I will admit though. My friend got me sucked in to playing rock band when I visit. It’s a bunch of fun… but I refuse to do the guitar and bass on that game. I have a guitar at home I’m trying to learn and I think about the time invested and what you could actually learn… opportunity cost is expensive! And it hurts my pride when I pretend I’m a rock star with a plastic guitar. I have refused to buy it myself but I will indulge when I visit friends (purely for social reasons).

But on the flip side… I love doing the singing. It’s like karaoke. I think it actually does help you learn. Well, to be more exact it forces you to admit your true skill level which will help you improve. The gage on really does help you hit the right notes… The drums I suck at so I have concluded they too must help you learn to how to play in real life (otherwise I would be awesome at them). If designed just a bit more appropriately could actually teach drums too.

I predict a VERY well made game that will have an emphasis on teaching eventually, vs. only meant for entertainment. It will sell big… the technology is already available, but not all on the same system. It feels like a puzzle that will be put together but everyone has only one piece and refuses to share. I have most of the pieces (bought separately)… wish they would all already be put together. Such a freaking’ shame! It pry won’t be on a major system like xbox until it has already proven commercial success other places.

(dang it kieth, I’m on a rant again… sorry)

Here it is, the pieces that I feel could easily but made into the ultimate teaching tool for music (guitar for starters)

1) proper training tool: guitarscalesmethod (dot) com
He has the best I’ve seen… must be a genius because his other stuff is “wow” too. Seriously… (**All his different stuff is PURE GENIUS. It’s sad he hasn’t marketed his product differently… I think he could be the number 1 music teaching site with a just a few tweaks to his business model.**)
2) To learn any song: guitar-pro (dot) com – comes with the ability to get ANY song… (tabs or full composure).
3) A guitar… there is one specifically I’m thinking of that I’d have to find but it plugs into the computer and can tell you when your are off key and how you are off. (but the guy that made guitar scales method actually created a software that can do that too with any guitar).

The only thing that is missing from these three things is a specific set of songs to learn that cover the basics and progressively get more complicated. You don’t even need to “buy” the songs but know what to learn because guitar pro 6 can get you the tabs for free!!

So I look forward to my future kids having it easy… and cheap (compared to the costs of a weekly music lesson).

P.S. Rock Band 3 sounds like a much better concept than the previous versions. It WOULD be nice if these musical games actually…um…taught music.
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It’s called a “game” for a reason.

But then again, I’m a video game dork in a lot of ways, so I’m biased.
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