WoY on Rockband? Its possible...

[DeathBlade]

"MTV Games and Harmonix are opening up the Rock Band music store to everyone later this year. The Rock Band Network allows any artist to upload and price their own tracks for users to download from the game's music store."

http://kotaku.com/5317012/rock-band-...launches-in-09

I know I would pick any Woods stuff on Rockband...

[Ghost-Division]

David, do it. Don't even think about it, just do it.

[phantomfreak]

I like the Guitar Hero series A LOT more, their drum set is a million times better than Rockband's. However if WoY put their music in Rockband that would be reason enough for me to go out and buy it.

[David Gold]

I'll do it just to make YOU guys happy!

I don't know how true this is, but I heard that the band DRAGONFORCE was making like $40,000 a week for a few weeks in a row, last year or so, just from Guitar Hero downloads. A couple weeks of that would be nice, too! + Ridiculous.

Now that I think of it, "A Meeting Place and Time" would make a good beginner level song.

[sdmf2]

Originally Posted by David Gold

I don't know how true this is, but I heard that the band DRAGONFORCE was making like $40,000 a week for a few weeks in a row, last year or so, just from Guitar Hero downloads. .

That's insane!

[Viridian Ice]

Have you guys tried Audio Surf?
http://www.audio-surf.com/

It's free and you can pick any song if you've got it on your PC.

[phantomfreak]

Originally Posted by Viridian Ice

Have you guys tried Audio Surf?
http://www.audio-surf.com/

It's free and you can pick any song if you've got it on your PC.

Yeah I tried playing it once, I tried playing "A Meeting Place And Time" by WoY but my PC is piece of shit and can't run Audiosurf without EXTREME lag.

[Ghost-Division]

Originally Posted by Viridian Ice

Have you guys tried Audio Surf?
http://www.audio-surf.com/

It's free and you can pick any song if you've got it on your PC.

It's fun for a bit, but eventually gets extremely boring.

[Dauden]

I love that Rock Band is actually interested in supporting bands, its no doubt gained some less popular bands ginormous coverage, and possibly money (ah, I remember when Sonic Firestorm out, and I couldn't tell anyone I liked Dragonforce with a straight face). Its tough as hell out there, and people are interested, and willing to pay, so its a great way for supporting bands, some of whom could use it.

[aeturnus77]

shit, i was just about to post about this, from this article:

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/17/mt...m-for-artists/


haha definitely want the WoY on Rock band! nice to see i'm not the only one

[christophe]

Glad I came across this. I am completely addicted to this game and I would love to get some Ypres on there!

[phantomfreak]

Just in case you're interested in doing this David:

Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks, today announced that the Rock Band Network beta program is now open to the public, giving emerging and established artists the tools needed to start authoring and submitting their music into Rock Band. The Rock Band Network, announced in July, is a ground-breaking initiative that gives musicians, publishers and record labels the ability to author their original recordings into gameplay files to promote and sell their music as playable Rock Band tracks through the soon-to-launch Rock Band Network Music Store (RBN Store).

“We are excited to democratize the Rock Band platform and expand the music discovery experience to the greater music community with the Rock Band Network,” said Alex Rigopulos, CEO and co-founder of Harmonix. “We believe this will be great for fans, music lovers, bands and the music industry as a whole.”

“The Rock Band Network opens the Rock Band universe to musicians at any stage of their career, empowering them to release the songs they choose, on their timetable, via our proven music distribution platform,” said Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President of Electronic Games and Music for MTV Networks Music Group. “It is a high-value business proposition that features powerful promotional impact for artists and songwriters, while at the same time adding real sales to their bottom lines.”

Artists who submit songs for the Rock Band Network Music Store will be able to choose from multiple pricing tiers for individual tracks and receive a royalty of 30 percent of the retail selling price (excluding tax) for every track purchased through the RBN Store. Before they are approved to be sold, songs are submitted to http://Creators.RockBand.com. The author submits the song to one of two areas: Playtest, where the community delivers feedback on a work in progress track, or Peer Review, where a revised song goes when it is considered a final draft and ready to be posted for sale. Once in Peer Review, songs are tested for playability and checked to check for violations of XNA Creators Club Online community standards (vulgarity, adult content, legal concerns, etc.). Peer Reviewers have the unique opportunity to play Rock Band NetworkRock Band 2 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, can join the Playtest and Peer Review processes by purchasing an XNA Creators Club Online Premium membership through http://creators.xna.com/membership. content for free, well in advance of a track’s commercial release. These fans can help shape the track’s final form, rating how fun and challenging the authoring is, and helping flag issues to make the song the best it can be. Anyone who owns

Once tracks are approved, they will be transferred to the Rock Band Network Store, an in-game music marketplace where the millions of Rock Band fans will be able to both hear and play samples of songs before they purchase. Songs will debut exclusively on Xbox 360 for 30 days. A selection of standout tracks will then be made available on the PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and the Wii™ home videogame console from Nintendo.

How to get started:

• Wondering How to Submit a Song? Go here and scroll down to “Adding a song to the pipeline.”

• Want to Become a Peer Reviewer? Go here.

The Rock Band Network Store will open to consumers in the near future to be announced at a later date. With more than 1,000 tracks available to date in the standard Rock Band platform, the Rock Band Network Music Store will exponentially increase the number of available songs, further securing MTV Games and Harmonix’s position as the leading provider of downloadable content for music-based video games.

To check out the Rock Band Network in action, featuring Jonathan Coulton, please visit here.

I hate how the PS3 and Wii players are getting shafted on this, but it sounds like a great way for bands to get their music out there.

[DeepSouthMetal]

Definitely put Shards of Love up there. I'd love to play that song on Rock band.