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By: Gamers Rights Law » Rock Band Network launches

Gamers Rights Law » Rock Band Network launches — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:08:47 +0000

[...] is an older article from Gigaom which gets to the nuts-and-bolts of how Rock Band Network works, and it’s [...]

By: links for 2009-08-03 | burningCat

links for 2009-08-03 | burningCat — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 08:05:18 +0000

[...] Can the Rock Band Network Transform the Music Industry? When the Rock Band Network — essentially an App Store for musicians who want to upload and sell Rock Band-playable versions of their songs — opens for business later this year, it has the potential to transform the music industry by giving musicians large and small a distribution platform on one of the few online services that’s managed to successfully monetize music downloads. If, that is, the Network can make their songs easy to find and enjoyable to play. (tags: music business media mobile) [...]

By: Thomas Rothberger

Thomas Rothberger — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:46:11 +0000

Wookiee Jake…u think its stupid to purchase music…??

u are a loser…

anyways, people can preview the track first to see if they will like it or not.

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Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:12:28 +0000

[...] MySpace Music has increased tenfold over the year, particularly among 12 to 24-year-olds. Plus, how the upcoming launch of MTV Games' Rock Band Network could change the music industry) (USA Today) (TechCrunch) [...]

By: Wookiee Jake

Wookiee Jake — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:54:21 +0000

Honestly I think that this is stupid because of the fact that you have to purchase the songs.

By: J-Kniz

J-Kniz — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:08:49 +0000

This will be awesome! Now I can upload my own songs plus check out other little known artists too!

Eventually it will get watered down (as everything else) but the initial discovery period should be GREAT!

By: Brian H.

Brian H. — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:26:26 +0000

I’m for anything that might drive a little more revenue to an indie musician. This is transformative, possibly having artists beginning to write music that would be gaming friendly. Hmmmmmm.

By: Can the Rock Band Network Transform the Music Industry? | Wildtonemusic

Can the Rock Band Network Transform the Music Industry? | Wildtonemusic — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:55:12 +0000

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By: sample032

sample032 — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:19:28 +0000

“Notwithstanding those concerns, ‘I do think it has the potential to be pretty transformative,’ Coulton said. ‘Anytime you put independent musicians on the same playing field as old school superstars, interesting things start to happen.’”

A new market, yes, but gamers button mashing to a new song right after a classic is hardly transformative.

By: Will

Will — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:02:16 +0000

Not sure if this will be that lucrative but it’s interesting. My song Metal Mayhem is played on jamlegend.com with over 130,000 plays. It’s a free song so I don’t get paid, but I got some traffic from it. No major mindblowing revenue from guitar lesson sales, as most of them just like to play the game and aren’t guitarists. But if they have to buy the song it might be a good thing, or they will find a plethora of free creative commons tunes to play for fo free.

Will