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Rock Band 2 is one of the most popular games in the world right now. Rock Band 2 is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, as the sequel to Rock Band and the second title in the Rock Band series. The game software was released in North America for the Xbox 360 on September 14th along with indi Read more…
So Rock Band has finally been released for the great Nintendo Wii. But with the Wii lacking the graphical ability of the PS3 and Xbox360 is the game going to be able to compete?
In my opinion, the PS2 and Wii versions are more comparable than to try and compare the Nintendo Wii with a PS3 or Xbox360.
Graphics:
Obviously, the Wii isn’t known for it’s amazing Graphics, it is al about the fun-ness and playability Read more…
Are you into bands or independent artists? Are you fond of group or single artists? Are you into metallic-rock band or on other music genre? If you are more into the former options all in all than the latter, then there is an interesting site for you online – the band review.
The band review is a place where you can view featured rock bands with their description. You can read rock band reviews in this site and at the same t Read more…
Progressive rock appeared in the late 1960s when rock artists wanted to break down the barriers of radio formatted pop and rock and progress this music genre to a place where it could achieve a more sophisticated sound, similar to that of classical music or jazz. Progressive rock is very hard to define in one conclusive way and we have progressive rock bands to prove that. Some of the most important bands of the 70s that defined this rock form Read more…
So you have decided that you want to be a drummer but is at a loss as to which genre of playing style you want to master. Have you considered learning how to be a jazz drummer?
As you probably know, jazz is one of the most artistic and intriguing genre of music and especially so for the jazz drummer. Playing jazz music gives the drummer the opportunity to exhibit his amazing technical drumming skills and capabilities. However, most drummers choose not to take the time to learn how to play jazz drums properly which is partly due to its wide range of technicalities unlike most other forms of music.
Although jazz drumming seem to look very complicated, in reality, it is not that difficult to learn. The main difference is that most drummers are used to the 4/4 tempo of drumming where jazz is played with plenty of triplets and has a different feel from most other types of music. So the drummer may have to relearn some drumming techniques. Furthermore, most jazz pieces are relatively fast in tempo and thus most drummers also need to make improvements on their stick speed.
The first thing a new drummer needs to learn when playing jazz pieces is the basic jazz swing tempo or sometimes called the “swing groove”. A jazz drummer’s main role is to keep time for the rest of the band just like in any genre of music. The drummer should never overpower the rest of the band unlike when playing rock songs. To do this, simply use your hi hat and ride cymbal.
Ok. Let’s start with your hi-hat stepping on the 2 and 4 count to a piece of swing music. It is critical to keep this count over top of everything else that you play. Next, add ride the cymbal with a triplet tempo and feel. Practice these moves to perfection before going further with your drum lessons.
Now that you have mastered how to keep the swing tempo with the hi-hat and ride cymbal, let’s move on to the bass drum or sometimes called the kick-drum. Jazz drumming techniques are sometimes very subtle and because of this, the bass drum should not be too dominant. So do make sure that you do not play the bass drum too loudly. This again is unlike most other form of drumming. A good technique for this is keep your heel down when playing the bass drum. In this way, you are more in position control the strength of the kick more easily. A technique jazz drummers often use is the feathering the bass drum. This is done by lightly tapping the bass drum on the quarter or eighth notes.
You will probably know that is highly common for the bass drum to follow the bass guitar player. So you may need to know what kind of rhythm progression the bass player is playing and try to follow him. The bass drum should be played with more of a feel rather than powerful thumping like those in rock music.
The snare drum can be used to help as an accent for the band or can be used to play straight quarter notes.
Another common rhythm in jazz music is the shuffle and every jazz drummer must also master this form of drumming. Furthermore, since jazz music usually have musicians doing solo runs, the jazz drummer must also learn how to play drum solos. By developing these common jazz drumming styles, you will be playing jazz drums like a pro pretty soon!
Rock Band game series will no doubt eclipse all others in popularity. This is a music game so no shooting or guts and zombies here. It gives us all a chance to rock out like a star. The coolest game option by far is playing together with pals. You can each pick either singing or playing on drums, guitar, or even bass and play together like a real band. It pulls the old guitar hero out of history and totally ramps it up. People of all ages will Read more…
One of the dreams of every aspiring guitarist, drummer or bass player is to start a band. It is something they hold onto even into adulthood as they pray they will ‘make it’ and become well-known rock musicians, full of fame and wealth. However, how does one go about starting a band that will make it big?
Well, first of all there is formula for success, and much of it is hit and miss. Look at it like this, in 1992, Nirvana’s Sme Read more…
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I could spend all day playing an adrenaline-fueled shooter over Xbox Live, and I love nothing more than running raid after raid in “World of Warcraft,” but when it comes to playing a game with a bunch of people, live and in person, nothing compares to “Rock Band.” Harmonix and MTV Games offered this little piece of melodic wonderment to the world last holiday season and, despite some unfortunate hardware malfunctions, met with thunderous appla Read more…
In this article I will discuss one of the best from their new album “The People” by one of the hottest new upcoming rock bands, Rey Fresco. The song is called Precious Time.
This song says a lot to me.. Buddhism fused with rock, and for one of the most popular new upcoming rock bands, these guys are truly special They deliver the message that all we have is now When I hear this music, I think Read more…