After a disappointing year of sales for the industry’s leading rhythm games it would seem as though it’s time for a bit of a shake up, and from what we’ve read so far, Rock Band should be getting the ...

Let’s not sugarcoat it – things have changed. There was a time when if you wanted strings on a track, you had to call a quartet. Horns? Hire a session player. Even a simple piano line meant booking ...

One of the complaints about Guitar Hero and Rock Band that seems to be constant is that gamers should just put down the plastic controllers and pick up a real instrument. After all, if you put those ...

Game makers have listened to the common critique that music video games rob enthusiasts of the ability to play real-world instruments. MTV Games and Harmonix’s Rock Band 3 (PS3/Wii/360), which also ...

For years, musicians have mocked those of us holding plastic guitars. Fair enough—but we had fun! But with Rock Band 3, we learn what Harmonix was up to all along ...

Remember when you used to suck at Rock Band? You do again. Since the release of Guitar Hero in 2005, guitar games have stuck with a simple gameplay formula – five colored buttons on the neck of the ...

With AI learning musical genres and composing unique tracks, the era of machines making music is already upon us. An Italian composer and electronic music producer named Leonardo Barbadoro is ...