And does he realise that there are dozens of really talented bands out there that will never make it because they weren't in the right place at the right time.
There are some seriously talented people out there, that just never get the opportunity of getting signed.
Yeah, I think if anything, it's boosting interest in music. Heck, it helped my brother start producing better music. He used to make digital diarrhea if he tried to create a piece, but now his stuff is listenable, all because he attained a greater appreciation for quality music by playing Rock Band.
nickelback are a great band! the album load road is 1 of the best albums done by any hard rock band dunno y u guys hate them so much??? i mean there singles aint the best, but there albums fu**king rule
their newest CD isnt bad at all. Gotta Be Somebody was a really nice song.
I dont like that they are slamming it because I feel that it does the opposite. I feel it gets kids interested into the idea of being in a band. So I would have to disagree with him there.
"I find the opposite...I can't tell you how many of my friends now taking guitar/drum lessons courtesy of Rockband/Guitar Hero."
I agree. Every time I listen to rock music now I think of how it would actually play on RockBand/Guitar Hero. Now I've only played Rock Band but I think musicians would have a greater respect for RockBand/Guitar Hero if in place of buttons, color coded strings that actually trigger each note. Then once you've played Eye of the Tiger a hundred times for five stars you might memorize it on an actual guitar.
Bands like Project 86, Neon Horse, Foxy Shazam!, Showbread, and Blindside will never get the recognition they deserve...because they don't have the connections someone like Nickelback has.
It's tragic too...because Nickelback has such shallow lyrics that don't deserve to be played. If you want real lyrics, listen to Demon Hunter. That's true depth.
How can he take himself seriously? Other artists with ten times the talent he has will never make it big.
August Burns Red is probably the best band that exists. They excel in everything they do... musicianship, technicality, creativity, quality, energy, meaning, etc
Nickelback is driving kids away from creating rock bands anymore. Who listens to Nickelback and says, "I wish I could suck that bad on national radio."
Well, if we can avoid more bands like Nickelback, nothing of value was lost.
Nickelback suck
That's because all the good bands stay indie and don't play music for profit but rather play music for an hobby.
that song was awesome
Remember when he got stoned there?