Bands catching rhythm of music videogames

June 4, 2009 admin News

The News Review:

- Bands catching rhythm of music videogames
- Gamers line up for ‘Halo’ ‘God of War’ sequels
- The Field – Yesterday and Today
- The Green Sounds of the Metronome Celebration
- Ala. peanut field becomes country music jam site
- Do music and hangovers ever go together?
- Mateel Summer Arts & Music Festival

Bands catching rhythm of music videogames
AFP
The big three videogame console makers and top third-party publishers are showing off their latest titles aimed at fulfilling a seemingly ubiquitous fantasy of being a rock star. The two surviving original Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr appeared for a “Rock Band” videogame debut at the Electronic Entertainment Expo or E3 that wraps up Thursday in Los Angeles. The addition of the legendary 1960s group to the “Rock Band” roster is expected to heighten the success of a blockbuster franchise as well as fuel a trend for bands to distribute songs and gain fans through videogames. “The Beatles are going to bring a whole new audience into music gaming” said John Drake of MTV Games as he let an AFP reporter Wednesday test the new videogame. “I think it is good for music gaming overall. “The “Rock Band” franchise has racked up more than one billion dollars (US) in sales since it launched in 2007 according to MTV Games.

Gamers line up for ‘Halo’ ‘God of War’ sequels
The Associated Press
The longest lines at E3 the three-day trade show wrapping up Thursday in Los Angeles have been for glimpses of the next installments in long-running franchises such as Nintendo’s “Legend of Zelda” and Sony’s “God of War” series. Some gamers waited in lines for over an hour for “The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks” for the Nintendo DS and “God of War III” for the PlayStation 3. Attendees were also drawn to Bungee Studios’ first-person follow-up “Halo: DST” for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Harmonix’s “The Beatles: Rock Band” a new version of the music game starring the rock group. Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.

The Field – Yesterday and Today
DA
And as a master producer of beats and electronics he’s made sure that when one considers his music quality should be the predominant sentiment. 2007’s From Here We Go Sublime was arguably that year’s best electronic album (not for me; that goes to Pantha Du Prince’s This Bliss) which featured some of the finest minimal techno and trance compositions in quite some time. And now with his new album Yesterday and Today Willner has executed another brilliant study on the world of electronic music. The album’s opening moments on “I Have the Moon You Have the Internet” are everything you’d expect from Willner: repetitive driving loops that are clashing and striking against each other. And the music takes a good three minutes just to simmer gel and flow within the scope of the song before a turn of the knob here and a twist of the control there opens everything up. Thus revealing a wide gorge of depth and substance with stamping snares snappy hi-hats and of course booming basses. Just take the album’s cover art and compare it to Willner’s previous album.

The Green Sounds of the Metronome Celebration
Gapers Block
He’s also one of more lively and animated DJs in town so whether or not he’ll be dialing down the energy level of his usual club set for this afternoon’s open-air appearance remains to be seen. If you haven’t caught him in action before Saturday afternoon might be a good time for an introduction. n the North stage by the Congress Theater at 3:30 p. -Graham SanfordAt this point it may seem a bit oxymoronic for a band that traffics in electronic music to include the word “future” in its name. In the case of the local trio.

Ala. peanut field becomes country music jam site
MiamiHerald.com
Gilley describes it as a country music resort similar to Branson Mo. with country-themed restaurants hotels and music venues bearing the names of country artists like George Jones Lori Morgan and Tracy Lawrence. The one big difference from Branson is Gilley will offer electronic bingo gambling. Gilley tried to get the Legislature to pass a constitutional amendment in the spring that would have resolved legal questions that the governor and others have raised about the growing number of electronic bingo operations in Alabama but Gilley’s efforts failed. Despite that and the loss of some investors due to the recession Gilley said “We’re going full speed ahead.

Do music and hangovers ever go together?
ChicagoNow
June 20 for the free album release party. Liz Revision spins the compilation’s tracks followed by techno and house from DJs Silentcorp Andrew Kevins Dirtybird and Droopy. Is low-key electronic music a sensible hangover cure? r would you rather wait to groove until after your throbbing headache subsides? Tagged.

Mateel Summer Arts & Music Festival
Times-Standard
As that project was wrapping up Freekbass absorbed Tobotius into his own project. Aside from the four-piece Freekbass band both Freekbass and Tobotius have a bass-and-turntable side project which has started making appearances at Freekbass shows. The way Freekbass sees it funk–his main musical inspiration–is an umbrella genre that has branched out to include types of electronic music so this other project is just an extension of what his band is already doing. Freekbass is excited to play before Rx’s set on the Trees Stage and hopes that “by the end of the night we’ll be one big happy family and we’ll get some big jam going. ” nly time will tell. The Mateel Summer Arts and Music Festival will also feature a number of local bands from the Ukesperience to Lisa Monet to Joanne Rand WoMama and more. Tickets for the event are $12-a-day or $20 for the weekend.
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