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Guitar hero or real guitar?

Ever since the release of the first game, the Guitar Hero games have taken the world by storm, seeing a spin off franchise Rock band, clothing, toy figures and its own line of plastic Gibson and Fender guitars. But has these games damaged the music business beyond repair, or re-engergised it?

The charges:

• Less people are picking up Guitar Hero rather than real instruments. Some people might not find any appeal in playing guitar anyway, but it has gotten some people to dig deeper into learning an instrument. Some game players are now picking up the guitar or drums and having fun with it. Saying that the game is stopping people from picking up an instrument in the first place might as well say that about all video games.
• It’ll never match playing a real gig. It could well be the closest thing for some people to getting up onstage. All video games transfer the player to a scenario where they can live a life as a ninja, football player and thanks to Guitar hero, a rock star. Sure, Guitar hero players might never know the joy of rocking out with guitars onstage, but then, thats there loss.
• It will damage the music business. One of the first to panic about these games were the major labels, claiming music sales would go down- but these are the same people who panicked about mp3s and cassette tapes. Its exposing players to music they may not have heard before, and giving bands more exposure. The newest game – Metallica, will expose the band to an even bigger audience than before. Metallica certainly arent the only band to jump on this, as AC/DC and Aerosmith has done this as well, with Van Halen also about to release their own guitar hero game.

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