So what are good Expert Pro Keys songs to start with besides Combat Baby? Many of the songs that looked interested jumped all the way to demon difficulty :P
I didn't get a chance yesterday, might try Medium Pro Keys over the weekend and see how it goes. Just have to finish Hall of Fame for the Expert Guitar career.
Also, there is one guy in the front of the audience for 90% of the shows that looks like an alien.
It's been a long time coming, but we're finally revisiting one of the first artists that we ever released DLC for, the one and only David Bowie! "Space Oddity" was one of my favorite tracks in RB3, and next week brings 5 more amazing songs, with Pro Guitar / Bass upgrades for "Ziggy Stardust" and "Modern Love".
Available on Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation®3 system (Jan. 25):
“Blue Jean”
“Fame”
“Modern Love” X
“Young Americans”
“Ziggy Stardust” X
(All tracks are original master recordings)
(These tracks will be available in Europe on PlayStation®3 system Jan. 26)
These tracks will be available for purchase as individual tracks and as “David Bowie Pack 02” on Xbox 360, PlayStation®3 system and Wii. Tracks marked with “X” will include Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions for $0.99 per song.
Price:
$1.99 USD, £.99 UK, €1.49 EU (160 Microsoft Points) per song
$2.00 USD (200 Wii Points™) per song
$0.99 USD (100 Wii Points/80 Microsoft Points), £0.59 UK, €0.79 EU per song for eligible Pro Guitar/Pro Bass upgrade
$8.49, £4.39 UK, €6.59 EU (680 Microsoft Points, 850 Wii Points) for David Bowie Pack 02
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **
*Available on-disc, via download and disc export. Internet connection and export key purchase required. Wii has more than 1,500 song tracks available for purchase on the Rock Band platform on-disc, via song import, and download. Not applicable to Nintendo DS™.
To discuss this DLC please visit the official discussion thread in the Rock Band forum.
For all DLC song credits and other juicy details you can check out The Music page.
And for awesome background information on this content you can head on over to the Rock Band 'Zine for brand new articles!
Rock Band Network releases will be listed below shortly. Check back soon!
I think it's time to buy some more Microsoft fun bucks - between the Cash pack and now this they are going to get a bit of my money...
Haven't been playing much since we got the Kinect - most of our company wants to try that out instead - maybe we'll have to have a Rock Band night this weekend.
And here's the RBN songs coming to PlayStation 3 on January 25:
My Morning Jacket – “I’m Amazed”
Converge – “Dark Horse”
After the Burial – “Berzerker”
All That Remains – “For We Are Many”
The Shins – “Phantom Limb”
Another big bunch of songs. Here is the list of the recent songs for RBN officially available in-game since the last time. Colour coded for price convenience. (Example links included where available. * means it's not an 'in-game' chart. *** means BNS.)
Due to lack of some in-game charts, especially for The Waking Hours, they are NSFW.
If you rate a song 1 star is it pretty much guaranteed to never show up when randomly picking songs and using party shuffle? I'm tired of people taking longer to look through songs than actually playing the game when we have a party, and was hoping I could get everybody to trust that terrible songs won't show up in party shuffle.
Bowie pack? So bought... I've even been listening to The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (TRAFOZSATSFM? TRFZSSM??) a lot lately, too.
Would have liked some stuff off some other albums more than some of the stuff in the pack, but eh I can't complain too much wooo Bowie
It's an album that I'd buy all of without any hesitation, but yeah if I were forced to cherry pick I'd probably look for Five Years, Star, and Rock 'N Roll Suicide.
That's kind of the 'problem' with artists that have been around for a while. Eventually something gets left out. Whether or not a song would be good doesn't mean it was any easier to get.
Anyway, I was surprised I could find the version of Five Years that Fish did, so I present them both for comparision.
OK, so I ordered the MIDI adapter with the Squier.
Does this mean I'll be able to plug a keyboard in? I have literally no idea how keyboards work in this game, but I know they have a weird octave-shift thing. How will that all work with a RL keyboard?
I should be able to 'borrow' a KB from the music room at work no worries!
That songs starts out at about the middle of the keyboard.
When it shifts up and down, that's just shifting left/right on the keyboard itself. It's so they could show the keys more clearly but still have enough physical keys to make it feel more like an actual keyboard.
The shifting also only happens on Hard and Expert, and not all songs shift.
Yeah. I wish I could find the review from the music site, but they said it was actually cheaper than other MIDI keyboards with the same featureset (and has more than one octave to boot) at about half the price.
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I didn't get a chance yesterday, might try Medium Pro Keys over the weekend and see how it goes. Just have to finish Hall of Fame for the Expert Guitar career.
Also, there is one guy in the front of the audience for 90% of the shows that looks like an alien.
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Haven't been playing much since we got the Kinect - most of our company wants to try that out instead - maybe we'll have to have a Rock Band night this weekend.
No Changes / Heroes???
HAMRONIX FAIL
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Due to lack of some in-game charts, especially for The Waking Hours, they are NSFW.
One dollar
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***** Originally released Jan. 8.
****** Originally released Aug. 22.
Metaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalpalooza!
Evile has provided us with a near-ten minute song.
Auto-tune in the house!
I get a kind of Gary Hoey vibe from the Mystakin track. Well, a less complicated vibe, anyway. The bass mix seems off, though.
Sorry about the audio for The Waking Hours... Oh and hey! Female bassist? How very Pixies!
The Turrigenous song is causing some backlash for the guitar charts. The charter is Turrigenous and they decided to be more 'real' about it. Sux!
And another Jonathan Coulton song is coming. Probably in next Tuesday's update.
Poni Hoax you fucking suck.
Why is that shitty shitty song even in this game?
Full score 10/10 for being totally lame though, congrats...
Seems to have vanished?!
But...I still want Fat Lip. And Iron Man.
Yeah, I've not bought it. Will probably fix that tomorrow.
Would have liked some stuff off some other albums more than some of the stuff in the pack, but eh I can't complain too much wooo Bowie
She Shook Me Cold would probably be one the more uncomfortable songs to sing with your family.
Anyway, I was surprised I could find the version of Five Years that Fish did, so I present them both for comparision.
Original*
*Well, sort of...
Cover
I just prefer the 'heavier' sound of the cover. The original is too weedy for my tastes.
The Rock Band keyboard's entire existence is a failure if Aladdin Sane (imagine the note chart lol), Changes and Life on Mars never get released.
OK, so I ordered the MIDI adapter with the Squier.
Does this mean I'll be able to plug a keyboard in? I have literally no idea how keyboards work in this game, but I know they have a weird octave-shift thing. How will that all work with a RL keyboard?
I should be able to 'borrow' a KB from the music room at work no worries!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdfh6w3dTLw
The colored bands correspond to ranges on the RB3 keyboard.
That songs starts out at about the middle of the keyboard.
When it shifts up and down, that's just shifting left/right on the keyboard itself. It's so they could show the keys more clearly but still have enough physical keys to make it feel more like an actual keyboard.
The shifting also only happens on Hard and Expert, and not all songs shift.
example of expert song that does not shift:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R0wiFxZwuk
I mean the Strat & MIDI thing aren't shipping until April, but wondered if I'll be able to have a go with the keys.
The RB keys are quite expensive, figured it would be better to buy a proper (cheap) set from Yamaha or something. Or steal one from school...
Do many/any of the songs on expert keys involve both hands, or does it always just show the octave and a half on-screen?
So even in pro expert, if the actual song has parts for both hands (I'm just assuming there's such a song), you only play right hand?
What they do, is not chart the left hand. Ever.