into photography. inspired by Cindy Sherman, i present the first in a new series featuring the mad one as my muse.
Friday, August 24, 2007
a venture...
into photography. inspired by Cindy Sherman, i present the first in a new series featuring the mad one as my muse.
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WSJ Blog Post 8.15.07
Can a Video Game Revive the Desire to Rock Hard?
Videogames that allow users to pretend to play the electric guitar might represent the instrument’s best hope to reverse a decline in popularity, Farhad Manjoo writes on Salon’s Machinist, a technology blog. Music teachers tell Mr. Manjoo that the popular videogame “Guitar Hero” has been sending business their way, even if the game seems to have little in common with learning to play an actual instrument. The game’s fake guitar might have no strings, but as players mimic strumming along to the game’s hard-rock classics, they learn rhythm and how to use their hands independently, says one teacher. More importantly, “Guitar Hero” makes guitar-based music seem exciting to a generation that hears less and less of it on the radio, teachers say. In another sign of the game’s influence, when new versions of “Guitar Hero” are released, the songs on it can see a spike in iTunes, notes Ted Lange, an associate producer at Red Octane, the company that makes “Guitar Hero.”
Videogames that allow users to pretend to play the electric guitar might represent the instrument’s best hope to reverse a decline in popularity, Farhad Manjoo writes on Salon’s Machinist, a technology blog. Music teachers tell Mr. Manjoo that the popular videogame “Guitar Hero” has been sending business their way, even if the game seems to have little in common with learning to play an actual instrument. The game’s fake guitar might have no strings, but as players mimic strumming along to the game’s hard-rock classics, they learn rhythm and how to use their hands independently, says one teacher. More importantly, “Guitar Hero” makes guitar-based music seem exciting to a generation that hears less and less of it on the radio, teachers say. In another sign of the game’s influence, when new versions of “Guitar Hero” are released, the songs on it can see a spike in iTunes, notes Ted Lange, an associate producer at Red Octane, the company that makes “Guitar Hero.”
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