Rock Band is a new video game that simulates various elements of being in a rock band. There is a toy guitar like that of Guitar Hero, there is a toy drum kit, there is a microphone.
I was chatting with a friend the other night who plays real-life drums, and she remarked that, basically, on drums at least, Rock Band can actually teach people to play songs.
A couple weeks ago, an acquaintance who teaches guitar lessons for a living remarked that several of his students, aged 10 or so, want to learn songs by Kansas because of Guitar Hero.
I'm hoping that in subsequent editions the guitars become more and more complex, until they are just actual guitars, and that we're using video games to make an entire generation into inadvertent musicians.
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