Sunday, November 4, 2007

How Musicians Can Benfit from Video Games

More than likely, you've heard of the video game series, Guitar Hero, that is quickly becoming a new craze. Many people were apprehensive at first about a video game that involved playing the guitar. Over the past couple of years, the game has become much much more than anyone would have anticipated at its original launch. Last week the 3rd installment of the game was released, featuring more artists and songs than ever before, with most of them being original recordings.

So why should you care about this? Well the popular video game is getting more and more people involved with rock and roll, people that would ordinarily have been uninterested. These people are going out and buying records by the artists in the game and learning to actually play the real instruments. Guitar Hero has become a whole new way for musicians to reach out to their fans and for fans to get more involved in the music.

1 comment:

Angela said...

I am addicted to the game and cannot wait until the XBox is here so that I can play the third installment! I also love rock and roll and really wish I had the time to learn to play the guitar! Then I could be a hearth throb- singing and playing guitar!