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Well as long as it is a music - especially guitar music thread, I hate to reveal my ignorance here, but what makes the wii game "Guitar Hero" or "Rock Band" or whatever the correct names are, so popular?
Do you get to actually create the music or what?!
Well as long as it is a music - especially guitar music thread, I hate to reveal my ignorance here, but what makes the wii game "Guitar Hero" or "Rock Band" or whatever the correct names are, so popular?
Do you get to actually create the music or what?!
I'm thinking it is about 3 steps beyond air guitar, but does require some skill. Never tried it tho.
re: #17 Bumr50
So what makes those games so popular? Sounds sorta like playing air guitar while someone else is playing the music - but "Guitar Hero" and that other one have to be more than that, no?!
I have a guitar in my lap right now, but it is not my main axe.
I am teaching myself with the podcasts on iTunes.
My problem is that I have enormous hands, which is why I went to the bass in the first place.
Friend of mine likes Guitar Hero over Rock band. Essentially from what I have seen is that you have to hit certain keys on the "guitar" you're given as they show on the screeen. Can be pretty challenging for some of the faster songs.
re: #24 Ozark Mountain Daredevil ROTFLMAO! Well I actually "played" guitar myself for about 10 years, and I did ok throwing down the open case.
Course, folks was chucking change in it to get me to put the guitar away and close the case, but still...!
I saw some kid playing Guitar Hero in a store recently. Evidently he was doing real well, had quite a crowd around him cheering. A high-tech musical video game.
I don't really get it either. I can see it being fun for a while, but they're actually selling controllers shaped like Strats and Les Pauls.
The South Park guys do a tremendous job of spoofing the concept.
Hey! Don't be dissing Alaskans, they've taken enough crap already this election season.
You only know that bit of trivia from the answers for last month's quiz on the quiz page. OK, smartie, answer this: "What is the name of Bob's favorite pocket squirrel?"
Well as long as it is a music - especially guitar music thread, I hate to reveal my ignorance here, but what makes the wii game "Guitar Hero" or "Rock Band" or whatever the correct names are, so popular?
Do you get to actually create the music or what?!
ROTFLMAO! Well I actually "played" guitar myself for about 10 years, and I did ok throwing down the open case.
Course, folks was chucking change in it to get me to put the guitar away and close the case, but still...!
You should go play in the subterranean levels of O'Hare airport in Chicago. Every bad musician in the city plays there, expecting tips. Although they never take my tip: "Learn how to play thing, and you won't need to be a half-step above a bum begging for coins on the street."
You only know that bit of trivia from the answers for last month's quiz on the quiz page. OK, smartie, answer this: "What is the name of Bob's favorite pocket squirrel?"
I don't really get it either. I can see it being fun for a while, but they're actually selling controllers shaped like Strats and Les Pauls.
The South Park guys do a tremendous job of spoofing the concept.
My 12 yr old nephew wants "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" for Christmas. Since he learned to love Aerosmith and AC/DC listening to my music I think I'll get it for him.
My 12 yr old nephew wants "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" for Christmas. Since he learned to love Aerosmith and AC/DC listening to my music I think I'll get it for him.
Talk to his mom, first! I remember all too many lyrics from both bands. I would not entirely approve of hearing a 12-year-old singing them.
My 12 yr old nephew wants "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith" for Christmas. Since he learned to love Aerosmith and AC/DC listening to my music I think I'll get it for him.
It seems like entertaining sport.
/I just fear the game teaches bad habits that can't be reconciled with an actual guitar, perfectly cool if you never intend on playing an actual guitar, because it could be worse than starting from scratch
This was the song that got me to stop listening to top 40 and start listening to rock. In Phoenix in the 70's that meant going from listening to KUPD (KUPID 92) to KDKB.
Y'know, it just occured to me that president-elect 0bama could gain alot of traction amongst not just the hawks/Right here in the USA, but also the Russians, the star-struck Euros who may be having second thoughts and even the Arab street by going after these Somali pirates.
This seems to be one of those things that the right, (not too far) left, Iran, NATO, Russia, OPEC, China, the EU, and the Saudis could actually agree on.
/but then again, I am wary of any democrat sending American soldiers into the Horn of Africa immediately after a Bush administration. Must be the 11M in me.
I saw some kid playing Guitar Hero in a store recently. Evidently he was doing real well, had quite a crowd around him cheering. A high-tech musical video game.
If kids spent as much time practicing a real guitar instead of Guitar Hero, they would actually learn a skill they could take with them through life.
Why doesn't someone invent a guitar game with real guitars?
The harbour at Eyl, in the breakaway northern Somali province of Puntland, is a favourite hide-out. Pirates sometimes hold ships for weeks until they are paid large ransoms by governments or owners.
Seems to me that any multinational force should steam into Eyl harbor and demand release of hostages and the ships or total destruction of the harbour and the town around it.
Send a US Carrier Group just in case Somalia actually has any sort of air force, ya know?
If kids spent as much time practicing a real guitar instead of Guitar Hero, they would actually learn a skill they could take with them through life.
Why doesn't someone invent a guitar game with real guitars?
Even with that kind of knowledge, you can't have a triumphant band without Eddie Van Halen on guitar. Of course, you can't get Eddie Van Halen until you have a triumphant video. You can't have a triumphant video until you know how to play, which is why you NEED Eddie Van Halen!
Even with that kind of knowledge, you can't have a triumphant band without Eddie Van Halen on guitar. Of course, you can't get Eddie Van Halen until you have a triumphant video. You can't have a triumphant video until you know how to play, which is why you NEED Eddie Van Halen!
Hi realwest! I haven't been here for a while because I've been in Israel. How are you? What's new in the states? I must admit that I haven't been keeping up with things. I left the US the day after the election.
Y'know, it just occured to me that president-elect 0bama could gain alot of traction amongst not just the hawks/Right here in the USA, but also the Russians, the star-struck Euros who may be having second thoughts and even the Arab street by going after these Somali pirates.
This seems to be one of those things that the right, (not too far) left, Iran, NATO, Russia, OPEC, China, the EU, and the Saudis could actually agree on.
/but then again, I am wary of any democrat sending American soldiers into the Horn of Africa immediately after a Bush administration. Must be the 11M in me.
Hey, they took Saudi ships, with Iranian cargo, right? I think the Saudis and Iranians should take care of this problem. If the pirates become stupid enough to take Chinese ships or Russian ships again, let the Chinese and Russians take care of the problem.
I'm really, really tired of being the global police force. Especially for the Saudis and Iranians, seeing as these pirates are also Islamic extremists. It's time for the rest of the world to shoulder some of the expense associated with patrolling the high seas.
Well fuck. No heat at all. No maintenence men available. HVAC is outside unit - energy spent by unit is probably too busy to keep itself warm to generate enough hot air into our apartment.
Just effin great.
Now 25 degrees outside, too.
I'm really, really tired of being the global police force. Especially for the Saudis and Iranians, seeing as these pirates Saudis and Iranians are also Islamic extremists.
I think they tried making a move on a U.S. Navy fuel ship earlier this year. As far as I'm concerned, their safe havens should've been turned to rubble for that alone.
re: #100 rw in san diego
Hey rw! Right now I'm not doing so well - it's really starting to get COLD in our apartment!
Glad your back safe and sound - will chat more with you tomorrow or whenever they fix the effin heater!
Beam yourself over to Tel Aviv, realwest. The weather's lovely. I'm sitting on my hotel room patio overlooking the Mediterranean. It's not yet 9 in the morning.
re: #113 rw in san diego
She's handling it better than I am - just threw another blanket on her and she's sleeping like a baby.
Now I gotta go turn off the heat and race to bed!
The most difficult part will be gettin' up and outta bed in the morning.
Well y'all it's been grand but I gotta turn off heater and get to bed now!
Hope you all have a GREAT EVENING/EARLY MORNING and that I get the chance to see you down the road.
And we should arm any US cargo ships, and station graduates of this school on them, and give them standing orders to vaporize any pirates or other hostile parties that should be stupid enough to approach
Ya wanna stop piracy? Kill the MFers before they get aboard your ship. If a few boatloads of them get sent to meet Allah, I bet you'd see a real drop in enthusiasm for the career.
I like their motto...'Actions not words'. Not too popular with the current pc administrations in free countries around the world. 'Let's try talking them to death' would be a more appropriate motto.
And we should arm any US cargo ships, and station graduates of this school on them, and give them standing orders to vaporize any pirates or other hostile parties that should be stupid enough to approach.
/theyve never attacked a U.S. falgged cargo ship, because there are no U.S. flagged cargo ships
And we should arm any US cargo ships, and station graduates of this school on them, and give them standing orders to vaporize any pirates or other hostile parties that should be stupid enough to approach
Ya wanna stop piracy? Kill the MFers before they get aboard your ship. If a few boatloads of them get sent to meet Allah, I bet you'd see a real drop in enthusiasm for the career.
My husband was one of those, and yes he was well trained in weapon use. At the start of the second Gulf War, his ship was attacked by Iranians coming out from behind a fishing vessel. They didn't last long. The marines on board enjoyed the target practice.
I hope this piece is intended to be kind of like the musical analog to a still-life painting, i.e showing off a certain aspect of talent, because it sucks as music. In my book, musical goodness is not measured by hypnotic ability: hypnosis != aesthetic enjoyment! There is no narrative or development of any kind really, AND it's just kind of obnoxious. It would probably be a blast to sit around and listen to stoned, though.
But it's my f*cking book; I don't care who else reads it... :-(
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I saw a small paragraph in the Jerusalem Post the other day which stated that the Obama transition policy on Mid-East peace proposals was to agree with the plan proposed by Saudia Arabia in 2002 which would require that Israel return to borders pre 1967. Has anyone seen this?
The Governor of California has just said that the US is the greatest polluter in the world, which is manifestly untrue on any level. Meanwhile he is acting as if there is some reason to curb CO2 emissions in the midst of a depression. This is madness.
He is also acting as if he is the new Minister of the Environment.
Thanks. I've been in Israel and not always had internet access. I'll go back and check out the thread when I have a little more time. Can you give me a quick synopsis of LGF opinion or was it all over the place?
One thing we ought to be clear with every country on - Liberian flagged vessels can be protected by the Liberian Navy. And the Panamanian flagged vessels by the Panamanian Navy.
Otherwise, these countries collect registration fees while we carry the cost of keeping shipping lanes open.
One thing we ought to be clear with every country on - Liberian flagged vessels can be protected by the Liberian Navy. And the Panamanian flagged vessels by the Panamanian Navy.
Otherwise, these countries collect registration fees while we carry the cost of keeping shipping lanes open.
/well, you've just nailed about all the flagged commercial vessels that roam the planet, Panama and Liberia offer the best terms and they get the business, all of it
Thanks for the rocking tunes tonight, all. I needed that! My first concert was a Jeff Beck, the opening act, Aerosmith. How lucky to date a music guy? Spoiled me for life!
Wow, that first clip is really spooky in it's predicitons. Just getting the years right is beyond belief. I wonder if they were ever shown those after the fact.
Thanks for the rocking tunes tonight, all. I needed that! My first concert was a Jeff Beck, the opening act, Aerosmith. How lucky to date a music guy? Spoiled me for life!
Wow, that first clip is really spooky in it's predicitons. Just getting the years right is beyond belief. I wonder if they were ever shown those after the fact.
Shortly after the Berlin Wall was torn down, the Laugh-In footage was seen on a number of shows for a time. I'm glad it's preserved on YouTube.
It got the fate it's worthy of, imo. I'd piss all over it too.
Exactly! The owner of the "Station" Casinos here in Vegas has mentioned in numerous interviews that people repeatedly tell him that he's put the former Berlin Wall to what is probably its most appropriate use.
Just take a look at the difference in tone and reasonableness of this link Wikipedia on global warming, as compared to the ad-hominem argumentation of the popular link "When everybody's lying" yadda yadda, taking the NASA error and inflating it into a claim that all the scientists everywhere, with the exception of a bold group of unorthodox dissenters, are lying about the climate.
This sort of narrative rightly earns scorn when it's bold dissenters from evolution.
I'll have to read more about this. My neighbor kid was talking about them and I only vaguely understood him. I've been trying to learn through learning chords and reading music
I'll have to read more about this. My neighbor kid was talking about them and I only vaguely understood him. I've been trying to learn through learning chords and reading music
I prefer chords and then improvising on the picking, but if you are very serious about guitar, learn the tabulature.
I'll have to read more about this. My neighbor kid was talking about them and I only vaguely understood him. I've been trying to learn through learning chords and reading music
Learn the tabulature chords.
/work your way back to the overarching music theory
I think "when" is a very important thing, but "what the f*ck!" is also a very important thing to ask. Just keep asking "what the f*ck?" I mean, why the f*ck bother? See what i mean? The important thing is, deal with the "when". "When" will open a lot of shit for you. "What the f*ck" really makes it easier to deal with it when you understand the "when".
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