joystiq is headquartered out of Boston, MA we unfortunately arent eligible to be honored with "Top Places to Work" awards like Beatles: Rock Band developers Harmonix, nonetheless host a company-wide singing contest. If we could though, wed like to think our singing chops would at least ...
  1 day ago

• Review: The Beatles: Rock Band (PS3)

  
  Aeropause Games — Authority: 484
  The Long and Winding Road If you’re not familiar with Harmonix’s work on the Guitar Hero franchise and its various branchings, here’s a quick primer. Harmonix had a runaway hit with their Guitar Hero rhythm game which featured a special guitar controller, and it made Activision a great deal of money. The ...
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• Bland Band Hero, Lego Set Lists Leave Me Limp

  
  GameLife — Authority: 669
  Play family-friendly music games like Lego Rock Band and Band Hero and you’ll play along to songs by rock superstars like David Bowie, Elton John and Queen. But you and your kids will also get stuck rocking to some of contemporary music industry’s dullest offerings. Last week, MTV and Activision each ...
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• Dave! Harmonix is making Rock Band 3 controllers for you

  
  Sarcastic Gamer — Authority: 441
  With The Beatles: Rock Band out in the retail wild, it seems that it’s full steam ahead on Rock Band 3 . During a chat with the Chicago Tribune , Dhani Harrison, son of legendary musician George Harrison, confirmed that the game is in development, telling music critic Greg Kot that he’s aiming to make “the ...
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• EHX coughs up an Iron Lung

  
  What's That Dude Play? — Authority: 424
  Electro-Harmonix is bringing a small box vocoder to market soon. Making an appearance in the most recent EHX catalog is the Iron Lung – a pedal built around the ‘finest aspects’ of the larger V256 Vocoder. The Iron Lung uses 256-band resolution to deliver defined vocoder performance while the pedal’s Gender ...
  2 days ago

• Coffee Talk: The Future of Music Games As Educational Tools

  
  Geekadelphia — Authority: 132
  Dhani Harrison, son of the late Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison, recently revealed the goals of his work with Harmonix on Rock Band 3 to the Chicago Tribune . Dhani discusses Thenewno2 , his awesomely trippy jam band first featured in previous Rock Band titles, and later his more direct connections with ...
  2 days ago

• Lego Rock Band review... you know, for the kids!

  
  Ars Technica — Authority: 756
  Does the world need video games that make rock music family-friendly? Should this content be delivered via Lego bricks? In one of the most bizarre examples of cross-promotion in the industry, MTV Games and Travelers Tales have come together to create Lego Rock Band , a more kid-ready version of the Rock Band series. ...
  2 days ago

• Rock Band III getting more realistic controls

  
  Default Prime — Authority: 510
  Dhani Harrison, son of the Beatle George Harrison,  spoke with Chicago Tribune saying… “I’m working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game. Give me a couple years, it’s going to happen.” The Guitar Hero/ Rockband ...
  3 days ago

• Dhani Harrison: Rock Band 3 will make you better at actual rocking

  
  Joystiq — Authority: 790
  In a recent interview with the Chicago Tribune , Dhani Harrison, The Beatles: Rock Band contributor (and son of the late, great George Harrison), spoke about his involvement in future iterations of the popular rhythm franchise. "Im working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can ...
  3 days ago

• Music DLC Roundup – 7/11

  
  BeefJack - The Gamer's Sauce. — Authority: 521
  Recommendations:AFI – Love Like Winter: You can say what you want about AFI, too emo to be goth, and too emo to be emo, and if that hasn’t put you off you’ll find an incredible band here. With a knack of writing insanely passionate and catchy tunes AFI have dug out a brilliant niche. Although [...]
  3 days ago

• Rock Band 3 To Help Us Play Real Guitars?

  
  Ripten Video Game Blog — Authority: 564
  While I’m sure many of you will just take this news to mean that Rock Band 3 exists in some form, there’s a lot more news here than you’d think. While I assumed Rock Band 3 would just be an expansion of the previous games with a couple of new features, Dhani Harrison tells the Chicago Tribune that that’s not ...
  3 days ago

• Rock Band 3 Will Actually Teach People To Rock

  
  BeefJack - The Gamer's Sauce. — Authority: 521
  One of the biggest complaints filed at the Rock Band and Guitar Hero series of games is that they teach children to press buttons, and take away from the appeal of learning real instruments. While people have defended this by citing the fact it actually introduces gamers to the real instruments if the desire ...
  4 days ago

• Rock Band 3 Will Teach You How To Play Proper Music [Rumor]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 821
  In an interview with the Chicago Tribune, Dhani Harrison - son of former Beatle George Harrison - has revealed that hes not only working on Rock Band 3, but that its going to take the series in a new direction. The fact he mentions a third Rock Band should surprise only those who wake up every morning shocked to ...
  4 days ago

• Brian May had hair demands for LEGO: Rock Band

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 760
  Queen guitarist Brian May had only one demand when signing up for LEGO Rock Band (aside from receiving a stack of money): that developer Traveller’s Tales get his famous perm right . As you can see above, they got it right. Very right, actually. In fact, I doubt hair has ever been more right . No doubt about ...
  4 days ago

• Rock Band Next Week: The White Stripes [Harmonix]

  
  Kotaku — Authority: 821
  Four players will play songs performed by two people next week, when dynamic divorced duo The White Stripes make their Rock Band debut. In order to properly play "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground," "Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine," and "Icky Thump," the three White Stripes tunes making their way to the Rock ...
  4 days ago

• Rock Band Weekly Update – November 6th Update

  
  Aeropause Games — Authority: 484
  This week, we have three bands releasing tracks on the Rock Band marketplace, including The White Strips, Kasabian and The Damned.  The White Stripes make their debut in Rock Band with a three track song back, that includes “Dead Leaves and Dirty Ground”, “Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine” and “Icky ...
  4 days ago

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