Originally I had played it once and thought it was frustrating, that as a guitarist, I could play these songs in real life but was subject to pressing some random buttons in time with the music, and not doing particularly well (first shot though).
That was until Saturday night when I played that World Tour thing with drums and everything else. THAT was fun. Maybe it was the alcohol, but it was definitely fun, and I thought the drumming part in particular was quite good, and when I saw how hard it is to play the guitar parts on expert mode I was quite blown away – yet equally frustrated at why the bassist in my band was better at guitar hero than at real bass guitar (obviously he’d spent more time practicing guitar hero).
At the end of the day it’s just a game and it’s all fun, and if anything it should be a good boost to the sale of instruments if some kids decide that the real thing might be more rewarding. And it takes some serious skill to be good at both.
I figure that some musicians are getting their nose bent out of shape over Guitar Hero in the same way that some recording engineers poo-poo Garageband. Both things are packaging up hard earned knowledge and experience, making the rewards available to those who haven’t gone through the same lake of fire that they themselves did. But I think that at the end of the day, we all recognise the skill and knowledge that go into being a guitarist or engineer. I don’t think anyone who plays Guitar Hero in lieu of an actual guitar is delusional about their own musicianship.
May 18, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Originally I had played it once and thought it was frustrating, that as a guitarist, I could play these songs in real life but was subject to pressing some random buttons in time with the music, and not doing particularly well (first shot though).
That was until Saturday night when I played that World Tour thing with drums and everything else. THAT was fun. Maybe it was the alcohol, but it was definitely fun, and I thought the drumming part in particular was quite good, and when I saw how hard it is to play the guitar parts on expert mode I was quite blown away – yet equally frustrated at why the bassist in my band was better at guitar hero than at real bass guitar (obviously he’d spent more time practicing guitar hero).
At the end of the day it’s just a game and it’s all fun, and if anything it should be a good boost to the sale of instruments if some kids decide that the real thing might be more rewarding. And it takes some serious skill to be good at both.
May 19, 2009 at 11:13 pm
I figure that some musicians are getting their nose bent out of shape over Guitar Hero in the same way that some recording engineers poo-poo Garageband. Both things are packaging up hard earned knowledge and experience, making the rewards available to those who haven’t gone through the same lake of fire that they themselves did. But I think that at the end of the day, we all recognise the skill and knowledge that go into being a guitarist or engineer. I don’t think anyone who plays Guitar Hero in lieu of an actual guitar is delusional about their own musicianship.