Hammond Music

The real truth behind it is that now bands will actually go up and approach MTV as well as Activision to be in the games Guitar Hero and Rock Band but there was a time in which they had to go around begging bands to allow them to use the songs in the games. This is more so for Guitar Hero when they were looking to release the first game as artists did not feel comfortable handing over master recordings to a company on the outside. Although some of the bands did actually allow for some covers to be done for the game. They had absolutely no idea that the game would become the success it did even with the cover versions. But then came the almost inevitable number two and bands started to let them use master recordings so by the time three was on its way out bands were approaching Activision? What had happened to make this happen??

Well the truth behind it is that because bands were appearing in a game that millions of gamers were now playing they were receiving more publicity and more record sales. However there are still a few bands out there that refuse to be in the game saying that playing the real thing is better and some are still not wanting to give up master recordings. Led Zeppelin are one of the biggest rock bands of all time and are the main band refusing to be in Rock Band or Guitar Hero as they are uneasy with handing over recordings to complete strangers. Of course they could always do what the Sex Pistols did and just rerecord it which is what happened when they found out the original tapes were missing.

Nothing can beat original, real guitars so why not pick up one of those electro acoustic guitars or perhaps even an ultra cool electric guitars and get learning in the right way.

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