Complete Control

[pasithea]

Meh. I've already done a round of pissing people off this week. Why not go for broke and alienate all my friends.

elfs linked to this article, and honestly, it's one I couldn't agree with more. http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2009/01/complete_contro_1.php Guitar Hero is one of those things that really just totally baffles me. If I'm going to learn to 'play' music, I may as well grab a real guitar and learn to play that. (And in fact, I do practice guitar, flute, and keyboard) Sure, each of these are FAR more complex and difficult to learn than mashing keys in a video game, and certainly I can never look forward to being 'the absolute best' at any of them. In fact, I'm not even at a level where I'm keen to torture my friends with my playing. BUT learning stuff is fun and well... As the article said... For me, it's all about opening possibilities.


Sorry if I'm really down on this whole creator vs consumer thing lately. Perhaps I should spend less time blithering away on LJ and more time creating stuff myself.

Comments

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

I couldn't agree more.. GH is a game, and has little or nothing to do with music. It is proving to be a gateway drug as people are getting excited by the idea of playing music for real and going out and signing up for guitar lessons.

Most of the real musicians I know who have tried it suck at GH and Rock Band, cause again they have very little to do with music, though I expect the drum section of RB could amount to a certain amount of translatable practice.