<![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> soooo im currently at one of the fabled and dieing "open mic night's" and i can see why guitar hero is taking over :p

nah seriously though some of these guys are pretty good and some are hippies......nuff said -_-

demonknightinuyasha

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Trog13: Get your head out of your ass and maybe you wouln't be wrong all of the time, or, humor me and try to attempt and fail at explaining how "hardcore gamer" = fat kids with no life.

oh oh even better yet, stop basing your opions off south park and half-assed comics online!

Master Saji

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Wow. Shut up, kid. And stop saying "yea".

Bernard McGraw

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Yeah, but if this guy is on stage, all the patrons can do is listen. But put Guitar Hero in there, and suddenly anyone in the bar has the potential to rock the house. Sometimes it's more fun to participate than just to observe.

Briz9

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Oh cry me a river, little baby. God forbid people have some fun.

IrisMR

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I like open mike nights....

CaptLtrl

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> "HUMPY'S GREAT ALASKAN ALEHOUSE" really sounds like a place where people with "culture and refinement" would go XD

Yin

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I can somehow relate to this guy. I'm a musician too, but also a gamer. But he shouldn't take it out on gamers like that. Its as if he sounds liek a failed musician.

Shijirou

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I wouldn't mind hearing the poster sing instead, but he'd better be more sober than when writing his post.

mcderek3000

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> The problem is not with musicians but with some of them that think they are artsy and have the best licks on Earth. Music + Big ego = douchebag, especialy singers... :p

As for GH in a bar. Well, if people like it better instead of that open mic night, so be it. Personnaly I wouldn't want to hear the writer of the original article. With his "artsy and superior-than-thou" personna. Just keep it simple and cool, you're playing music, you're not on the brink of finding a cure for cancer!

Just saying, as a musician myself...

Malaky

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I love musicians. Such self-important pricks. Anything is more fun than watching your shitty cover band play "Smells like teen spirit" almost as a good as Nirvana.

WAA WAA the attention is not on me, WAA WAA I"m a whiney douche bag.

Smutking

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> A quote from the second page of that thread
"This is nothing more than corporate America muscling in on art, redefining it to what makes them money. Mindless entertainment."
Now that is fucking hilarious. Oh you hippie assholes.

SamG

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DevCo:

Maybe if you would of actually tried the game, you would of been able to see if it was fun or not. You shouldn't formulate an opinion of a game unless you never play it (unless you're Cooper Lawrence.)

And as for the guy in the post, he seems pretty bitter. And while if he were an exceptional musician he would probably have a better chance to play there- I do agree that in his case, having people who are terrible at the game sounds frustratingly boring.

I don't think that if I spent the time I use to play Rock Band that I'd be learning a real instrument. They are two seperate things, it's like saying that I shouldn't play video games because I could be reading novels. Besides, the time it takes to get good at Rock Band/GH is no where near the time it takes to learn a real instrument. Different ways of experiencing music.

PurpleMonkey

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> No musician with talent or training would agree with the writer, just like good singers aren't bothered by Karaoke night.

DrFresh

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> While I'm sure Humpy's Alaskan Ale House is simply a bastion of rich culture I can't see the loss being that great with this...this broken man-child leaving. Unfortunately he's leaving for Europe. God help us all.
You know, I'll be the first to defend local musicians.
Being from Ireland there's many the pub you can wander into and expect to be welcomed by the soft warblings of a tin-whistle. My own brother spent many the year playing with a few friends of his in various bars in the west of Ireland. That is culture.

Should you expect to find rich culture in every taproom? Not bloody likely. The pub is a place for people to come together and socialise; if playing a few rounds of Guitar Hero helps this then great.
I do feel for artists struggling to break through but I have no sympathy for people with this sort of monumental entitlement complex.

Yes, yes I realise I'm lacking in focus here but it's 2:17 in the morning and the late hour is starting to take its toll on me.

Thorgils

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> ten bucks says he'd swear up and down for his art, but wouldn't even imagine that video games can be art too.

ZinkO: Tekken a dump

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I find myself agreeing with him that a "Guitar Hero Night" at a bar definitely shouldn't replace an open-mic night. I hope this bar would allow both of those things to happen on different nights, as they are likely to draw very different crowds (respectively).

But I do question his anger. If he is a very talented musician and passionate about spreading his music, he should be proactively seeking out other venues to do it in. I don't think the canceling of one night at one local pub should destroy ones fan base; if they have one.

Also, I appreciate his passion for music, but his argument would be much better discussed with the manager of the bar; not on a forum where it will just lead to anger and flaming. >_<

I get kinda upset when musicians tend to nit-pick on the, "it's not the same!" issue when they should be excited that tons of kids are getting introduced to music they have never heard before. That's a good thing! (Can't imagine a lot of kids in Arkansas rocking out to The Pixies prior to Rock Band!)

mkillerbear

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @ XER0PH0KUS
Humpys is in Anchorage, and yes anchorage does have a lot of Airmen from Elmendorf Air Base it also has a lot of GI's from Fort Richardson which is also in anchorage.

As for playing GH in a bar, people can do whatever they want if it draws a crowd then keep it up, obviously open mic night wasn't which is why they probaly got rid of it.
On a side note though Humpys isn't really a bar as much as it is a tourist trap.
And if you want live music and your stuck in Anchorage take your whiny ass to Chilkoot Charlie's where they have live bands every night.

Game_Munkee

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> It really should be a mix. Not everyone has musical talent but maybe wants to be on stage. What the heck have the second tuesday pf every month be open "Guitar Hero/Rock Band night". That should be great fun. But replacing? Boo cold shoulder to local artists....

Mrobinson587

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Destrudo: i was going to tell you that was a pretty rude comment, but then i realized you were talking to yourself ;p

Crawl to China

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Dude's totally missing the point. GH tourneys are popular because YOU can play. You're participating rather than sitting there listening to someone else play.

I doubt anyone goes to a bar to hear other people play GH. They go so they can get up there too. Alcohol kills the inhibition so you're more likely to get up in front of a crowd and look stupid. It's all part of the fun.

He's probably pissed because he sucks at GH.

BigPanda

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> he's so militant over such a silly issue. talk to humpy's management or something. whining on the internet and calling forum posters to arms won't achieve much.

Crawl to China

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Gospel X: sorry, too much caffeine tonight. but i don't and never have considered myself to be a "hardcore" gamer, just a gamer. i enjoy games of all levels, but mainly i enjoy being in my chair (in front of my pc/game systemes etc) and veg'in out for a few hours online.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DaDRIZZLE: Wow, that was super defensive, pal. I was merely pointing out that what you were claiming meant "hardcore" were aspects somewhat removed from the "core" of gameplay. Especially when you were talking about graphics, entertainment systems, and chairs. Relax, guy.

Gospel X

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> go to the bar to dance? bet you had to be drunk first. go to the bar for karaoke? i know i have to be drunk first. go to a bar to meet girls? i hope they are drunk first. play gh at a bar? you'd be queer to do it sober i guess. it all boils down to drunkness. from what i've heard on here, it appears gh only becomes fun when you are not only drunk, but have your "bros and ho's" around cheering you on. i feel sorry for any adult who sits at home and plays this by themselves.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> If people have more fun watching someone pretend to play a plastic guitar then listen to you play a real instrument then I don't think the issue is with the game.

Darkest Daze

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @etho: again only bars who are trying to attract that demographic will find it more profitable. the country hole in the wall bars in my community would go out of business if they were hosting these tournaments. besides the motivation for the majority of bargoers is not video games or open mic. go to a bar and ask. considering people are at the bars that don't have gh right now, and i'm figuring that gh is only playing in less than %10 of all open bars right now, its obvious people go to bars to get drunk! that is what is most profitable to that bar. alcohol, not gh. the only reason to go there for women is because women go there to get drunk. give me a reason someone went to a bar, i bet it boils down to getting drunk, getting some chick drunk, or meeting one who is drunk already.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> What is that guy's freaking problem? Not everyone's idea of a good time is not listening to a band, in the forum he comments how karaoke gives him a headache, I know I have had more what could have been good nights out ruined by crappy bands doing crappy cover songs.
If people want to go out and have drinks at a bar and have fun with friends by playing GH, then let them, its their money, pissing and moaning about it is not going to change anything, well I guess it does provides some of us entertainment value laughing at the guy.

MistahJGM

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Callidux: "open mics (some musicians do take those seriously)

It was said by someone else, but I think it should be reiterated: "some musicians" are the only people who take them seriously. For everyone else, they are a joke or an annoyance. This guy doesn't realize that, as much as he hates people playing Guitar Hero in public, that's how much other people hate it when he plays his "music" in public. A greater number of pub-goers enjoy Guitar Hero tournaments than enjoy open mic nights, otherwise it wouldn't be cost effective for bar owners to do GH nights.

It's not a question of serious musicianship vs videogames. It's a question of bar owners operating viable businesses.

I'll tell you something, vaudeville acts have been suffering on the travelling entertainment circuits lately, because people will only hire "rock and roll groups" that only know how to play one type of music and don't even do any theatre! It's an insult to those of us cultured enough to know that real performers don't just caterwaul on Electro-guitars!

etho

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> this reminds me of the hold em tounaments that were the craze last year and the year before that. i played the crap out of hold em and can't stand it anymore. i'm willing to bet gh will die the same manor. how long could it possible be around for? there's only so much you can do with it. even with new songs, i don't see it lasting. its a novelty. its still new enough to most people, but the people i know who bought the first one were burnt out on it before the second one came out.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Destrudo:
Take some of your own advice and clean up your spelling, dirtbag.

Destrudo

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I wouldn't want to watch GH in a bar or club, I can barely even stand to play it for more than 30 minutes at a time. Watching it a bar seems pointless. On the other hand, I also don't want to see musicians crying online in their forums about how GH is ruining the club scene or whatever. It happend to one guy and all of a sudden it's musical armageddon, sans the Sousaphone.

Musicians, if you lose out to GH for a gig you're a crappy musician. One more thing, stop mentioning how bad you suck at the game but how you're God's Gift on the real thing and how the game just doesn't compare. THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A GODDAMN GAME. Stop with your artistic-holier-than-thou-attitude.... I'm not kissing your ass just because you can play a guitar.

P.S. Clean up your musical forums. To the outside world you seem like a mob of illiterate simpletons.

Destrudo

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> As both a musician and a gamer, I gotta side with the musicians on this one. Replacing orignal music with Guitar Hero is a HUGE slap in the face to musicianship and live performance. I'll be the first to admit that Open Mic nights can be dull and self-indulgent, but in some places, they're the only public forum for local artists to exhibit new material. But forget about Open Mic... just the idea that Guitar Hero would be any sort of substitute for live music... *cringe* I'm pretty disgusted.

To you all who think otherwise, and favor Guitar Hero over live music: STFU and learn to play a real instrument, weenies.

Highlander Wolf

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Gospel X: whatever i play 2-3 hours a day, call me what you want to, but compared to %90 of people i encounter on a regular, i'm a gamer. hardcore maybe not, but yes a gamer. compared to others, i may not be a gamer i guess, but i kinda figured anyone who plays more than that is a complete loser. i do have a wife, and i'd probably play more if i wouldn't get bitched at, but i still enjoy engaging in real life occasionally. once again, sorry if i'm not a gamer by your standards, but i don't care about labels enough to give a shit anyway. consumer/gamer, i'll still take in some madden online anyday. ranked 32 out of over 10000 peeps, but yeah your right i'm just a consumer.

besides i mentioned story line. i was listing things that cost money as a gamer. story line and plot doesn't really cost more money. maybe a $20 difference between shitty and good game.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Oops.. premature submit.

I meant to add this quote from his ramblings :

Yea I've sang Karaoke and won a bunch of money doing contests so what? Most Karaoke Bars that I've been too have MOSTLY Horrid singers that NO ONE but other drunk people waiting to sing want to listen to.

Really makes me want to check out his skilled and "real" music. Sounds like a lovely individual.

coach_mcguirk

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DaDRIZZLE: This is why I dislike the definition of "hardcore" people have these days. You're focusing on the bells and whistles of games but totally ignoring their core elements - those actually pertaining to gameplay.
Details, storyline, focus on a leather chair, speakers, HD TV, etc. implies that one is more of a consumer than gamer.

Gospel X

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Callidux: The musicians might take themselves seriously, but the people being subjected to their "music" do not.

brent_w

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Damn, what a cock.

coach_mcguirk

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Jericho114: hell no! the games on nes were of a different entertainment level in my mind. sort of like crossword puzzles. can only suck you in so much. games today are mind blowing with all the detail and story line, can actually get my adrenalin pumping. while mario can entertain, it can't put me on the edge of my seat.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Live music done well beats guitar hero. I personally would rather to listen to somone playing violin in the streets (the ones playing for money from passersby) then watch experts play guitar hero, since you can listen to the same song done flawlessly on a CD.

Although if this were a party it'd be different.

Father-Time

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @fyre: i would rather see a madden tournament. or even halo. guitar hero looks like your playing your childs toy and you need to put it down before your drunk ass brakes it and makes your kid cry. seriously, look at yourselves in the mirror when you play. if your an adult you should look f*cking rediculous.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DaDRIZZLE: Haha, yeah but did you really want 8 bit graphics or whatever nintendo had on a Hi-def tv with surround sound Midi blasting... When we were younger you could a "hardcore gamer" by just owning an SNES. There was no hi-def, and all the other things that make it so expensive today.

Jericho114

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I actually agree with this guy, GH and RB are fun to play , but they're not really fun to watch and can never compare to live music. If they were having a tournament or something I could understand, but replacing live bands with people playing a game is just fucking retarded.

fyre

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> only bars that cater to the same demographic as gh players would do this. i live in the sticks, i know i will never have to worry about bars in my area ever doing this. if you even talk about a 'wii' round here they think you are saying 'weed'. open mic's rule, gh is a temporary fad. as a gamer, i consider gh to be a toy, not a game, and would never play it again.(played it for 10 sec's at my parents house with lil bro. if my lil bro has it (hes mentally handicapp to about age 10) has it and can play it, its a toy. i personally like adult games, and some other games like mario for nastalgic reasons mainly. but i prefer online sports or shooters. if its rated 'm', i probably have it, and mastered it, and whooped you at it. i think the wii gets old and young to play together, but i noticed the old get burned out on it way fast.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> People WILL vote with their wallets. And if by some chance more people start going to the bar on the nights when GH/RB get played, will this guy STFU and let it go or will he continue to whine?

ckranger11

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Callidux: "This is exactly the same as if they decided to replace Wimbledon with Wii Tennis."

That's a bit of a stretch; equating Wimbledon to an open mic. More like: "This is exactly the same as if they decided to replace summer-camp-ping-pong with Wii Tennis."

sandwiches

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> to me you practically need to be an adult to afford the things to be a gamer. leather game chair w/speakers, multiple systems/games, high speed wireless internet, flat panel monitors, high end pc's, room/area dedicated to all this stuff .....................

i'm more of a gamer at 24, then i was at 14. just couldn't afford all the stuff that made it more fun.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Trog13: i'm 24, and i call myself a gamer all the time. so do my work buddies. i don't give a shit what other people think of me. if i was ashamed of being a gamer, i would quit playing video games.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @SaintWaldo: thank you! i was about to say it, but decided it would fall on deaf ears anyhow, but i'm glad someone said it. (surely these kids don't think with this backwark logic a lot these days do they?)

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @snoop-blog: Arg, when I hear the words "hardcore gamer" all I can think of are little fat kids wearing shirts for games they've never played that are attempting to play an extremely scratched and smudged psp but their chubby little fingers can't work the joystick.

It's amazing anyone out of Jr. High would actually call themselves that.

Trog13

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DefDealer: Right, because the guitar really needed GH to actually start to express human emotions. I love driving with the cart in front of the horse, too.

Kotaku - The Happy Clique for Hypocrites!

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DefDealer: aha.....haha.......bwahahahaha

Okay, no, GH did NOT make the guitar relevant, The Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and many many more made GH relevent.

Master Saji

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Guitar Hero has made the guitar relevant. Plain and Simple.

DefDealer

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Followed some links from this post, found this:

[theguitarzeros.com]

Now you've got a (fledgling) website that catalogs at least a few places that have "Guitar Hero Nights."

I say good times :)

redstar918

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I have no problem with GH tourneys and whatnot, but when it starts replacing real music, even if it is open mics (some musicians do take those seriously) IMO that is a bit sad.

Callidux

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Or the smartest?

Callidux

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Callidux: That is quite possibly the dumbest thing I've read all day.

brent_w

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> What it comes down to is what pulls the most money in, which I'm afraid would seem like GH would do so.

It's a little sad, really. This is exactly the same as if they decided to replace Wimbledon with Wii Tennis.

Callidux

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> What a douchbag. It's a freaking game, played for fun. I though it was okay to have fun at bars but I guess not. I think this guy has issues with people not accepting his music. I don't think anyone would view a Guitar Hero night as a "Soulful" experience. And since when does all music have to be "soulful"? I dunno about you but I like fun, and listening to some douche cry about his problems (in a rant, or song, form) is not my idea of fun.

KID-A26

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Woodwater: My first thought was to say, "Jesus what a douche." Then I thought, "Well maybe that's not fair; maybe the guy really is a good musician." Then I thought, "But if he's so great, why is playing at an open mic waiting to be 'discovered'? Only douches do that."

So I decided to look at his myspace page. His music is OKAY. That's it. Not great enough to listen to because his voice is super generic and weak. Not horrible enough to say it's horrible, which makes me understand exactly why he's doing open mics.

Anyway, after all the research, i thought, "Jesus what a douche." So I decidedx I would leave that comment here. Then upon scrolling down it appears that it wasn't an original idea. So unoriginal in fact that it appears a number of times here.

Anywho, you beat me to it. You and several others.

Douche city.

Zombie_Crunch

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Hmmmm, I had the unfortunate job of hosting an open-mic night for about a year (it was a single aspect of a larger job at a coffee bar) and I have to say that the swapping out of an open mic night for a Guitar Hero night is far from a tragedy. Few issues I had with open mic night...

1) Everyone who comes in, does the exact same shit every single time, whether it's some guy working out his mid-life crisis with a guitar, parents forcing their talentless children to play violin or a post-op transsexual reciting their poetry. Before doing the hosting gi, I would have thought it would be impossible for someone to play the same song literally dozens of times with no improvement whatsoever, but I was soooooo wrong.

2) It's all pretty much universally terrible. I can count the number of times I was actually happy to see someone perform on one hand. Often times, even if it was something that wasn't horrible, it would get repeated so much that I wouldn't be able to help hating it.

3) No one actually goes to an open mic to hear performers. They go to wait for their turn to perform and then they leave. Since they're only performing for other performers, they all get an inflated sense of accomplishment or worth because they all feel obligated to enthusiastically applaud each other (lest they not receive applause themselves).

Would I rather listen to someone playing Guitar Hero or Rock Band than some open mic parasite? Yes I would.

puppycake

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @BigManZam: Seconded.

It's a game. It's entertaining. Obviously it's more entertaining than you. Some musicians are wonderful entertainers. If you're pissed that the game has replaced you, do what every other person in America does - get better or find a new market. It's called capitalism, and right now Guitar Hero is demanded more than you. Whose fault is that? Yours.

Saxboy

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Guitar Hero as a platform for performance art isn't the same thing as someone playing music on an instrument. Both are entertaining in different ways.

The fact that this "guitar player" doesn't get it is pretty typical of douchebag guitar playing videogame haters.

Jabbertrack

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> As a musician, I wish this guy would've just sucked it up. Guitar Hero is not replacing real musicians any time soon. If he were good enough, he could get gigs almost anywhere. My money is on this person being a kid who is relatively new to music and did this for some attention.

BigManZam

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Quick! Call the whambulance!

blackadvent

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> OH and just to piss some off...

[profile.myspace.com]

All the info you need is right there if you have nothing to do tonight!

AsWater

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @AsWater:
stupid musicians, how dare they create music!

zombiefrank

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I'm stuck between the sides on this issue. Yes GH get repetative and doesn't offer the...

You know what, I'm just not going to touch this one! All of you who are getting so worked up over this(BOTH SIDES) Go get laid or go write some music, or go play fucking GH!

Master Saji

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I'm with him. I'd much rather hear someone play honest to god music than hear a song that is, for all intents and purposes, playing on a stereo w/ a device that has the ability to break the song unless you press its buttons in sequence. I mean, you're not playing the music in rock band, you're just keeping the game from turning off the sound. You could turn the radio on and witness the same experience minus the ruined song.

Which isn't to say the game is without its merits. I know I want it. But I don't want to see drunk people fumbling to play it unless I'm one of them.

justhesh

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> La Azteca in Orange has GH every Wednesday night. Judy Nails goes and wins all the time. Everyone has fun and the audience is part of the experience.

If no one is having fun when some douche plays his crappy songs on open mic then so be it.

GH is like a juke box that people can play to. I love hanging out with friends, getting drunk and playing GH (now RB). Now we can meet more people who like to do the same thing but in public. On top of that, I think its good for the community.

Stupid ass hat musicians, stop oppressing us!

AsWater

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DaDRIZZLE: I agree with you 100% I go to live shows all the time and I love how the sound is nothing like the album recording most of the time. I was just saying its ignorant to think an amateur band is going to play an original song that is as good as Wonderwall or stairway to heaven (which I personally don't like) or as good as the random drunk guy beside him can do it on Guitar Hero on easy mode. Band like led zepplin and many others didnt get popular overnight, it takes time and practice and patience to be a good artist.

Jericho114

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Why can't people just shut up and have some fun?!

Vegasadelphia

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> "So you mean to tell me, watching some drunk ass GI or Fratboy attempting to play "Sweet Child O Mine" on a guitar shaped GAME CONTROLLER,. flubbing notes at that, is a more soulful experience then hearing me play and sing?"

Yes - your voice sounds like 40 cats sliding down a mountain of chalkboards in a hailstorm being fed through a microphone sitting 2 inches from the speaker.

In short - You, your mother, and your Ego, are the only ones who want to hear you sing, stop it.

Open mic nights are, and always have been, a place for no-talent hacks to pine after their pipe dreams of being real musicians, and ruin a perfectly good atmosphere for no good reason.

brent_w

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> The one thing this guy doesn't seem to understand is that kareoke and now GH are more fun and thus popular than having an actual artist on-stage simply due to the level of participation involved.

When the bar has a live act, good or bad, the patrons simply watch/listen to the act, passively. When they host a kareoke/GH (both = Rock Band FTW) night instead, patrons are able to get actively involved with what's going on. It's no longer passive entertainment. People aren't going to watch people play on a fake guitar, or poorly sing a popular song. That's not entertainment. Rather, they're going to play on the fake guitar or poorly sing a song themselves.

The entertainment thus becomes somthing they are a part of, not an observer to - a feat that a live act cannot achieve, no matter how good that act might be.

It is a shame that local artists are losing business to the phenomenon, because many artists responsible for the songs in kareoke/GH/Rock Band got their start in such venues. But, that's no reason to fault the activities for simply being more enjoyable than a live act, or the venues for realizing that this is true.

StarkRavingMad

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> In my experience, when going to a coffee house or local public house, open mic night is the worst night to go. It has a similar effect on the observer as one who might walk into a war time infirmary might feel. This place is diseased. In my honest opinion I would rather be punched in the face than have to listen to some half talent hack, who has grown his stubble to perfect length, tinted his glasses, tilted his fedora, and wears a dirty shirt (for the cred) with a blazer (for the ladies), and belts out 2-3 cord songs about going to diners with cheating women and how hard life is. No thank you. This apparation, this bestubbled spectre is the plague of open mic night. His trademark forced smokey tones tear at the fibres of your ear and cause flesh to bubble with puss and ichor. The Guitar Hero Mic night, however, is liken to the common cold, annoying but you get over it. The songs are familiar, and there is humor in the failure of the player rather than the awkward but smug satisfaction you feel when seeing a "starving" musician fail.

In summation, when I go to a drinkery with delicious pub eats, I would rather have #24 Tommy Fratboy USA belting out "Barracuda" on a plastic guitar while his bros and their hos cheer and laugh, than have my meal ruined by some shaggy haired myspacer plink out his sorrows while his "artsy" slut (buts its ok because were in an open relationship) girlfriend cheers him on as she lets some raven haired yellow sunglass wearing "photographer/graphic designer" feel her up.

TevaZul

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Homemaker Betty:
YES, so my buddy and I are not the only ones who have played, I kid you not, "BAGS". That game is so hilarious but we spent a lot of quarters on it.@NateN:
Stupid game with a shotgun, hey Bg Buck Hunt is also a great bar arcade game. Maybe cause my pubs here in NYC usually carry the game, I am addicted to getting a triple buck bonus and killing quail is always fun.

zombiefrank

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Arklop: Besides, everyone and their grandmother plays guitar. It's like coding HTML...fairly common skill, so get over yourself.

Arklop

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Jericho114: not even orginal artists, can sound the same live as recorded. very very few. that's the best part of live music; the emotion. i don't want it to sound identical to the radio version, otherwise we'd just listen to that. i want to see you put yourself out there, close your eyes and FEEL the music. even if your not very good, i will give you respect.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Oh yes, such "refined" clientèle at Humpy's.

*MONSTERIOUS EYEROLL*

brent_w

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> It's not so much the topic that leads to the heated debates, in my opinion it's the bitter remarks made from one party to the other. I read above one guy said that if you can't make an instrument sound better than guitar hero than you must suck and need to quit. I think it would be a bit difficult to play a real guitar at the same level of a game that is using prerecorded tracks from some of the best artists in music history, unless your very talented at least.

That said there should be no guitar hero replacing an open mic in any bar ever, if they choose to do so on some other night thats not a problem at all, my 13 year old little brother will love to attend, but keep the open mic available one night of the week for those of us that like fresh music even if it isnt good all that often. Alot of artists have enough trouble making it as it is with free music downloads and such, this is the one of the ways they gain experience and develope the skill of playing guitar under the pressure of a crowd.

Anyone that says otherwise has no interest in new music, or keeping people inspired to make new songs so that your kids will have some original guitar hero/rockband tracks to pretend to play.

Jericho114

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I don't think it should replace live gigs completely, but I agree with the other posters on two main points: (a) there are enough nights in the week for both; and (b) just because you think you can play real music on a real instrument, doesn't mean people want to hear you do it.

That said, I personaly have little interest in watching people play GH/RB in a bar, just like I have little interest in listening to people sing karaoke. Fun to do with my friends, but not as fun when it's strangers in a public place. But hey, just because it's not fun for me, doesn't mean it's not fun for everyone.

But then, I also have little interest paying money to hear self proclaimed musicians butcher songs that I wouldn't pay money to hear the real performers play.

So to the angst ridden American Idol reject in the above article - **** YOU TOO! With your attitude, yeah I would rather watch some drunken fratboy flub notes on a plastic guitar than hear your sorry ass play cover tunes. Oh, and bite me.

seafisch

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> This is s simple matter of what's good for business. If the oh-so-cultured-and-refined musician playing at "Humpy's Alehouse" (sounds like a cultured place, doesn't it?) doesn't bring as much business to the bar as the game, then sorry pal. Start putting butts in the seats or go whine elsewhere.

Arklop

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @paulzy:
You are a terrible satirist.

zombiefrank

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Yeah, get a real job, son.

crapsh00t

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @NateN: Golden Tee has been replaced by a game with the same controls, but you throw a bean bag into a hole. I swear to god.

The Jerk

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Wow, this whole thread is going downhill fast.

No one, or at least no one reasonable, thinks they are playing music when they are playing Guitar Hero or Rock Band. I also don't think that anyone reasonable thinks they are bowling when they play Wii Sports, that they are really jumping and spinning around 720 degrees while shooting an assault rifle while playing Halo, or that they can really fly a Fighter Jet after a round of Ace Combat. Video games are entertainment. Bars are looking to get people in during the week, so advertising something like a guitar hero tournament is just another way to get someone in. I wouldn't get on stage myself and rock out to GH or RB, but I wouldn't look down on someone who does either. I doubt they'd be any worse at those games then I am at Darts or Pool.

Side note: How many bars have you seen in recent years that DIDN'T have Golden Tee or that stupid game with the plastic shotgun?

NateN

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Now don't get me wrong Open Mic nights have to be a great place for starting Musicians to get past stage fright and handling the crowds reactions good and bad.

Konchu

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Steel_Pelican: Gotta agree with that, I can't stand watching people play, but I love playing.

Kinda like any video game really.

The Jerk

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> these kids probably never heard most of the songs they play on gh until they made it into a game.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @num1skeptic: said: "you have to remember there's a lot of kids on here, and their favorite musics groups don't even play music,....just lip sync to a pre made tape of a song they didn't even write"

amen brotha, preach to the choir.

DaDRIZZLE

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> 1.) Rock Band/GH in bars is fun for the dude(s) playing, but really boring for the other 25 people in the bar.
2.) I'd rather have a DJ (or performers) pick the tunes I'm hearing, rather than the typical RB setlist. It becomes a jukebox with a very limited catalog, and the chances for song repetition increase exponentially.
3.) If the regulars at your local bar would rather play videogames than listen to you play your songs, you've lost your audience. Your fault, not theirs. Write some better material, not a bitchy blog post.

Steel_Pelican

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I just have to add my two cents to this. I've been playing music for a little over 10 years now (10 on drums, 7 on bass and 6 on guitar). I have been in a multitude of bands, ranging from sad little garage bands to decent acts that would tour the country (all be it in a cramped van, playing at local venues). I would also like to add that I suck at Guitar Hero, as I count my self lucky to 4 star a song on hard.

That being said, I have never found it hard to set up a gig at a local bar or venue. They are almost always looking for acts for fri and sat night. If at some point they stop letting you play these, thus reducing you to play at "open mic night", then it is time to go back to your day job my friend. Open mic night is/should be reserved for funny, in a sad and un-funny kinda way, stand up acts by commidan wantabes. In my opition, drunken idiots trying to play guitar hero fits in perfectly here.

fawrh

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @GhaleonUnlimited: I really don't think that people are arguing that it is. I mean, I think it's really silly to have people play guitar hero at bars and on radio stations, but fuck, i'm not going to go up in arms agianst the people who make the game.

Blame the jackasses that run the bars and radio stations.

The Jerk

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> UGH open mic night is the freaking worst. It's as bad as karoke except it's not supposed to be a joke that everyone laughs at. No one wants to hear your "i wish i was jeff buckley bullshit from your Ovation or your neatly trimmed bearded face. Not even your girlfriend, even though she "supports you". If you really were worth listening to, you'd actually have a gig where they print your name on the flyer.

kidko

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> It seems that this Musician is upset due to a particular instance and maybe this is a trend. But I think the rage is mis spent. I don't think there is any issues With GH in Bars in general its a great community game which is why a lot of people go to bars(cue Cheers Music). Now if Bars are completely removing open mic nights for guitar hero it may be some cause for concern. But what if it did and they did it because they were not getting enough people participating to justify it. Or I don't want to downplay anyones abilities but what if the bar was not getting any real talent and open mic night became stay home and save you ears night. At least when people suck at guitar hero or karaoke you know you are not shattering their dreams when you start laughing.

Konchu

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @GhaleonUnlimited: you have to remember there's a lot of kids on here, and their favorite musics groups don't even play music,....just lip sync to a pre made tape of a song they didn't even write.

num1skeptic

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I'm a professional NHL player and the other day I went to the arena to play and there was FAR less people in the crowd. I asked a guy where everyone was and he said "probably at home playing NHL 08". WTF! How dare they not pay to see me play instead! I tried playing that game once and I sucked at it so therefore its NO GOOD. I couldnt be because I suck and my team is 10-41 this year!

ps. This is satire. I would rather play guitar hero at a bar then watch your sh*tty band play cover songs all night.

paulzy

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Yeah, this is like demonstrating X-Men vs. Street Fighter combos at a martial arts studio.

GUITAR HERO IS NOT FOR FUCKING REAL. It's nice that people have fun with the product, and some people will probably learn real guitar after playing it a bunch, but again, GUITAR HERO IS NOT REAL MUSICIANSHIP.

GhaleonUnlimited

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Please hold while I transfer you to the central hub of WAAAAAAAAAmbulances.

Sqwerell

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> my dad is in a band and can play strangle hold so good, it gives me goosebumps. i would pay to see some local bad ass at the guitar, but i would never pay to see the BEST GH player ever. hey guess what you being the best gh player out there, doesn't do shit for ya. being the best real guitar player out there- makes you rich with women and money. even a local crappy guitar player makes money and free women and drinks. i know its hard for you kids to understand what women want/like, but its real men, not little boys.

num1skeptic

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DevCo: Drum mufflers?
[generationgamerz.com]

(I had some roommates that were REALLY into VF4. Our downstairs neighbors could hear them banging away at the arcade sticks they bought for the game, so they had to adjust their playstyle to avoid ticking off the neighbors. Same sort of thing might be in your roomates' future! :-P)

NateN

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> The only thing worse then the guy playing Guitar Hero on stage who thinks he can rock, is the talentless losers who come in on open mic nights, and think _they_ can rock.

I live over a bar - replace the open mic nights with Guitar Hero nights and I'd call it a net overall gain.

Motivated

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @The_Foo: Sounds like rock could use a hug.

DevCo

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> as a real musician myself, playing paid gigs for about 10 years now, i ask how culturally unrefined you have to be to think that open mic night at humpy's is anything more of a display of artistic technical prowess than a rock n' roll simu-game like guitar hero?

iao_

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I love my gaming. I play almost every day. My nephew kicks my ass in GH every time I play him.

If I walked into a bar and the live entertainment was Guitar Hero, I would leave immediately. Not because it's taking a job away from a musician or anything. It's just too lame that's all.

crashlanding

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I agree with this guy. I can hardly stand watching a full song being played at my house by friends, let alone hearing the same handful of songs over and over by some random drunk dude.

Guitar hero is repetitive, make way for people who can play more than a handful of songs.

Haze4peace

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> This guy's a whining douche. Everybody knows that the rock doesn't complain. The rock just blows your ass out with sweet licks and riffs and leaves you in a heap on the ground begging for more while it swaggers out the door in search of a pack of smokes and a bottle of whisky to drown that soul-crushing emptiness inside because daddy never loved me and momma died and oh god why didn't he just hold me and tell me he loved me once so I wouldn't have to sell myself on a stage chasing that little bit of affection with strangers, any kind of affection, even though I'm left spent and empty and feeling used up when the day's through...

The_Foo

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @elementary: I don't get the reference

njhardcoreguy

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> those who want to see gh in the bars, probably also want dance revolution there.

the live music is so girls dance on stage. i've never seen a dance floor packed from guitar hero.

num1skeptic

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> His whine goes great with all the cheese in his self-righteous attitude. Hey, prick, I play a REAL MUSIC INSTRUMENT (apparently it needs to be in caps for someone to get the point you're making) and I think this GAME is just fine. Guess what? I can play GUITAR, BASS, and DRUMS! I can also write REAL MUSIC. So, I think you're taking this and knocking it out of proportion. I hardly think someone's going to pay to see someone play music on a GAME CONTROLLER (sorry, have to do this) rather than watch a TALENTED MUSICIAN play an LIVE.

Also, fuck me? No, fuck you!

Voteforme2020

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Homemaker Betty:
Perhaps I'm just more prone to homicide than you.

DevCo

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Man, this is really gonna ruin this guys chances of making it big in Alaska.

L

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> i don't think anyone would leave a bar that had open mic because they heard guitar hero was at another bar. maybe someone who has the game at home who's at the bar and see's it there might play it, but that guy is probably the last one getting laid that night.

i can see it now, me with my friends at the bar, "hey guy's the verve has guitar hero!" *friends telling me they'll meet me there, *friends never showing up.

i agree with snoop-blog, it's got to minors who are defending the idea of gh in the bars.

num1skeptic

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Alaska has so many weird bars named after fish or fishing rigs. I've been to a few different bars called "Humpy's" as well as a place called Hoochies (part of a long lining fishing rig)... Then there is the Great Alaskan Bush company, just to name a few...

I'm not in Anchorage, but down in Juneau we have a few bars that have replaced Karaoke night once a month with a rock band night. If they're switching it out with Karaoke thats fine, but is sad if they're dropping open mic nights in place of Guitar Hero or Rock Band nights. The once a month thing down here in Juneau works great, it's not so often that people get burned out on it, but it's often enough that it pulls a decent crowd once a month on a Tuesday Night. As for the guys rant he might have had some decent points, but his delivery of them left me wanting to tell him to go 'eff himself.

lostalaska

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DevCo: Oh trust me I know, my Roomates borrowed my Rock Band, on top of that they actually have a band and have a real drumset, and I can feel the shit, but christ...I just use headphones. I'm guilty of playing TF2 REALLY loud.

The Jerk

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I wonder how long before BMI and ASCAP come up with a music licensing policy for people playing Guitar Hero/Rock Band in public? Because if one or both of them decides that the usual recorded/live music license doesn't cover video games, that could get interesting.

[www.bmi.com]

chucklebuck

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Homemaker Betty:

Doesn't work you can fucking feel that tapping in the floor, in the walls, EVEN THE NEIGHBORS ASKED WHAT ALL THE TAPPING WAS, and they didn't even hear the MUSIC.

DevCo

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> If there is a demand for it then why not? Oh by the way I found this snippet interesting:

anyone who has even the slightest bit of culture and refinement would agree. GUITAR HERO belongs in the home, at house parties or in a Frathouse basement but it DOES NOT BELONG AT HUMPY'S GREAT ALASKAN ALEHOUSE, REPLACING OPEN MIC MONDAYS!!!!!

To me guitar hero is not any different of a social device used at these venues. An alehouse's purpose is to serve drinks and second is to provide some other appendage be it entertainment or educational. In this case, the alehouse's secondary purpose is to provide entertainment, and if guitar hero is providing more entertainment to customers then so be it. The only way we can measure entertainment is to equate it to finances, and my guess is the owner realized that people want things like guitar hero more so than an open mic night and the finances have shown it. I guess this guy needs to change venues and play somewhere else where his culture and refinement can be appreciated.

yjaved1

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I'd just like to add that I'm from Anchorage and Humpy's is the local watering hole, and not a bad place to find good beer.

That aside, bringing these games into bars would work better for Rock Band where you can have a singer offer a different take on a song, but GH would just be fucking boring to sit and watch someone play while drunk. No thank you.

Crosswayboy

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Although I will say this, in some cases GH has made me a better guitar player because of the way it emphasises the guitar in the mix a little more. This has helped me play them better on real guitar.

superbabyproject

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> actually with the quality of music i've heard play at most open mic nights, listening to someone blow notes in guitar hero isn't that much different AND bonus is everyone can get up there and make an ass of themselves

cleverlymadeup

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @DevCo: Spoilsport bastard, buy some headphones.

The Jerk

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> My bad in my previous post I wrote Slappys I meant Humpy's.

And yeah I know quite a few cats that play guitar (being a musician myself). I whip my friends ass (non gamer, guitarist) at the game. But he can whip my ass playing a "real" guitar.

This is a dilemna I often have when playing GH, I can get lost and waste countless minutes/hours/days/etc. playing that shit. But then I get bummed out and say "Wow with the amount of time I'm spending trying to get a 5 star Rating on this song on Med./Hard I could actually be learning to play guitar or something instead of simulating it."

I often just cut that shit off and start playing COD4 or Madden online or re-visit a couple old Wii games (Galaxy, No More Heroes, Zack and Wiki, Table Tennis) and then I forget that the dilemna even existed.

FunKrusher

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @njhardcoreguy: but that's a different conversation altogether

In Unison: "But that's a different conversation"

elementary

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @demonknightinuyasha: In my experience most songs are harder to play on GH when you get to hard/expert than on real guitar.

superbabyproject

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @TRT-X:
They hear some quality music. sure.The jukebox can play quality music as well. It is also not self aggrandizing. Man that guy sure can play a wicked guitar hero. If the people at the bar are not any good at the game, the night would just consist of plastic noise and the game screaming plink, plonk, blunk. No thanks. However, I do not think that a GH night is a terrible idea, it would be fun and engaging, but meh.

zombiefrank

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> What I'm sick of is the shit music that I have to hear over and over again from these retarded games. I'm sorry but listening to someone click and tap out any of those overplayed ballads makes my ears bleed.

My roomates had a Rock Band get together over here and of course I stayed upstairs playing my PC games like a good hermetic nerd should. ALL YOU CAN HEAR IS THE TAPPING OF THS SHITTY PLASTIC DRUM SET. TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP.......AAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING GET REAL ONES AND STOP SOILING MUSIC.

And no I don't play music, write it, or even pay for it.

DevCo

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I'm going to five-star circles around this guy...

burnin_squirrrl

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> He's just pissy because he sucks at guitar hero.

everyone i know that plays real guitar has a harder time with guitar hero because their minds are so ingrained in how an actual guitar works that they can't simplify it down to 5 buttons a single strum and a rapidly smacked around whammy bar. hell, i saw an interview with dave mustaine for i belive guitar hero 2 and he was fucking terrible at his own song. obviously though he does much better on his actual guitar.

honestly if this guy is losing gigs to guitar hero maybe he should reevaluate his shitty music...

i also love this part of the quote: "And I can play a guitar pretty Damn well...A REAL guitar that is..So you mean to tell me, watching some drunk ass GI or Fratboy attempting to play "Sweet Child O Mine" on a guitar shaped GAME CONTROLLER,. flubbing notes at that, is a more soulful experience then hearing me play and sing?"

who ever said guitar hero was a "soulful" experience? wtf is a soulful experience? can i have one without a soul? couldn't tell you. what I can tell you is that guitar hero is FUN (what? having fun during a night of drinking? you bastard! you should sit there and watch some pompous jackass preach his message and try to get laid!"

and when is the last time a good musician came out of alaska? >.>

demonknightinuyasha

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I can see his point, being a musician myself, but surely any method promoting rock music is better than having to listen to some godawful garage or crunk bollocks in the local boozer , no?

superbabyproject

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> i like to game, but too many kids on here. outtie (back 2 consumerist). peace out kiddies, and one day you'll know what a bar is really supposed to be like. till then, i'll continue to dominate you on socom online. and btw, you shouldn't be allowed to use a mic online unless you indeed have gone through puberty. with your high pitched voices.

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @amazinglarry: hilarious!

JohnnytheFuture

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @TRT-X:
It was hypothetical. Would you pay money to get into a bar to watch some kids stand on stage and play guitar hero? Most open mics are free as well, in my experience anyway. All I am saying is that guitar hero doesn't deserve to replace open mics. Have a guitar hero night, or Rock Band tournaments every weekend or something, but don't do away with open mics and live music in exchange for the clicking of a guitar controller.

Sekthruth

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @snoop-blog:

It SHOULD be live music being played. But if the live music is absolute shit, it deserves to get replaced by random drunks trying guitar hero.

Komrade_Kayce

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> As much as I think the guy is overreacting a bit, you guys aren't helping matters any with "failed musician" this and that, and Stormrider's above comment. Even if you're the greatest undiscovered musician there is, it's not that easy to get out there and find your audience, and every little bit of exposure helps you get that much closer to it. The guy has a lot of valid points, and though it's not expressed in the best way, it's should be easy to understand why he's emotional about it. Try to look at it from both sides.

Grave

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Bars are in business to sell you enough alcohol and snacks to make a profit but not so much that you die of alcohol poisoning or drunk driving. Most folks aren't going to go to a bar in the middle of the week, so they need gimmicks to get people to come in. If more folks want to goof with a plastic guitar on stage rather then listen to this guy play the guitar and sing then it's the right decision for the business. Perhaps it should tell sir artiste something as well.

Would he be just as pissed off if the bar had a general video game night I wonder, or is it the fact that it is all "fake musicians" stealing the glory?

NateN

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> That's just wrong. I mean I know a couple local bars that have "Guitar Hero" nights, or contest with winners getting free drinks all night. But to have it replace "real live" open mics? I think that's just moronic. I mean sure it's in good fun. But if I'm at a thinking it's going to be open mic. I don't want to get there and see a bunch of people playing virtually a game with no real musicianship (i made that word up) going on.

That's just me. So I can see the guys frustration. But he needs to pump his breaks with the "vote with your wallets thing" slow down cheif. It's not that serious. Maybe Slappy's on Mon. is his spot. But he can pay with his wallet and NOT GO TO SLAPPYS ON THAT NIGHT. Asking people to boycott a game that's becoming a pop culture staple is just asinine.

Good read though.

FunKrusher

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Stormrider: because they can pay a douche like you $50 per night to run it opposed to the $200-$600 it would cost to bring in some real talent.

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> The people have spoken, and they want the clickety-click.

Quilt

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I hate to nitpick here but if he is in Anchorage which I believe he is, there probably aren't a lot of GIs out there. Don't be ignorant mister angry guy. The term is Airman, not GI.

Also he sucks and is just angry he can't land a real gig. Its sort of how a lot of real guitar players don't like GH because they think that people who play the game must believe they can play the real guitar. I don't get it, I don't know, but whatever, he needs to smoke more pot and mellow out.

Xer0Ph0kus

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Sounds like he typed it at Humpy's...while drunk.

Codexx

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> call me old fashioned, or call me 25 years old, but when i go out to a bar, it's for the girls first, beer second, music last. but it should be live music being played, not video games b.s.

i don't go to bars so i can feel like i'm at a frat party....... and i am a hardcore gamer. i game 2-4 hours everyday. still would rather keep it out of the bars.

snoop-blog

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> It's no different than Karaoke bars... If you don't like it, just don't go.

Flapshots

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> People are such fucking crybabies.

The Jerk

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Sounds like the bitterness of a failed musician to me.

The bar should do whatever brings in the most crowds and sells the most beer. If it's listening to Mr. Angry here play guitar, do it. If it's watching choderboy rock out to Slow Ride on hard, then do it. If it's girls in bikini bottoms and no tops then check all local and state laws and, if they say it's okay, then do it.

In fact, I'm getting rid of open-mic night at the bar and instituting topless Guitar Hero with trampolines. Who's with me?

doubtful

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @Sekthruth:
Would you go to an arena, buy tickets and sit in the seats with 18,000 other fans and watch someone play a game of NHL 08 on the Jumbotron instead of a real hockey game?

Nope. But, oddly enough, I also haven't paid money to participate in a Guitar Hero Tournament. Or to watch an Open Mic night.

So I guess your analogy falls by the wayside.

TRT-X

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @RemyDuvalle: They can be as insecure as they want to be... as long as they STFU. When Open Mic Guy can play as well as the "As Made Famous By" session guys, I'll want to see him more than listen to *good* covers in GH and Rock Band.

omnibot2000XL

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> If you're really that good of a musician, why are you losing work to a video game?

Stormrider

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> Awwwwww such a sad story... luckily "World's Smallest Violin Hero" will be released first quarter.
:tear:

amazinglarry

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @njhardcoreguy:

I guess. In the way that disliking mushrooms is unfortunate. It's just a matter of taste, right? Music just isn't as important to me as it is to you.

A lot of people are making the entirely valid point that bars are just going to do what brings in the most money. But I really don't understand why we can't have both. I can play GH on monday nights, you can play Hotel California on tuesdays. Or vice versa. I don't care what night these things happen. I believe in a world where music video games and crappy amateur musicians can coexist peacefully, even in public places. What I really object to is this morons claim that GH is somehow an attack on the culture and art of music. He seems outraged that there are people in the world that would rather play a game with others than watch him play his crappy music. It's like a minor league baseball player complaining that people would rather play baseball with their friends than watch him play. In fact, that's exactly what it is.

This guy is a self absorbed idiot that doesn't deserve an audience or a venue.

etho

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> @snoop-blog:
Or, you know, booze; which I hear is what they serve at these establishments.

Anyway, Rock Band is a pretty fun to play while drunk, but I agree that making it a main attraction at a bar is pretty dull.

Mr. Mastodon Farm

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I think a GH night is a great idea, but if my local bar axed their open mic night for a GH night, I'd be pissed too. Yeah, it's usually crappy cover songs by drunk, usually shitty musicians, but they're there for those shitty musicians to get better. I don't know if I would ever have had the balls to play in a band if I hadn't been frequenting open mic nights years beforehand. Have both on different nights. If you don't want to listen to shitty covers, don't go to the open mic night. If you don't want to watch drunk frat boys play video games, don't go to GH night. Just don't stop doing one or the other. That's just epically double gay.

unicronband

]]> <![CDATA[Guitar Hero Vs. Open Mic Night]]> I kind of agree.

What I mean by this is that yeah it is sad that Guitar Hero is actually being played at bars, WTH? I