This is less of a Rock Band tip and more of a general tip for musicians. When you’re recording your next hit record, one of the most important things you can do is make your drummer record to a metronome. I’ve known some drummers who absolutely hated metronomes and refused to (or simply couldn’t) play to one. There’s no excuse. Drummers need to use metronomes! (sorry…I’m passionate about it) Now let me explain how this relates to Rock Band.
As a starving musician, I need all the advice I can get. One of my favorite audio podcasts that offers some great advice is The Musicians Cooler hosted by Jammin’ Dave Jackson. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you can subscribe to it on iTunes.
Dave had mentioned the Rock Band Network on his web site back in July so I thought I’d go ahead and send him an update to let him know about RBYRB and that I was working on some megaphone songs for the game. Well he devoted a pretty good portion of his most recent episode (255) to talking not only about my band (score!) but also about Rock Band Your Rock Band. I just have to say a HUGE thank you to Dave…go check out his show and his eBook!
I hope you’re ready to spend some cash this week because this is one of the most awesome DLC releases I’ve seen. Hit the link to see the list:
According to a Harmonix developer in the Rock Band Network forums, they’ve just released a few fairly massive updates for the RBN tools. There’s a Magma update, Reaper addons and even a fully completed sample song so that you can see what a finished track should look like. Full transcript of the forum post below:
If you live on the west coast and are interested in learning about Rock Band Network programming, you’ll definitely want to check out GameSoundCon. If you were already interested in attending the main event, you’ll have to make a tough decision because you can only attend one or the other…but if you’re here, you’d probably be more interested in the RBN training anyways. Here are more details straight from a Harmonix dev in the Rock Band forums:
