Comments on: Guitar Hero: Help or Hindrance?

By: Geff Popejoy

Geff Popejoy — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:41:16 +0000

How many people know that Brett P. is in fact, a
stellar(Rawch) guitarist ? Very fluid, fluctuating
between dazzling solos and melding into the group’s
(Crunch) siesmic furnace. Preferring to hang his hat
on original pieces, the undertones of Steve Vai and
subtle influences of Jeff Beck are inescabable.
Hopefully it will morph into a new group, having lost
their drummer to a ’surf/swing’ quintet in Pagosa
Sprngs, Col. We wish him Happy HannaChrisKwansika-
Festivus with the rest of us.

By: Aj

Aj — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:22:34 +0000

Oh, that sad truth of today.I actually learned to play guitar long before Guitar Hero came out, and then all of the sudden everyone became completely fascinated with guitar hero. I never really liked the game though, it’s just not like the real thing at all… I’d rather play a real guitar.

(Found this page on Consumerist)

By: Carleton

Carleton — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:03:30 +0000

I’m 35 years old and yes, I picked up Guitar Hero before I picked up a real guitar. And yes, you are right on your second point. I was very much inspired to actually learn to play a real guitar. After nearly two painful and frustrating years I’m still playing the guitar…and sold my guitar hero game!

And yes, I did learn one or two songs from the game including “Jessica”. Hahaha!

By the way, I saw Black Tide at 9:30 Club in DC. They put on a great show. I look forward to hearing more of them in the future.

Carleton
Atlanta, GA

By: Merlock

Merlock — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:24:04 +0000

I know that Guitar Hero has helped me pick up a few instruments, namely the guitar and bass. Would I have done so without it? Maybe. But seeing how the events unfolded, the game may have some credit.

By: Ragora

Ragora — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:22:05 +0000

@Dave I don’t think the music creation is looking to be that great a tool really. Everything I’ve heard about it makes it out to be too complicated for anyone who doesn’t already have experience with that sort of thing to really do anything impressive. But, you never know

By: John

John — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 00:03:06 +0000

I saw a kid begging his dad to buy him one of these games at Target. He was using the arguement that it would lead to him playing a REAL guitar! The boy was pulling out all the stops and using a very interesting approach, one that perhaps came from reading up on the subject? Probably not but I could see the father was weakening.

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:26:38 +0000

It will be interesting to see how the music creation aspect in the new Guitar Hero affects the crossover from gamer to player, especially as it adds another creative outlet that could keep future talent from picking up a “real” instrument. Or will the game itself evolve into a “next generation” instrument itself? Will we someday be talking on this blog about Grammy award-winning records produced entirely on the Xbox? Who knows…

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:12:58 +0000

Brett,

Great read! Speaks to the decline of good music available to us. Hopefully a few of these gamers will grab a real instrument and create something they can play at a club instead of the basement!

Keep it up