Rock Band Network
August 5th, 2009
The fine folks over at Harmonix are launching something called the Rock Band Network, which will allow independent musicians to create and sell songs in the game. The answer is yes, I am very interested in putting more of my stuff in there, and I’m working on making it happen right now. It’s all brand new, so nobody knows how long it takes, how much it costs, how many will sell, etc. For my part, I’d like to get a sense of what you all are interested in getting in the game.
Will you take this poll? You can and should vote for more than one, and you can write in a song if it’s not already on this list that I have very scientifically derived just now.
Totally excited for Re: Your Brains and Paul and Storm!
“The Future Soon” will probably appear on Rock Band Network. They used it during a press conference at PAX to show how you chart a song into the game.
Gamespot Article: http://pax.gamespot.com/story/6216903/highlights-from-the-rock-band-network-panel?tag=latest-highlights;title;1
youtube vid (not mine): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD5BK87coPE
I can see the point of balancing with gameplay, but if they’re at or close to 80 points I’d anything just for the vocals part. Re: Your Brains is the first song for a while I’m buying without checking the notechart first. If the guitar is cool, then that’s just a bonus.
JoCo songs are typically fun to voxtar (vocals and guitar at same time) since the vocals are awesome and the guitar is easy enough to do so you can still do it while doing vox.
Can’t wait for Re: Your Brains, the Future Soon, Creepy Doll, and hopefully many more on RB
Hey, everyone! I’m the guy who did the original Code Monkey custom for Guitar Hero 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcQe9IpfAa8), later ported to Rock Band as a custom song before the Rock Band Network was announced (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0HA7As07jE). (I’m also the guy who said via Twitter that I’m Your Moon would be amazing in RB.
) I’m now an author with Rhythm Authors, a group that artists contract to chart their songs for RBN. I’m ALSO – this is a lot of titles! – a huge JoCo fan.
We just announced that we’re bringing Ikea to RBN, and I’m unbelievably excited. I’ll be working on it personally, courtesy of my superiors’ knowledge of my musical tastes, and I intend to do JoCo the justice he deserves. (And speaking of well-done Rock Band songs, make sure to buy Skullcrusher Mountain and Re: Your Brains through the legitimate Rock Band Music Store, and get Creepy Doll via RBN courtesy of RG Studios!)
yay more JoCo!!!! This brings the current/confirmed JoCo song list to:
RB actual DLC:
Still Alive
Skullcrusher Mountain
Re: Your Brains
Rock Band Network:
Creepy doll (RG Studios)
the Future Soon ( I think HMX did it for a RBN demo… not sure, but its confirmed either way)
and now Ikea
I look forward to see how awesome Ikea turns out Sage
I am an avid RockBand player. I have like 530+ songs and I would love it if more Jonathan Coulton songs were available. When Skullcrusher Mountain was first released I was extactic to say the least. The vocals are right in my range and I love singing them. Then Re: Your Brains came out a little while back and oh man I was excited all over again. I think what Harmonix is doing with the RockBand Network is a great idea. Not only can well known artists put their music up, but also it’s a great way for lesser known artists to get noticed. I mean I’ve known about Jonathan Coulton for years, but all my friends are like “Who the heck is that?”, but then when we play RockBand and play the two songs (I am not including Still Alive here, though it is great and I love it to death, I’m simply not including it because Coulton doesn’t sing it in the game) that Coulton sings they always love them. The tune draws them in and then the lyrics keep them there. So yeah, it would be great if more Jonathan Coulton songs were included in the game. Some of which I would love to see in game (not in any particular order) are: Betty and Me, Code Monkey, Chiron Beta Prime, The Future Soon, I Hate California, I’m a Mason Now, possibly Flickr, and then maybe the remake of Baby Got Back (that would be hilarious). All Jonathan Coulton songs would be great though and I would probably buy most if not all of them. Also, I have RockBand on Xbox 360 and I spend a lot of Microsoft Points on songs, so when it comes time to price the songs, if or when released, it would be awesome if the songs cost on like 80 MP like Re: Your Brains did. I think that this lower price will encourage more RockBand owners to purchase these great songs.
All of them, JoCo. ALL OF THEM. >:D
JoCo, how’s about you release the entirety of your Thing-a-Week Project exactly the same way as it was originally produced – Each week, upload a new track to the network.
AWESOME, more of your stuff in Rock Band!
The only song not on that list that I think would be essential for RB is De-Evolving. I can’t believe you left that out, actually – the guitar part would lend itself so well to the game.