 | How a Rock Band Chart sounds on Real Drums / Panic Attack
Tags: 360, Band, drumKat, Drums, Expert, Hero, MIDI, RB2, Rock, Roland, TD-20, V-Drums, Xbox
Description:
It's novel time...
It's been requested a few times that I hook up my MIDI Hero mod to my Roland V-Drums. I had resisted in the past because I wanted to play on a "legit" setup so that I could post on Score Hero. My drumKat setup is legit because it's "4 pads and a single bass drum". I will not be posting any scores I get playing on the V-Drums setup, even though it's actually harder this way, a LOT harder.
So, I've got my mod hooked up to my "real drums" for this one. And it's a lot of fun. I have much more freedom to place the colors where they ought to be. For example, Blue is sometimes used for a tom-tom, and sometimes for a crash, ride, bell, etc. Now I can play Blue notes on the appropriate drum or cymbal. This song (Panic Attack by Dream Theater) demonstrates the different kinds of Blue and I try to play it as authentically as possible. I show the color mapping at the end of the video (which I leave up for a long time so you don't have to pause :).
Not only that, I can now mix the sound of "real drums" over top of the Rock Band audio track. I can hear it when I play, and I record it separately so that I can mix it into my videos, like this one. It makes for better sounding fills since I can get all the dynamics and timing out of the V-Drums drums that I don't have with the RB1 drum controller that my mod is simulating. I turned the "Instruments" setting all the way down so you can't hear the in-game drums conflicting with my V-Drum sounds as much.
What's interesting about this is that now you can hear what it sounds like to play the charted drum parts in Rock Band on a real drum set. If I were to play these songs on real drums without the game keeping track of all my hits and misses, I would surely play other things, different fills, ghost notes, improv, etc. But from what I've found, the drum charts in Rock Band are pretty good! If you play them as written, on the right drums and cymbals, with proper dynamics, it sounds (almost) like the original drum part! (Of course, overlooking any double bass parts). So to those of you who are wondering if you're actually "learning drums" by playing Rock Band -- I believe that you are.
I also got a new toy: video glasses. So I don't have to hook up a monitor to my V-Drums to see the game as I play it. I just connect the 640x480 composite video signal from the Xbox 360 to these glasses (search "Myvu Crystal" on Amazon.com) and I can see it right in front of my eyes! What a geek! I can also see peripherally so I'm able to hit the drums I want. It's similar to how you play normally, because you're mostly watching the screen and your arms have the general feeling of where the drums are without specifically looking at them.
But it's really weird using these things, because...
1) My eyesight sucks. They are calibrated so that people with normal vision can use them. They make it seem like you're watching about a 24" TV screen at arm's length from your face. Pretty big. But I can't see clearly at that distance. So I have to wear perscription glasses. And I hate wearing contacts. So I used pro-grade, ultra modern and cool looking twist ties to attach the video glasses a spare set of perscription glasses I have. Can you say NERD?
2) When you're playing a rhythm game where you have to move around a bit (like drums on Rock Band), you're used to focusing on a stationary TV screen. All slight movements made by your head, your eyes are used to making the reverse adjustment to stay focused on the notes coming down. Now, when I move my head, my TV moves with me! So it's very strange when I move my head, that I have to keep my eyes always looking straight ahead. And it shakes a lot when you swing your arms around to hit drums. So it's a bit difficult to concentrate on the notes coming down the chart.
Reasons why I don't (yet) score very well using the V-Drums:
1) The video glasses reasons above.
2) Having to remember which colors map to which drums.
3) The feeling of playing "real drums" causes me to start improvising subconciously and lose my multiplier.
4) With the "Instruments" audio setting turned all the way down, you can't hear the drum track in the game, so it's hard to hear exactly where the beat is at times.
5) I didn't practice this song long enough to be able to pwn it, and I was just too psyched about everything not to post a video. :)
But I think I can get used to all of these things and get my scores back up, even playing on "real drums". My high score on this is 340k, played on my drumKat setup. And that was days ago. I'm sure I could gold star it on my next attempt. And even after lots more practice since then, the best I can do on "real drums" is currently around 250k. It's a lot harder and takes a lot more energy to play.
I hope you like the video. I love this song. Thanks for checking this out!
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 | THE HARDEST ROCK BAND DRUMS CHART EVER: Good Mourning/Black Friday (Rock Band 2 Expert Drums 5*)
Tags: 360, band, black, drums, expert, five, friday, game, good, leaderboard, live, megadeth, mourning, rb2, rock, score, sskitzzo, stars, video, xbox
Description:
http://www.azuritereaction.com new website!
For more information about the video, click to read "more".
This song is just insane. My best is a good 10,000+ more than this, but yeah, much harder than it looks.
The main difficulty comes in the fact that bass pedal hits are timed differently in RB2, as well as the notes being so scrunched together.
(my gamertag = sskitzzo)
The drumset i'm using is a "GoodWoods" set, a sturdy, quiet, responsive set with great rebound: you can get it at http://www.goodwoodmods.com/products.html
I'm using the "Destroyer Pedal" in this video, which is great for zero double-hits, it's metal, and it's great for using heel-toe with. You can get it at http://www.rockbandpedal.net/
And yes, I play drums in real life, been playing them on and off for 4+ years.
To contact me for whatever reason, E-mail me at azuritereactiondrums@yahoo.com since I don't read my youtube messages for the most part.
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 | stereophonics - dakota
Tags: british, dakota, music, song, stereophonics, welsh
Description:
"Dakota" is a song by the Welsh band Stereophonics. It was the first single from their fifth studio album Language. Sex. Violence. Other? and was released on February 28, 2005. It was the first Stereophonics single to reach #1 on the UK Singles Chart or to chart on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song spent a total of 20 weeks on the UK singles chart, and it also topped the download chart, remaining on the chart for 22 weeks, half of which were spent in the top 10. The single received good reviews, James Masterton calling it the single of the year.
"Dakota" was the first Stereophonics single to achieve success on alternative rock radio stations in the United States, and as such represents their American breakthrough single.[citation needed] Before "Dakota", no Stereophonics single had charted on any rock charts in the U.S. After its release in February, the single steadily gained ground on U.S. alternative rock radio. However, since the Stereophonics lacked a fanbase or previous popular success in America, the single was at a great disadvantage and was initially added to very few station playlists. Nevertheless, the popularity of the song and its championing by such stations as WBCN led "Dakota" slowly to gain airplay and playlist adds across the country over a period of many months. It became one of the 50 most-played songs in the US by mid-May 2005. However, the song lingered just within the top 50 for months and seemed destined to just miss the Modern Rock Tracks chart, a compilation of just the top 40 most-played alternative rock songs in the US.
But "Dakota" continued to gain support across the U.S. and eventually become the first Stereophonics song to chart on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. It first charted on July 9, 2005, almost half a year after its original release. The song reached #34 on the chart; it was their first and so-far only single to make the chart.
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 | Message in a Bottle- The Police Rock Band Guitar Expert
Tags: Band, Bottle, DLC, Message, Police, Rock
Description:
Message in a Bottle by The Police on Rock Band expert guitar.
THIS IS MEANT TO SHOW THE CHART NOT A FC RUN OF THE SONG
This video was made because Harmonix seems to have stopped making DLC pack trailers for us all to judge the DLCs funness first by. So I'm biting the bullet and downloading most(if not all of) the DLC and giving videos of it. These are not meant to be amazing runs of the song, they simply show the chart.
This song is Downloadable Content for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of Rock Band. They are downloadable off each consoles separate store for two dollars. Playstation 2 users cannot play this song.
If you feel like donating to the cause of getting these charts up(as a few people do) send paypal donations to beachcleanupguy@yahoo.com. All help is appreciated.
details-
recording device- gamebridge
played on Xbox 360
This(and next) weeks DLC brought to you by the extremely generous donations of Raj Ghetia(PacoL250). This man deserves your thanks!(and gets mine, my jaw dropped when I saw that number)
Heh, what a difference the master track makes. The chorus is dumbed down from GH2, and the solo is significantly easier to boot. Still a blast to play, I was just activating my Overdrive in some places expecting to find a wall of chords that apparently are now charted to bass. Whoops.
Achievement unlocked! 100k views- 08/23/08
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 | Franz Ferdinand - 40'
Tags: 2004, Alex, Alternative, Ferdinand, Franz, Indie, Kapranos, Rock
Description:
Franz Ferdinand
Studio album by Franz Ferdinand
Released 9 February 2004
Recorded 2003
Genre Post-punk, indie rock
Length 38:45 (single disc)
54:35 (double disc)
Label Domino Records
Producer Franz Ferdinand, Tore Johansson
Franz Ferdinand is the debut album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, released in early 2004. It entered the United Kingdom album charts at number three in February 2004 and contains three UK top ten singles: "Take Me Out", "This Fire" (on the download chart) and "The Dark of the Matinée" or "Matinée". Franz Ferdinand won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. The album has since sold over 3.6 million copies worldwide. The album is notable as one of the very few modern albums that are not compressed to the max in participation of the loudness war.
Chart performance
The album entered the UK album charts at #3 in February 2004 and at #12 on the Australian ARIA album charts in April 2004. The album entered the Billboard 200 album charts on April 26, 2004, and climbed slowly, peaking at #32 in December 2004. It reached #2 on the Heatseeker chart for new acts. As of September 2004, there have been five different singles released from the album:
The "Darts of Pleasure" EP reached the top 50 of the UK singles charts in September 2003.
"Take Me Out" reached the top 5 of the UK charts, top 10 of the Irish charts and top 40 in a composite European chart.
"The Dark of the Matinée" or "Matinée" reached the top 10 of the UK singles charts and top 30 of the World Modern Rock Charts (a composite chart of United States, German, UK, Swedish, Finnish, Canadian and Australian modern rock charts).
"Michael" reached the top 20 of the UK singles charts in August 2004.
"This Fire" only first played by KROQ in September 2004.
Take Me Out was voted #1 in the national Australian music poll, the Triple J Hottest 100 (2004) and This Fire and The Dark of the Matinée were placed at #29 and #50, respectively.
Lyrics:
As i glance once upon the foam
40' beneath my feet
The coldest calm falls
Through the molten veins
Cooling all the blood to slush
That congeals around the brain
La la la
40' remain
Salt scales upon my drying arms
Burn my back beneath the burning rays
Lookingdown, looking down
Down, down again
La la la
40' remain
On Set:
Alex Kapranos -- lead guitar, lead vocals
Nick McCarthy -- rhythm guitar, vocals, keyboards
Bob Hardy -- bass guitar
Paul Thomson -- drums, percussion, backing vocals
Andy Knowles (touring only) -- drums, keyboards, guitar
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 | Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge [Video]
Tags: and, hip, hop, music, pop, r&b, video, videos
Description:
Red Hot Chili Peppers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. For most of its existence, the band has consisted of vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. The band's varied musical style has fused traditional rock and funk with various elements of heavy metal, punk rock and psychedelic rock.
In addition to Kiedis and Flea, the group originally featured guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. However, Slovak died of a heroin overdose in 1988, resulting in Irons resigning.[1] Irons was replaced briefly by former Dead Kennedys drummer D. H. Peligro before the band found a permanent replacement in Chad Smith, while Slovak was replaced by up-and-coming guitarist Frusciante. This lineup recorded the band's fourth and fifth albums, Mother's Milk (1989) and Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991).
Blood Sugar Sex Magik was a critical success and sold over twelve million copies. However, Frusciante grew increasingly uncomfortable with the band's success and left the band abruptly in 1992. Kiedis, Flea, and Smith employed Dave Navarro of Jane's Addiction for their subsequent album, One Hot Minute (1995). It, however, failed to match the critical acclaim of Blood Sugar Sex Magik and sold fewer than half the copies of its predecessor. Shortly afterwards, Navarro was fired from the band due to creative differences.
Frusciante, while absent from the band, developed a severe drug addiction. In 1998, he completed rehabilitation and, at Flea's request, rejoined the band. The reunited foursome returned to the studio to record Californication (1999), which went on to sell fifteen million units worldwide, becoming their most successful album to date. It was followed three years later with By the Way (2002), which continued their success. In 2006, the group released the double album Stadium Arcadium. The band has won six Grammy Awards. They have sold over fifty million albums world wide, have had seven singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 (including three singles in the Top 10), have had five #1 singles on the Mainstream Rock charts, and a record eleven #1 singles on the Modern Rock charts[2] making them one of the most successful acts in the history of alternative rock music.
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 | Evans Blue "Cold (But I'm Still Here)" Music Video
Tags: blue, but, cold, evans, here, hollywood, im, modern, music, records, rock, still, video
Description:
Toronto's Evans Blue have lit up the Rock and Modern Rock charts since releasing their debut single COLD (But I'm Still Here). Capitalizing on the success of COLD (But I'm Still Here), the group released their first album, The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume on February 21st. As one of the breakthrough rock success stories of the year, The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume became the Nation's #1 New Artist release in it's first week. The band is continually touring all year in support of their release. Director Paul Brown lends his creative eye to bring the bands energy through the screen and into your brain with the video for COLD (But I'm Still Here).
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 | ONE OK ROCK au DOWNLOAD CHART 071202 T-FM 2/2
Tags: alex, OK, ONE, ONEOKROCK, radio, ROCK, ryota, Taka, tomoya, Toru
Description:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=c_DrMP7scrQ(前半)one ok rock all menber ゼイタクビョウ promotion
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 | Van Roth vs Van Hagar : The Riffs
Tags: al, alex, anthony, dave, david, ed, eddie, edward, hagar, halen, lee, michael, mike, roth, sam, sammy, van, vs
Description:
Over the span of Van Halen, through two singers, smash singles topped the Billboard US hot 100 charts and the Billboard US Mainstream Rock charts. So out of all of these hits, which era was better? Using only the songs that hit Billboards charts, here you will see the comparison of the main riffs of the Dave and Sam hits of Van Halen. Who wins? You decide.
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 | Disco Music: Lipps, Inc. - Rock It
Tags: bass, bassline, beat, dance, deep, disco, funk, funky, groove, inc, it, lipps, music, rhythm, rock, sensual, sexy, soul, soulful, vocal
Description:
The Cosmic Lounge presents Disco Music: 'Rock It' by Lipps, Inc.
"Lipps, Inc. (pronounced like "lip sync") was a studio band that achieved one significant hit, "Funkytown" in 1979.
The group was formed in Minneapolis by Steven Greenberg, who wrote and produced all of the group's music, and who also played several instruments. The lead singer was Cynthia Johnson, and the rest of the group consisted of a changing group of session musicians.
They achieved some popularity during the disco era of the late 1970s but only achieved one pop hit. "Funkytown" spent four weeks at number one on both the Hot 100 and on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts in the United States and was awarded a platinum record. It reached number two in the United Kingdom and was a hit throughout the world. Their further singles failed to match their initial success (their only other Hot 100 entry was "Rock It", which peaked at #64), however they had more dance hits throughout the 1980s, including "How Long" in 1981, which reached #4 on the U.S. dance chart. The group ceased recording in the mid 1980s.
A rock version of "Funkytown" was covered by the Australia group Pseudo Echo in 1987 on their album Love An Adventure and reached the top of the charts there.
"Funkytown" is one of the songs of the Shrek 2 movie soundtrack.
The song "Funkytown" has had popular recognition again recently due to a mash-up of it with Soulwax's dance track NY Excuse appearing on the Soulwax remix album Nite Versions. The track is titled NY Lipps."
http://www.last.fm/music/Lipps,+Inc.
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 | Franz Ferdinand - This Fire
Tags: 2004, Alex, Alternative, Ferdinand, Franz, Indie, Kapranos, Rock
Description:
Franz Ferdinand
Studio album by Franz Ferdinand
Released 9 February 2004
Recorded 2003
Genre Post-punk, indie rock
Length 38:45 (single disc)
54:35 (double disc)
Label Domino Records
Producer Franz Ferdinand, Tore Johansson
Franz Ferdinand is the debut album by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, released in early 2004. It entered the United Kingdom album charts at number three in February 2004 and contains three UK top ten singles: "Take Me Out", "This Fire" (on the download chart) and "The Dark of the Matinée" or "Matinée". Franz Ferdinand won the 2004 Mercury Music Prize. The album has since sold over 3.6 million copies worldwide. The album is notable as one of the very few modern albums that are not compressed to the max in participation of the loudness war.
Chart performance
The album entered the UK album charts at #3 in February 2004 and at #12 on the Australian ARIA album charts in April 2004. The album entered the Billboard 200 album charts on April 26, 2004, and climbed slowly, peaking at #32 in December 2004. It reached #2 on the Heatseeker chart for new acts. As of September 2004, there have been five different singles released from the album:
The "Darts of Pleasure" EP reached the top 50 of the UK singles charts in September 2003.
"Take Me Out" reached the top 5 of the UK charts, top 10 of the Irish charts and top 40 in a composite European chart.
"The Dark of the Matinée" or "Matinée" reached the top 10 of the UK singles charts and top 30 of the World Modern Rock Charts (a composite chart of United States, German, UK, Swedish, Finnish, Canadian and Australian modern rock charts).
"Michael" reached the top 20 of the UK singles charts in August 2004.
"This Fire" only first played by KROQ in September 2004.
Take Me Out was voted #1 in the national Australian music poll, the Triple J Hottest 100 (2004) and This Fire and The Dark of the Matinée were placed at #29 and #50, respectively.
Track History:
"This Fire" is the fifth single by Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand from their eponymous album. It was not as successful as their other singles, but received widespread airplay.
It was released as a download-only single and is still available on the official Franz Ferdinand website. The song reached #17 on the United States Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and #8 on the UK Download Chart. It was featured on the in-game soundtrack to the PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game Burnout 3: Takedown. The song has become part of the hockey culture in Calgary, Alberta, where it is played in every Calgary Flames home game.
The single was released in Australia as "This Fffire" [sic] with identical b-sides to the UK release of "Michael". The music video for the song was directed by Stylewar.
The song was later sampled for Burn This City by rapper Lil Wayne & Twista.
The album artwork to "This Fire" is based on El Lissitzky's art work; "Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge"
Lyrics:
Eyes
Boring a way through me
Paralyse
Controlling completely
New
There is a fire in me
Fire that burns
Fire that burns
This fire is out of control
I'm going to burn this city
Burn this city
If this fire is out of control
Then i
I'm out of control
And i burn
Eyes
Burning a way to me
Overwhelm
Destroying so sweetly
New
There is a fire in me
Fire that burns
Fire that burns
This fire...
On Set:
Alex Kapranos -- lead guitar, lead vocals
Nick McCarthy -- rhythm guitar, vocals, keyboards
Bob Hardy -- bass guitar
Paul Thomson -- drums, percussion, backing vocals
Andy Knowles (touring only) -- drums, keyboards, guitar
Note: The song stops at 4:15, the video keeps on going till 5:57, a little mistake i made while making the video i guess, im sorry, and hope you still enjoy it.
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