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‘Guitar Hero’ To Guitar Zero

General News — September 11, 2009 at 1:05 am
What’s worse? a dumb-ass trying to play a guitar while trying to be a ‘rock star’ or a dumb-ass pushing buttons on a plastic guitar thinking he’s already a rock star. Welcome to the virtual world of musicianship where you hit buttons to ‘play’ your guitars and reach super stardom in the rock music industry. So what, if you’ve got a Fender Strat or a les Paul shaped plastic guitar, it does not come anywhere near the real thing. With the rate at which technology is shaping up, children these days are impatient with almost everything and expect instant satisfaction. Well if that’s the case, then the world will soon run out of Paiges and Tony Iommis. Former Rolling Stones bassist, Bill Wyman recently voiced his opinions at a BBC charity function, stating that, games like Rock Band stop young people from practicing real musical instruments and also adding that it encouraged  [...]