Comments on: Guitar Hero: Saving the Music industry?

By: geoff

geoff — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:37:40 +0000

i wish they woudl make a guitar hero version for bitney spears and high school musicals 1 & 2!!!!

By: Britne

Britne — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:04:32 +0000

I think Guitar Hero has had an important impact on classic rock, at least at my house. My kids now let me listen to my radio station again!! I don’t necessarily think it will produce more musicians, but I think more people will appreciate more types of music.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:25:36 +0000

Well I’m confused. I don’t know what’s the problem here. What’s wrong. At first I thought it looked really smart, but I’m not sure any more

By: admin

admin — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:16:40 +0000

Yes Aerosmith are loving this game now. Walk This Way comes out in June. Right now it’s the flash banner ad on the Yahoo home page.

In my opinion Slash has been converted to “Guitar God” status. He’s an awesome guitarist, but being on the front of Guitar Hero can’s hurt. Gibson also releases the Slash guitar April 1st. It’s no coincidence that Guitar Hero helped that to happen.

I can’t wait to see where this game takes music!

By: Timmy

Timmy — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:32:22 +0000

Just because the kids don’t always really learn how to play guitar, doesn’t mean GH isn’t impacting the music industry. At the very least, it’s exposing kids to decent music (and .38 Special rocks!) instead of the pre-packaged, pop crap that’s on most of the top 40 stations. As a sign of the apocalypse, I give you High School Musical.

Think Aerosmith thinks GH is important? A lot more people who didn’t follow them are going to be exposed to their music as soon as the new GH gets released.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 17:32:59 +0000

Good point. At this time there is no hard data, but it’s safe to say that more guitar driven classic rock bands are now listened to by middle school kids. Even the kids who don’t play the game, are learning about them through their friends.

I don’t think Guitar Hero helps musicianship, but it has made better bands cool again to the kids. Not many kids knew who 38 special was 10 years ago and I see more kids wanting to learn solos than before.

Obviously the music industry is losing the mp3 battle. Bands that have their songs in Guitar Hero are noticing a surge in ticket sales and popularity. I have a waiting list for my private guitar lessons, and I think Guitar Hero may have something to do with it among other things.

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By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:29:53 +0000

I’ll try and deny guitar hero.

I think you make a mistake in thinking that there’s a connection between banging multi-colored buttons and the ability to produce something musical. Tab has already degenerated the guitar scene enough as it is, where guitar playing has become less music-oriented and more similar to painting by numbers. Tab has opened things up, but it has also resulted in guitarists who are less knowledgeable about their instruments and not nearly as capable of picking things up by ear — a very important skill on the road to musicianship. Guitar Hero does very little to bridge the gap between the video game medium and actual guitar playing, in my opinion.

I highly, highly doubt the vast majority of people who pick up Guitar Hero will go on to do anything but play the game. Though I’m sure some will go on to buy actual guitars, I imagine even fewer will become proficient at the instrument. In the end, even a single person introduced to the instrument is better than not being introduced to it at all, but I tend to believe any connections to Guitar Hero and musicianship are pretty overstated.