Without Guitar Hero, I would'n't have been intoduced to some bands, albeit that most bands in guitar hero are very mainstream (I don't listen to the radio) that I came to like and listen to often, and learned how to play their songs on a real guitar. Guitar Hero has also helped one of my closest friends get into playing real guitar, which I'm helping with right now. Without Guitar Hero, I wouldn't have been exposed to new bands and music I normally wouldn't have ever heard and just passed by, and my friend wouldn't have such a strong interest in learning how to play every the whole Metallica track list from Guitar Hero without the game. Bam.

Are these folks so arrogant that they don't remember a time when they couldn't play at all? Ah, rock stars, I guess it's the drugs right?



Playing an instrument (solo) is great, using something like Rock Band to expand your ability to follow beat and tempo through an entire song or set while actually paying attention to what you are doing with your body CAN help an amateur become and expert. There is no substitute for practice, and this is just another way to practice with real interactive feedback - so what if some kids think they are the stars because they can play it on a game!



I truly wish I had been exposed to something similar while I was learning guitar, I probably wouldn't have packed it away as a lost cause after a few horrible "wannabe band" experiences.

If they never learned how to play the instruments you would never have played their songs in guitar hero or rockband.

NarooN is a prime example of what, at least fro the interview, White mentioned.



Basically, some heads in a studio someplace decided X Y and Z songs should be in the game. Maybe it was a vote, but, ultimately, somebody had to make a final list of things to include. White's point was that you shouldn't have had somebody tell you which music is good and you should listen to it but rather you should go out and EXPLORE the world of music to find what you like.



I would suggest properly ID3-tagged MP3 files and a look over at what last.fm can do to broaden your music horizons.

@Orlyeh - What you just said made absolutely no sense what so ever.



In order for what you said to have any merit you would first have to prove that GH was someone's ONLY SOURCE of music.



Just because there is a video game on a store shelf, that doesn't mean those song and ONLY songs are deemed as good and people should ONLY listen to those songs.



What you said was lame at best and has nothing to do with the article.



GH and Rockband have ADDED to the many ways people can experience music. In no way does GH or Rockband REPLACE how music is experienced.



At age 32 I had already been VERY MUCH exposed to music in various ways. Rockband opened up the world of drumming to me. Since then I started taking lessons.



Page and White are total idiots. End of that story.

What I think is funny is Rock Band and GH are BETTER ways to hear music the things like radio these days. On the 15 drive to work. I usually hear one song on the three stations i listen to, the rest is commercials. Also, discovering music is all about what gets put in front of you. Its the same reason music videos were started. They dont want us to go out and download there music, and we are not going to go to the music store and just listen to every CD we have never herd of(at least most of us wount). Its all about product placement, and they are selling a product...

Secondly, Art purists bother me. Art is a fluid thing to be interpreted by the world. I believe part of art it the changing of an already good thing to reflect something different. When i heard about the movie producers suing companies that edited bad content out of movies for families to watch, and then music people getting ticked at the added drum rolls and finales in their songs, i lost respect for those people.

Jack White? Seriously? That's the other "famous" guitarist they came up with? That's just sad...

Page and White remind me of Metallica: "bad-A" reputations as "hardcore rockers", but (after becoming aged rockers) suddenly now no longer understand the concept of rock 'n roll! RnR has always been about the 'renegade'; going against the 'old thought'; breaking rules; breaking traditions. These one-time coke-heads now want us to listen to their 'wisdom of the ages', even though they are no longer relevant. And they're proving why they're no longer relevant. (Just like Metallica: ooh, watch out for these Renegades! ....but don't share they're tunes online! --They'll be the first ones knocking on your door for a royalty check!)

"So, here, he clearly states (MAYBE YOU SHOULD READ FIRST) that half of his musical tastes are because of GH1 2 and RB."



That's half of the bands, not musical tastes. And half of the bands was a small over-exaggeration. Like I said, the only genre I wasn't listening to or aware of was the shoegaze scene, so there you go, kid.

I can honestly say I fully agree with Page and White. I have no problem with people playing whatever game they want but if you want the real deal, get a guitar, and listen to rock music from the 60's 70's and 80's. Learn your favourite songs and then you'll realize how much more rewarding it is to know you can transfer your skills to any other guitar, and most of all, play your own songs and riffs and solos - something guitar hero can't offer. There's something magical about playing music with real instruments - you are actually making the sounds, whereas guitar hero only makes the correct sounds if you hit the notes at the right time.

@Orlyeh - Are you seriously this f'ing stupid?



To quote YOU - "White's point was that you shouldn't have had somebody tell you which music is good and you should listen to it but rather you should go out and EXPLORE the world of music to find what you like."



I was addressing YOU, not naroon.