Archive for June 1st, 2010
In recent years, music simulators have become some of the most popular digital games, with franchises like Rock Band and Guitar Hero drawing huge media attention and amassing a significant fan base. These games are not only fun, but also teach people of all ages about music. While playing the guitar isn’t a whole lot like strumming authentic Glen Burton guitars, the drumset, bass guitar, and vocals are quite similar to how real music artists do it. In fact, the drums from Rock Band are so similar to a real drumset, that people have documented being able to transfer their knowledge and skills directly from one to the other.
It’s important to have people, especially younger people, interested in music because the amount of musicians (both professional and simply adept) has been declining. Though it’s not quite clear what will happen in the future, if current technology continues to advance, in another year you might have people simulating instruments like the flute, tuba, and saxophone in a digital game!