tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88088796500493486422024-03-13T22:30:58.648-04:00The Rock HeroFunability.The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-77773095821023866412012-07-08T21:54:00.001-04:002012-07-08T21:54:35.777-04:00You won't find my next review here.Yes, that's right. I've decided to stop doing my weekly reviews here. Fear not though, because I'm not stoping them! Instead, I'm moving over to a much larger Rock Band fan site, RockBandAide.com. Thanks for all the support over here and I hope you'll continue to read me over at RockBandAide!The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-69873811946132720272012-07-06T09:58:00.002-04:002012-07-06T09:58:49.319-04:00DLC 7/10: Daughtry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'll admit, the last couple of weeks have been kind of a wash for me. Hopefully this week will be more my speed, and don't forget, we could be receiving either <a href="http://rockheropodcast.blogspot.ca/2012/06/queens-of-stone-age-b-52-and-daughtry.html">The B-52's or Daughtry</a> this week!<br />
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Will I like this DLC? Find out Tuesday!The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-18981740138897402432012-06-29T09:58:00.000-04:002012-07-04T18:50:23.402-04:00DLC 7/3: All-American Rejects, Mudvayne and Rise Against<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'll admit, I wasn't too fond of Carrie Underwood, but will this week's DLC be something a bit more to my speed?</div>
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Here we have a country song about heartache. I love your originality Carrie! Although, country songs in Rock Band do have a tendency to be fairly enjoyable on guitar, this is not one of those cases. The entire song can be down-strummed, and the notes are fairly far apart. In fact, I'm willing to wager that my cousin, who hasn't played any music game since shortly after Guitar Hero 3 was the hottest thing on the Wii and was never able to get past medium, could beat this song on Expert. The bass on the other hand is quite fun. It's filled with HOPOs that will surely keep you on your toes, as well as take you all over your fretboard. Not much else to say really. The keys are a bit of a challenge, they've got a few fills here and there, nothing that a seasoned keys player would find all that difficult though. As someone who will only ever play drums for the sake of these reviews, when I can get 98% on a sightread of a drum song, you know it's easy. There is exactly one beat; snare, cymbal, snare, cymbal/bass, snare, cymbal, ect. Granted, the cymbal will change at different moments in the song and there may be the odd fill here and there but the actual drum part is incredibly easy, and maybe even a little boring.<br />
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<br />Here is a country song with "cowboy" in the title. Where on Earth do you get your ideas Carrie?!? Although Carrie Underwood songs (so far) have a tendency to have crap guitar parts, this one is actually rather enjoyable. It's not all that hard but it has got some tricky bits going for it. If someone can explain to me how on Earth Before He Cheats got a tier 3 difficulty rating but this only got a 2, it would be greatly appreciated. The part does use HOPO chords a bit excessively but fortunately they are easy to hit, save for possibly one part in the chorus where it moves quickly between 3 HOPO chords. The other part of the song that was difficult is during the bridge, where there are some moderately quick notes coming that require some minor alt-strumming. It seems that this week, the good guitar songs have crap bass and the crap guitar songs have good bass. The bass on this is one of the more boring things I've played so far this week, and that includes JAM Live Music Arcade. The main problem with the bass is that it just doesn't go anywhere, you just do the same monotonous patterns over and over again until the song ends. The keys are easily the hardest part of the week. They're all over the place, fast as well as being incredibly complex. I would keep away from them unless you are an excellent keys player. The drums here are rather difficult due to the awkwardness of the bass pedal throughout. I personally found it overwhelming, but as I mentioned, the only reason I play drums is for these reviews. I'm sure that a more dedicated drummer would have no problem with this and find it fun.<br />
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I wanted to make a quip about how generically country the lyrics of this song are, but, save for the chorus, I wouldn't really consider this country, more pop-rock. The actual guitar part was really fun, featuring a few little challenges here and there. Nothing major, but just enough to keep the part interesting. As a dedicated guitarist though, none of the songs are amazing enough to want me to come back and play them again. As far as bass goes, it's not all that great. The chorus is somewhat interesting but the rest of the song is littered with long breaks or one note sections. In fact, one could say that the bass part is as bland as an American Idol alumni. The drums here are incredibly fun, easily the best drumming song of the week. The difficulty here doesn't come from the awkward bass pedal, but rather the interesting toms. On PRO Drums that gets made even harder by the constant moving between cymbals and toms for what becomes a very fun song to play.<br />
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Pick of the week: Cowboy Casanova<br />
What should you buy: Cowboy Casanova<br />
Instrument of the week: Guitar</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-28418865770609531052012-06-20T13:45:00.000-04:002012-06-22T20:58:59.983-04:00DLC 6/19: Angels & Airwaves, Owl City and Queens of the Stone Age<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The guitar on this song made my hand cramp up due to all the moving that is required to hit the main section of the song. It constantly moves from green to orange to green and it doesn't stay on any note for long. The only time that isn't true is during the bridge where it's a steady stream of chords played at a reasonable pace. I did enjoy the guitar part though. I found the bass on this song to be a bit lacking compared to the guitar part. The guitar part was a challenging, yet fun, stream of notes that take you all over your fretboard where as the bass is just a long string of repeated notes. That's not to say that there is only one note played throughout the song, but it's not a challenge to get to the next note. The keys are definitely weaker than the guitar and bass. The part is composed of a simple 6 note riff and a bunch of sustains. I found myself to be incredibly bored with this part after a while.<br />
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I honestly didn't even know that there was any guitar in this song. I know that it was in Guitar Hero (where it was immensely fun) but there you're tapping the keyboard part for the majority of the song. Here, because there actually IS keyboard in the game, you are not tapping the keyboard part for the guitar chart and boy does it suffer! There is a lot of waiting inbetween choruses so that leaves you with nothing to do. This is easily the worst guitar part since Bruno Mars' "Grenade", and at least with that one once you're finished playing your one section, you can make some food or use the bathroom. While their bass doesn't have as much empty space as the guitar, the bass still manages to be worse. It's just simple bass patterns that comprise 15 note maximum or long held notes during the chorus. I was really disappointed, considering that most of the Pop/Dance/Electronic songs on Rock Band seem to have really good bass. Holy crap, this keys part is hard, but at the same time REALLY fun! Remember why I liked the guitar part in Guitar Hero? Because of the fact that it comprised of you tapping the keys part and when you get to play the whole keys part here instead of cutting to the guitar part it's immensely fun. Given the fact that this is an electronic song, you'd expect the keys part to be good. The whole song will take you all over your keyboard, especially the chorus where you play three notes very quickly. All in all, very fun!<br />
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The guitar part can be described in one word: chordfest. Despite this, I did sort of enjoy it. It could be because the part is actually fun or it could be that Fireflies was so awful everything is fun in comparison. Even with this, it's not the sort of part that I'd be rushing to play again and when I'm in the mood to play some QotSA, I'd probably go with 3's & 7's or No One Knows. The part does however have the one guitar solo of the week so I guess there is something to be said for that! The bass here mirrors the guitar for most of the song, just without all the chords. Given the fact that the guitar wasn't terrible, the bass also wasn't terrible. As a matter of fact, the bass was slightly better than the guitar because of some of the fills that were added into the bassline. Still not phenomenal, but pretty good. Do you like keys parts where you play the same chord more than 300 consecutive times before getting some really easy sustained notes before getting to play the same chord another 300 times? If so than this is the part for you! If, however, you happen to be normal, then I'd stay away from this keys part unless you're looking to get a goal for a Keys/PRO Keys note streak.<br />
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Pick of the week: The Adventure<br />
What should you buy: The Adventure. Fireflies if you're a keys player.<br />
Best instrument: Well, the least amount of stuff sucks on Guitar, so that. </div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-75880866131850911732012-06-19T13:19:00.001-04:002012-06-19T13:20:49.022-04:00Late review this week<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
This week, I'm going to be busy until roughly 5pm and because I have to be somewhere at 5:30 today, I won't be uploading the review for Angels & Airwaves, Owl City and Queens of the Stone Age until tomorrow. Sorry for the inconvenience but I'm hoping that it'll be up earlier in the afternoon on Wednesday.</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-62527412893365244592012-06-14T13:18:00.001-04:002012-06-14T16:24:15.678-04:00RBN Reviews<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello there! This is a new feature I thought I'd try out. There have been a few people to ask me on Twitter (and in person) if I was ever going to review Rock Band Network DLC. My original plan was to just not do it but just recently I thought that rather than do all the songs, just pick one or two new songs to review each week. The songs will be chosen either at random, or of it's a song I know/like then that'll be what I choose. Hope you enjoy! Because Tuesday is the only day I'm guaranteed to be with my Xbox that's when the review will be put up. Hope you enjoy this feature!</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-81762114321801225222012-06-12T16:21:00.000-04:002012-06-12T16:21:23.179-04:00DLC 6/12: "Drive" by Incubus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I legitimately like this song. I think it's really good. Granted, it's not as good as A Certain Shade of Green, but that's easily Incubus' best song. I found the guitar on this song to be rather disappointing. It's littered with G-O chords, which cause the chart to feel extremely awkward, and as a whole very little of note happens in the chart. There is a solo in the song, but really, the acoustic part that you play for the rest of the song is much more interesting. The solo, I feel would have been better given as a small little keys part. It does after all have that sound to it. Don't let it's mellow sound and tier 2 difficulty fool you, the bass is rather tricky. When it starts out it actually is pretty easy but then the chorus hits. It doesn't get hard, it just gets tricky. While most of the chorus is pretty easy there are a couple sections of a few strums mixed in with a set of HOPOs which can throw you off course. The drums here were pretty easy. It featured the same simple pattern repeated for almost the whole song. The only real change comes during the chorus, where you're still doing the same thing but it's on the ride instead of the hi-hat. It wasn't terrible though as the bass pedal didn't always match up exactly to the cymbal hit so there was that little bit of challenge. Outside of that though, it was really quite easy and sometimes a little dull.<br />
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What should you buy: Unless you really like this song, I'd skip it. </div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-2729901797767127692012-06-08T10:05:00.000-04:002012-06-09T15:31:02.249-04:00Queens of the Stone Age, The B-52's and Daughtry coming to Rock Band soon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week's *ahem* underwhelming DLC announcement came with a silver lining. We found out that Queens of the Stone Age, The B-52's and Daughtry are going to be coming to Rock Band. No word on what songs though.</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-44918787046091380362012-06-05T18:30:00.000-04:002012-06-10T13:36:16.700-04:00DLC 6/5: Cracker, Florence + The Machine and Midnight Oil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Overall, the guitar part isn't that bad, in fact, I'd even play it more often if the vocals didn't annoy me so much. The part starts of with a moderately difficult intro where it progresses into the riff that comprises pretty much the whole song. That riff isn't all that interesting in itself. The solo at the end of the song is probably the most interesting section of the guitar part. It's not all that great of a solo but I did find it to be enjoyable. The bass wasn't as good as the guitar by any stretch of the imagination. The verses were the only bits of the song that aren't complete alt-strum-fests and unfortunately, I kind of wish they were. That really is all that happens in the bass part and it's kind of disappointing. The drums were fairly standard, with your standard rock beat throughout with little to no variation. With that being said, I didn't completely dislike it and I actually found it enjoyable to play through.<br />
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Songs that feature an intro where it's a series of chords but every other chord has a note added to it are horrible. Songs that feature that as a central part of the song are even worse. The chorus salvaged the song into something remotely playable by playing similarly to Teen Angst's bass, but it wasn't fun there and it isn't fun here. Whenever there are RB/GH parties there always seems to be an argument over who has to play bass. That's part of why I primarily play bass when playing with other people. Normally, I find the bass to be just as, if not more, fun than the guitar part. If this song were to come up in a random setlist however, I'd be the first one to argue against playing bass. Let me remind you that I did not like the guitar on this song. The song has EXACTLY 50 notes. That means that, unless you use overdrive, you will never be able hit notes with a multiplier of more than x5. When you DO actually get to play, it's one of the most boring things you possibly can play. Just a series of long notes, and I think that the orange fret it touched ONCE. This may very well be the worst bass part released in 2012. I'd just like to mention that I'm not the greatest keys player in the world. With that said, this part was so easy (and boring) that even I got an FC. The only part of the song that's remotely interesting is the end and to get to that you've got to dredge through the rest of the song where you just play long notes in an uninteresting pattern. The drums on the other hand, are really fun. The pattern is interesting to play and it changes up a fair bit. You could actually go on to say that it salvages the song from the otherwise terrible guitar, bass and keys parts!<br />
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I'm not sure if I like the guitar part or not. The parts that are fun are very fun. The parts that are boring are very boring. The fun parts are the most frequent parts of the song so I suppose that's a very strong plus. The most boring bit of the guitar part has got to be the drum solo, but then again, it is a drum solo. Instruments tend not to be playing during a drum solo. All in all, a surprisingly fun guitar part! When I play Rock Band with other people, it's songs like this that make me very, very glad that barely anyone wants to play bass. It's got one of the best bass parts I've played in a while because it features something I love in Rock Band; songs frequently changing without being an über-hard prog song. It even plays during the drum solo! The keys (well, horns really) on this song don't start until the songs outro after the third and final chorus. While it is a fun section to play, the fact that you have to wait through the whole song just to get to it just doesn't seem worth it. Unless you just skip through my reviews to get to the instrument you care about, you'd know that there is a drum solo in this song, but that's not the only place this drum part really shines! The main beat is a very interesting pattern, very different from your usual cymbal-cymbal/bass-cymbal-cymbal/snare-ect. pattern that most of the songs seem to feature.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The first time I'd ever heard this song, or any Bullet for My Valentine, was in Guitar Hero World Tour. I thought it was absolutely horrible and I never played it again. This is essentially the first time I've played this song since 2008. I learned that my feelings toward this song have not changes at all in 4 years. With that said, the guitar part wasn't completely horrible, it definitely had it's moments. Sadly, those moments were few and far between. For the most part this song just screams difficulty whore. The worst part is, whenever you go online now, all your setlists are going to be this and Beast and the Harlot. Like <i>Tears Don't Fall</i>, the bass is a massive improvement on guitar. For many of the same reasons as well. It's difficulty is toned down from the guitar significantly and as someone who can't FC Raining Blood while sleeping drunk, it's nice to have something that isn't über difficult. The drums on the other hand, ARE über difficult. How they got away with being just tier 5 is beyond me. Everything about this is difficult, from the quick blasts on the pads to the awkward timing of the bass pedal nothing here is to be attempted by the faint of heart. Sadly though, I did not enjoy the drums.</span><br />
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Woah! Did someone say free pack? That's right! We're giving away the Cinderella pack for PS3! Nothing special this time, just first person to enter the code gets it! Also, we ask that if you do get it, please comment or tweet us that you did so that we can close the post. Thanks!</div>
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One of the only long songs I like playing in Rock Band is 2112. This is because my primary instrument is guitar and most long songs have a long, boring middle section where barely anything happens. On Child in Time it's anything that isn't a solo. Do You Feel Like We Do (Live) has the talk box section. The Who Super Bowl S-mashup has See Me, Feel Me. Rime of the Ancient Mariner has Bruce Dickinson reciting poetry. Don't get me wrong, all of those songs are really good to listen to but as I'm sure you know, just because a song is good to listen to doesn't mean it's a good song to play. Just look at Terrible Lie, it's one of my favourite Nine Inch Nails songs but I have it rated at only 2/5 on Rock Band because it's just 5 minutes of playing the same two notes for the most part. Once you get past the boring bit in the middle of this song it's actually pretty good to play. It's got a fun riff and a great solo. Ladies and gentlemen, I have got two words to summarize why this bass part is awesome: BASS SOLO! It's a pretty fun solo too. This song is actually one of my favourite bass songs on Rock Band. It features everything that I love in a Rock Band song, lots of changes to the pattern to keep it interesting, a challenging section and most of all, a solo! This song isn't bad to sing, but I think you all know what my main critique of it is! There just is WAY too much downtime for it not to get boring. I'd say that for about 9/13 minutes you're doing nothing or playing the cowbell. Also, who on Earth decided that this song was Family Friendly?!</div>
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If you were to take any one of these sections on guitar alone, there would be nothing worthy of Devil tier. As a whole however, it is completely worthy of one because I can almost guarantee that there is no way you will make it past that bridge without your hand cramping up. The bridge is virtually all HOPOs played at the same pace as a song like Landslide but for a much longer time. Because of how much stretching your fingers will have to do for this rather long time you're going to start to have difficulty playing them because your fingers are just cramping up constantly and will stay that way right up until the solo! It seems as though the guitar and bass are taking different strategies during the bridge. The guitar is going to make your hands cramp up so much it'll hurt to play where as the bass seems to be going with the bore you so much that you just want to stop playing strategy. In all seriousness though, the bass was pretty meh throughout the whole song. The whole time it just felt like a dumbed down version of the guitar track. Shame I really, really wanted to like this one. The keys on this song suffer the same problem as Infinite Dreams in that there just isn't much going on and when something does happen it's after a 3 minute break. The only interesting part of the track comes at about 9 minutes in where you get to play (somewhat) quick notes across the keys. Outside of that, it's a great big pass. Yet another vocals song with a rather large gap in between phrases. I think this one lasts for about 5 minutes. The actual vocal parts though are fun to sing, it's just a shame that you have to sit through 5 minutes of nothing after the fact.<br />
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Pick of the week: Rime of the Ancient Mariner<br />
What should you buy: ALL OF IT!</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-88911765288074419422012-05-17T19:00:00.000-04:002012-05-29T16:09:49.932-04:00DLC 5/15: Paramore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ignorance<br />
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I've got 4 words for this guitar part. Better than I expected. It's actually rather hard for a Paramore song. Don't let the fact that it's listed as 3rd tier fool you, it's actually quite the challenge! The solo is actually one of the songs easier bits simply featuring quick strummed chords. The verses are the bits you need to worry about! With every note being strummed (as is musically correct) and the fact that it takes you all across the frets you're sure to be challenged here! The bass track definitely lacks the difficulty of the guitar track during the verses. That being said, it's still a good playing experience and something I'd recommend for bassists. Keys were OK, nothing special though. Pretty weak compared to the guitar and bass parts. I'm not a good drummer by any stretch of the imagination. My friend is, but I digress. With that said, I found this drum part to be really challenging, but not in a Slayer sort of way. Instead this was challenging in a really fun sort of way.<br />
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I've got 5 words for this guitar part. Pales in comparison to Ignorance. After playing Ignorance I must say that I'm actually rather underwhelmed by this part. It just doesn't have the same "funability" as Ignorance. I mean, it's not like it's a bad part but it's rather repetitive and just doesn't do too much for me. The bass part is better than Ignorance's bass part. There are a few empty parts during the guitar part that get to be played during the bass track! The only bit of this keys track that is remotely interesting is the last chorus ad it's really not worth hanging around for the rest of the song. Everything I said about Ignorance's drum part applies here too. Great drum part that's challenging but not so hard that I never want to play it again!<br />
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I've got one word for this guitar part. Crap. I heard some people saying that this was one of the most boring guitar parts they'd played on Rock Band and as much as I tried to go into this song with an open mind because I don't always agree with the RB forums, this time I did agree with them. It doesn't start out too bad but it just bores you down with the exact same thing again and again and again and again to the point of ennui. If you have any intention of ever playing guitar then I'd step away from this one. I think Imagine has a more interesting guitar part. Damn is this song boring, but the guitar is a veritable Megadeth track compared to the bass part. Absolutely NOTHING happens in this song. I've got nothing against ballads in Rock Band. Every Rose Has It's Thorn is one of my favourite Rock Band songs, but I do have something against songs where I can fall asleep during it and not miss a single note. How this got a Pro upgrade is beyond me. Rather than bore you with more explanation about how the instrumentation on this song is boring I'll just tell you, keys and drums SUCK!<br />
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Instrument of the week: Drums<br />
Pick of the week: Ignorance<br />
What should you buy: Ignorance and Brick By Boring Brick</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-77712445395451861932012-05-15T22:37:00.001-04:002012-05-16T21:48:09.470-04:00Just a quick explanation.<div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">
Some of you may have noticed that I didn't update the blog today with a review. For those of you that follow me on Twitter you'd have seen that I wasn't feeling too well today and that I just didn't feel up to writing it today. For those of you who aren't (seriously, why aren't you?!?), that's basically what happened. I'll probably do the review on the weekend because I won't have a chance to do so before then and this is a pack that I'd really like to review because I'd like to see how it holds up against the other Paramore DLC which is really fun!
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Cheers!</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-78927873686182343112012-05-08T19:00:00.000-04:002012-05-29T16:09:25.691-04:00DLC 5/8: Rage Against the Machine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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Finally! I can play Bombtrack and not have to play the abomination that is PowerGig!<br />
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Killing in the Name, on Guitar Hero Smash Hits, was the first (and only) song that my mother seemed to not like me singing. The fact that I filled in the swearing wasn't the problem. The fact that it was really loud wasn't the problem either. Come to think of it, there wasn't much of a problem. There was however, an explanation about cross burning, the KKK and various other things that had been mentioned or alluded to in the song. She claims she doesn't remember this when I bring it up. Anyway, the guitar part is very hard. Not Visions hard but hard none the less. It's solo starts out with a slew of strum lanes that can easily break your combo and then it goes in to a bunch of HOPOs that are equally challenging! The actual riff isn't too bad though. There are some very fast alt-strum chords in a few parts as well. The bass part was to the guitar part what PowerGig is to a legitimate music game. A disappointing impersonation. The whole time it just felt like I was playing a dumbed down version of the guitar. It's disappointing, really. This drum part is ridiculously hard. It's bass pedal comes in at the most awkward of times with the most awkward patterns. It's pretty damn hard. The vocals on this one are all talkies so not much can be said about them. I did appreciate the way the censorship was handled in this one though. Rather than omit just "f*ck" from the end of the song they omitted the whole "f*ck you" so that it became "I won't do what you tell me!" as opposed to "you I won't do what you tell me!" Although it's kind of odd to hear him just shout "MOTHER!" at the end.<br />
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The first solo is the easiest part of the guitar track. The second solo is, however, probably the hardest. That or the intro. I honestly thought that the intro was just bass and that the reason it was charted on the guitar part in PowerGig was because, let's face it, it's not a very good game (and there isn't any bass in the game). But I digress. The whole song was actually rather fun to play. The intro had a few trill lanes in it but they weren't too bad. Definitely not a hard song, in fact, if it wasn't for Bulls on Parade I'd say this was the easiest Rage song in the game. If you're the sort of person that prefers their songs to be über difficult then I wouldn't get this one. If, however, you don't necessarily need a song that will destroy every bone in your hands then I recommend picking this one up. It has a fair amount of challenge while still remaining approachable for most players. Bass on this song was just amazingly great! The intro is almost the same as guitar except for the fact that is does away with those stupid trill lanes. During the first solo on guitar, the bass does a nifty little HOPO section. The verses/chorus of the song are also very similar to the guitar part, just with less chords. The drums on this song are difficult too. It has an awkward bass pedal pattern combined with an awkward drum pattern. It makes the whole thing hard. Once again, the vocals are just talkies so not much can be said for them.<br />
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This is my least favourite guitar part of the week. Not because it's not good, but because it's just not AS good as Killing and Bombtrack. The riff feels a bit... awkward. You constantly need to shift your hand up and down the buttons to hit all the notes. The solo is fairly easy and has that Tom Morello signature sound on it but there's just not much of a challenge with it. This bass part is hard. Simple as that. Luckily though, it's hard in an enjoyable way. Unlike the other two, the bass doesn't mirror the guitar for the entire thing. In fact, the bass and the guitar rarely play significant parts together! Like the other two, this song has hard drums. Unlike the other two though, the difficulty doesn't come from it having an awkward bass drum part. Instead it comes from a difficult snare/cymbal pattern that's constantly playing during the verses. Like all the others, the vocals are just talkies so there's not much to review for them.<br />
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What should you buy: Get it all.</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-42549752794552036862012-05-01T19:00:00.000-04:002012-05-29T16:09:17.728-04:00DLC 5/1: Eddie Money, Train and Yellowcard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<b>First off, I want to say, I won't be reviewing drums this week. My drum kit doesn't want to stay connected to my Xbox. I've tried putting new batteries in but that didn't help. It's not staying connected long enough to get through one song. If anyone knows how to fix this please leave a comment or tweet me (@RockHeroCast).</b></div>
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Well, the guitar is not easy. The two solos in this song are fun, I'll admit and while they are hard in that "oh, this is a good challenge and I enjoy playing this" sort of way, the verses are hard in that "wow, this is really annoying" way. It has an awkward alt-strumming pattern that actually dampens the enjoyability of the solos. It's a shame, really. The bass part consists solely of one riff. Fortunately, that riff is fun to play<b> </b>although the constant repetition can get boring after a while. Keys are pretty hard. There are loads of sweeps in the chart and awkward extended sustains throughout the song. Pro keys features some awkward four-key chords too. Unless you're a seasoned keys player I wouldn't attempt this one just yet!</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Are you a few thousand HOPOs short of getting HOPO-cidal Manicac? Are you sick and tired of playing Landslide to boost your amount? Then this is the song for you!</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"> Except for the chorus and the bridge, the WHOLE DAMN SONG is just HOPOs. Now, fortunately, they're not hard to hit. In fact, it's very similar to Landslide in that respect. The chorus does give you a relief from the HOPOs though. It's probably the best guitar part of the week though, not too hard (Two Tickets) or too easy (Drops of Jupiter). It's a nice in between. Holy bass chords Batman! Well, they're mostly towards the end of the song, but still, they're very predominant then! As well as having the best guitar of the week, it has the best bass of the week too. While there aren't as many (or really any) HOPOs as the guitar part the chorus is roughly the same. Keys can pretty much be summed up in two words: Keys solo! Unfortunately, outside of that, there isn't much going on with this song. Oh well.</span><br />
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So it looks like someone at Harmonix accidentally put up a "Snoop Dogg Test Pack" in the marketplace. Could this be an indication that a Snoop Dogg pack is coming soon? It also seems that, through some URL hacking, people found the song Gangsta Luv so that seems to add further credibility to this rumour.<br />
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<b>UPDATE: </b>HMXhenry has said on <a href="http://rockbandaide.com/">RockBandAide</a> that there is no additional Snoop Dogg coming to Rock Band any time soon. Oh well. As RBA pointed out though, the song Gangsta Luv may very well end up on the Rock Band Blitz list!<br />
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<b>UPDATE 2:</b> HMXhenry commented on RockBandAide again to say that Gangsta Luv isn't coming to Rock Band Blitz either. Oh well.</div>
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Unfortunately, as I've mentioned <a href="http://rockheropodcast.blogspot.ca/2012/04/no-review-on-april-24th.html">before</a>, I can't review this DLC due to my being out of the country. See you in May!</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-24839989263454660302012-04-19T17:26:00.003-04:002012-04-19T17:26:58.237-04:00No review on April 24th.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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As I had mentioned at the end of my <a href="http://rockheropodcast.blogspot.ca/2012/04/dlc-417-pnk.html">P!nk</a> review, I won't be able to do a review for the DLC on April 24. I'm in England for a family function and, as such won't be near my Xbox. Sorry about this. I will still be updating the blog tomorrow with the new DLC announcement but I just won't be able to review it. There WILL be a review on May 1st though.</div>
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Until then, cheers!</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-79812238622008480242012-04-17T19:00:00.000-04:002012-05-29T16:08:52.136-04:00DLC 4/17: P!nk<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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Guitar on this song wasn't anything special. It's essentially just one strumming pattern with very few variations in it. It got uninteresting rather quickly. It does, however, feature Pro Guitar and Bass add-ons. If you're a Pro player who likes P!nk or stuff that isn't too hard and you're looking for a new song, get this one. If you like playing the same boring bass line over and over and over and over again then I strongly recommend this song to you! If on the other hand, you are a normal person who plays bass primarily then I would stay the hell away from this song. Seriously. It's awful. Keys on the other hand were fun, but then again, it's a generic pop song, I'd be shocked if the keys also sucked. If there is one this I hate, it's drum machines. I hate playing along to them in Rock Band and unless your band name has the words Nine Inch Nails in it, I generally hate hearing them in my songs.<br />
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You know, for a slower song, the guitar part is actually pretty good! It keeps itself interesting by adding a few HOPOs into the riff. It's a far superior guitar part to Get the Party Started, that's for sure! I feel that this could have gotten a Pro upgrade as well. Let's be honest here, the phrase "Wow, whoever plays bass in P!nk's band is quite amazing!" has been uttered about as much as "Wow, Axl Rose is a really humble guy who knows when a grudge has gone on too long!". The bass on this song is nothing short of really, really easy. It's less fun than Get the Party Started, and 5 minutes ago I didn't think that was a possibility. Sober's keys are a whole lot more fun than Sober's bass. It's very chord based but also features some fills that take you all over the keys. All in all it's a good gameplay experience. Please see my comment about drum machines from the Get the Party Started
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Another guitar part that was better than I expected. Granted, it's still not as good as Sober but still fun none the less. It's another slower song but this one is much more chord based than the other two. The chords make it more difficult as there are quick changes between chord and single notes in the song. It is rather fun. So far, this is the best bass song of the week. It's actually interesting to play and changes up a fair amount. Keys were disappointing. Not bad, just disappointing. It's pretty much just some extended sustains played during the chorus part. Not great. Drums were actually pretty good. I think P!nk hired a drummer for this song. I could be wrong though, maybe it's just a good drum machine! Either way, it features an interesting drum part that uses the toms and cymbals interchangeably and will keep you on your toes when you play it. It's got that perfect balance of easy and hard!<br />
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This is the absolute best guitar song of the week. Completely worthy of a Pro add-on. Complete with an interesting, and incredibly fun, riff and an equally fun bridge section that is completely different from the rest of the song this guitar part is amazing. Highly recommend if you're a guitar player, even if you aren't a P!nk fan. Despite being the best guitar part of the week, it most certainly is NOT the best bass part of the week. It's just a simple riff repeated throughout. Yes, I know that that's most bass parts but I guess it's just so underwhelming when the guitar part is this fun piece with a couple changes to the pattern and then you get this bass part. It could just be me though. Keys are really good. It features a good riff and an AMAZING bridge! My favourite keys part of the week. Once again, please refer to my review of Get the Party started for what I think of the drums. I didn't like drum machines 20 minutes ago and I haven't warmed to them in that time frame.<br />
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Pick of the week: Please Don't Leave Me<br />
Best instrument: Keys<br />
What should you buy: Everything but Get the Party Started<br />
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Final thoughts: If you want your P!nk fix then I suggest just getting the Lego Rock Band export. It has So What on it (plus a bunch of other really good tracks!) and really, that song is better than any of these songs. That said, The pack actually wasn't bad. The three tracks from the Funhouse album are actually fun to play. Sorry about the lack of a vocal review this week, forgot my mic at my other place. There will be a vocal review on May 1st though for all you diehard vocalists!<br />
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Oh, also, I'm in England for the next week so unfortunately I won't be able to write up a review for the DLC on 4/24. I will be doing a review on 5/1 though so until then, cheers!</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-2426558694059990602012-04-10T19:00:00.000-04:002012-05-29T16:08:41.795-04:00DLC 4/10: Slayer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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Watching the Harmonix livestream today, they announced the DLC early and we find out it's Slayer! Great music for Easter!</div>
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First off, I'd like to say that THIS IS HARD! Well, maybe not on vocals, but on everything else. OK, there aren't any keys, but the other instruments are hard! Then again, I guess the bass isn't too difficult either. Guitar, however, IS very difficult. If you loved Raining Blood in GH3 and/or GH:SH because of it's difficulty then you're in luck! It keeps (almost) all of that challenge that you loved! If you stayed away from Raining Blood for that same reason then you're in luck too because it's significantly less overcharted than it was in Guitar Hero! The end (<i>Flood</i> for you Guitar Hero players) where it's filled with strum lanes instead of the blistering HOPO and trill filled outro of GH3 was a tad disappointing though because of just how easy it was compared to Guitar Hero. I'll admit, I like the bass more than the guitar. Yes, it wasn't as difficult as the guitar, but at the same time, it wasn't the note extravaganza that guitar was meaning you could actually have fun with it and not constantly have to concentrate on the notes to make sure you are hitting the right thing. Then again, I'm the sort of person that enjoys easier songs to hard songs. Give me <i>Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1</i> over <i>Beast and the Harlot</i> any day, and that has nothing to do with the fact that I love The Flaming Lips! If you are someone who has masochistic tendencies then you will love drumming this song. It's blistering fast bass drum pattern with complicated, and fast, tom and cymbal hits is sure to make every muscle in your body cramp up every time! Vocals are all talkies. The most enjoyable bit of the song is he beginning and the end where we have a cowbell section!</div>
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The guitar on this song was nowhere near as hard as Raining Blood, but then again, it's also the only song of the week that's not Satan/goat tiered on guitar. That's not to say it wasn't hard, because it did have some hard solos, but everything outside of that was pretty easy. The solos were still very difficult though. The first solo requires some fast strumming and fast fingers to hit the HOPOs in between. The second solo features loads of trills, strum lanes and, like the first, quick HOPOs. Bass on this song was, like Raining Blood, more enjoyable than guitar, and for the same reasons too! It's challenging, don't get me wrong, but manageable for someone who isn't someone who can FC Through the Fire and the Flames blindfolded. It starts out simple enough then flows into a quicker series alt-strum notes. The drums here, unlike Raining Blood, resemble something somewhat manageable. It's still really hard, but that doesn't mean that someone won't one day be able to do it! The hard part about this drum pattern isn't the ridiculous bass pedal but the fact that it's filled with drum rolls. Vocals are fairly easy. It's all either talkies or a monotone pitch. There is a cowbell section though!</div>
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Another easy enough song. Like South of Heaven, the only real challenge here was the solo and while it was challenging, I don't feel the song should be Satan/goat tiered. It's sort of like We Built This City in that it's Satan/goat tiered only because of one section where as if that wasn't there it'd be 3 or 4 dots at best. Yes, that section does mean something but it shouldn't bring the whole tier up because of it. This song should only be a 5 dot song, in my opinion. The solo is still very hard though and features, like the solos in South of Heaven, lots of quick HOPOs and strumming. This bass part isn't too great. It's just not that interesting. There is some quick strums but it's just wasn't that strong of a bass part. Not bad, but not as fun as the guitar and not interesting enough to keep it great. The drums were also manageable. Not too many fills or fast bass pedal blasts. At the same time though, I didn't find it too fun to play. Vocals are like South of Heaven. Talkies or monotone. It does have harmonies though! That's nice.<br />
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Best instrument: Guitar if you like difficulty, bass if you're not a huge fan of hard stuff.<br />
What should you buy: Get the pack if you like really hard stuff or Slayer. Otherwise, skip it.<br />
Pick of the week: South of Heaven</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-89743830562277370222012-04-03T19:00:00.000-04:002012-05-29T16:08:29.959-04:00DLC 4/3: Evanescence<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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More Evanescence songs come to Rock Band this week as part of Evanescence Pack 02.</div>
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Guitar on this song is absolutely great! It's simple enough so that it's easily approachable but has some incredibly challenging parts thrown into it, the intro of this song is one of those moments. It's filled with HOPOs that are very reminiscent of Landslide, just quicker! Bass, however, is a different story. Unfortunately for this song it has a very boring bass part. The bits it does have aren't bad. Sadly though, there just isn't enough playing in this song for there to be any fun factor during the bass part of the song. Considering how prominent keyboards and synthesizers are in Evanescence's music I was expecting this song to have a really good keyboard part. I don't know if it's just having my expectations too high or if the keyboard part is legitimately not good but I did not enjoy this keyboard part. It used incredibly simplistic extended sustains throughout and outside of a couple parts where you are playing notes across the keys there isn't too much else going on for this song and that's a shame. Drums sucked. Simple as that. The only bit about this that was remotely enjoyable was the intro and that's because it's the only bit of the song that was any different from drum parts we've gotten in the last couple of months. Really, I'm SICK of the exact same beat in pretty much every song. Seriously drummers! Learn something new! I always find it very hard to review vocals when writing this but on this song I can say that I do have a complaint in that keyboard is charted to harmonies. Why they needed to do this when you play it on the keyboard already is beyond me, unless of course there actually is singing and I just can't hear it.</div>
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Lithium is a fairly slow song and because of this, the guitar part during the verses being pretty much all HOPOs is less daunting. That being said, it doesn't make it any less entertaining to play and it is a strong guitar part. While the speed being slow is part of the reason why the guitar part is strong, it's also part of the reason why the bass is so weak. Like Everybody's Fool there just isn't enough playing during the song to stop the bass part from sucking so much. This song redeems keys for this week after the bland Everybody's Fool. It features a great riff played throughout the song that takes you across the keys. It's really enjoyable to play and like with the guitar, the slower speed makes it less daunting to attempt. Drums on this song were rather boring. Once again, it's the same drum part we've gotten many, many times the only difference being that's it's slowed down. I was bored throughout the song when playing the drum part. All I can say about this vocal part is boy does Amy Lee have range and if you don't then you're going to have a tough time with this song.</div>
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This was the only song of the week that wasn't really good on guitar. It's one of those "just play different chords to the beat" type of songs. The only bit that was fun was the bridge when the chords sped up and what you were playing was different. Outside of that, I'd pass on this song if you only really play guitar. If you primarily play bass however, I'd defiantly pick this song up. It's great because it does it's own little thing so you don't feel like you're playing a dumbed down version of the guitar part. It has plenty of little fills in there to keep it interesting as well. The only real enjoyable part of the keys on this song was the chorus when you were playing a challenging, yet fun riff. During the verses the keys were actually annoying to play because of the awkward speed of the fast bits. The drum review is pretty much the same as Everybody's Fool in that the only fun thing was the intro. The rest really sucked. Another song that'll really challenge vocalists. Fortunately the challenge is worth is.</div>
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What should you buy: Everybody's Fool and Lithium if you're on guitar. Bassists should get What You Want. Keys players should get Lithium. Vocalists should get the pack because it's a good challenge. Drummers should pass on this week.</div>
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Final thoughts: Meh.</div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-21035571495088080062012-04-01T00:00:00.000-04:002012-08-01T13:24:44.372-04:00Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Beastie Boys, Muse and more leak on RockBand.com! (UPDATE)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<b>UPDATE: </b>Well, it looks like the people at Harmonix have caught on and 404'd the pages. Oh well!<br />
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<b>UPDATE 2:</b> Did anyone fall for <a href="http://www.rockband.com/forums/showthread.php?t=228666&p=4691431&viewfull=1#post4691431">the crumbiest April Fool's Joke ever</a>? </div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8808879650049348642.post-49044451983027532192012-03-27T19:00:00.000-04:002012-05-29T16:08:18.366-04:00DLC 3/27: Shinedown<div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">This week we get 3 more songs, this time by Shinedown.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Shinedown - "Second Chance" </span>- Pro Available</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Shinedown - "The Crow and the Butterfly"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Shinedown - "Bully"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So will we like this DLC? Keep reading!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Second Chance </b>(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYckSXO_4Yg">Chart</a>)<b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Second Chance was a rather easy song on guitar. Sadly though, there are parts of it that can feel TOO easy as well as become repetitive. Because of this the song becomes tedious to play. Bass however, is a completely different story. It features quite a few fills throughout the song and a few pattern changes too. Keys on this song were fairly simple except for a little section right after the second chorus where it takes you all over your keyboard! Drums were also good to play. It was a simple drum pattern with a fair amount of variation to it. Vocals were pretty average at best. Nothing too special about them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pros:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Incredibly good bass.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Drums that change up enough to avoid becoming dull.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Has Pro Guitar and Bass available. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Guitar can feel repetitive after a while.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Keys are pretty simple.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Vocals are average.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>The Crow and the Butterfly</b> (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y44US-TGUww&feature=channel">Chart</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This, along with last week's "Smooth" by Santana, have got to be some of the best guitar songs released all year. It features a guitar part that has it's share of complexity without becoming incredibly difficult. It features two charted solo sections as well! Really, this one should have gotten the Pro upgrade over Second Chance. The bass on this song is OK, that is unless it's while the guitar is playing one of the solos. Then it changes up and becomes more interesting. Keys here were very chord based and very difficult. Just as an aside, the keys during the guitar solo, in my opinion, sounded like they belonged in a Billy Joel song. On this song, like Second Chance, the drums feature a simple pattern with a slight variation. Unlike Second Chance though, the drums were boring (except for the bit during the guitar solo). The vocals on this song were, like Second Chance, average. Nod bad but not good.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">One of the best guitar parts of the year (so far!).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Drums are pretty good</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Bass starts out OK but gets better.</span></li>
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<li>Keys are very chord based and very difficult.</li>
<li>Drums are boring.</li>
<li>Vocals are average.</li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Bully </b>(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEGj-nsVVRU&feature=channel">Chart</a>)<b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">On guitar this was fairly difficult. If you are looking for a nice challenge I'd suggest picking this one up. The song featured a solo section that was easily the hardest part of the song! Bass wise, this song is pretty much the guitar riff repeated during the song. The riff was fairly difficult on guitar and it's no different on bass. Fortunately it's still rather enjoyable to play. On this song the keys did one of two things. They either had you doing the main riff or they had you tapping one key very quickly. Sadly, neither one was enjoyable. A bit of advice, unless you can play drums well STAY AWAY FROM THIS SONG! It's severely undertiered at a tier 2 difficulty. It should be at least a 4. Possibly a 5. This song's vocals were probably the best of the week.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Guitar is a nice challenge.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Bass is just as good as guitar.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Best vocals of the week</span></li>
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<li>Keys suck.</li>
<li>So do drums.</li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Pick of the week: The Crow and the Butterfly</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Best instrument: Bass</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">What should you get: Get the pack. It's pretty good overall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Final thoughts: Crow and the Butterfly is the best track here across all instruments. Second Chance is also pretty good. Bully is probably the worst one here but that still doesn't mean it's not enjoyable. I'd get the whole pack, even if you don't like Shinedown.</span></div>The Rock Herohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03530684359993148639noreply@blogger.com0