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I had thrown the Rock band bass on my Amazon wish list, and Brö got it for me for Christmas! So I spent some time getting used to it. The whammy knob replacing the bar was not a terrific idea, because it's next to impossible to use it while playing- but this is not much of an issue on bass anyway. I haven't gotten the hang of the split strum bar, but I probably ought to... I will tend to strum using my thumb. Playing this is still nothing like playing a real bass, but it mimics aspects of it certainly. For one thing the neck's longer than the guitar, so I have to stretch my hand out more. And while my hands are pretty long, they're also narrow- so it is definitely a stretch. I need big broad Jimi Hendrix hands. That will go on my wish list next.
Rock Band has battle of the bands that last for a few days... they're often 3 or so songs that have a common theme, and there's different requirements. They had a vocals challenge that I couldn't resist; solo on 3 very hard songs on Expert. One was "Spoonman", which I've done on Hard several times. I forget the other one, but then there's "Tangled Up In Blue". Bob Dylan may be a great poet, but his singing style annoys the hell out of me, so I'd avoided doing this song. But I was familiar enough with it (and Rock Band only counts pitch and not diction, which Dylan doesn't do all that well anyway) and was able to not fail out of this. I beat the band they put me up against; I am not sure if it's some made-up band or if I'm actually beating a real person somewhere out in the world. I sort of hope it's the former, not being competitive by nature, but whoever it was I totally kicked their ass.
Then I remembered the other challenges, the ones that come with the game, and checked out the vocals ones. I finished up the hard one, and unlocked the "impossible" one which had "Spoonman" and "Tangled Up in Blue" along with another one (I think it was "Long Time" by Boston) and did not care what level you performed at. So I did that at Hard, and for my troubles won a weird outfit, which didn't work on the character I was singing with except for the boots. Somewhere in there I also got a golden microphone, which I put the band logo on. Not that you would ever see it... but I know it's there. I got a clear microphone at some point as well, which is freaky and interesting.
My next challenge will be to do the Endless Setlist. Oh, and to get a mic stand attachment so I can try playing and singing at the same time.
Rock Band has battle of the bands that last for a few days... they're often 3 or so songs that have a common theme, and there's different requirements. They had a vocals challenge that I couldn't resist; solo on 3 very hard songs on Expert. One was "Spoonman", which I've done on Hard several times. I forget the other one, but then there's "Tangled Up In Blue". Bob Dylan may be a great poet, but his singing style annoys the hell out of me, so I'd avoided doing this song. But I was familiar enough with it (and Rock Band only counts pitch and not diction, which Dylan doesn't do all that well anyway) and was able to not fail out of this. I beat the band they put me up against; I am not sure if it's some made-up band or if I'm actually beating a real person somewhere out in the world. I sort of hope it's the former, not being competitive by nature, but whoever it was I totally kicked their ass.
Then I remembered the other challenges, the ones that come with the game, and checked out the vocals ones. I finished up the hard one, and unlocked the "impossible" one which had "Spoonman" and "Tangled Up in Blue" along with another one (I think it was "Long Time" by Boston) and did not care what level you performed at. So I did that at Hard, and for my troubles won a weird outfit, which didn't work on the character I was singing with except for the boots. Somewhere in there I also got a golden microphone, which I put the band logo on. Not that you would ever see it... but I know it's there. I got a clear microphone at some point as well, which is freaky and interesting.
My next challenge will be to do the Endless Setlist. Oh, and to get a mic stand attachment so I can try playing and singing at the same time.
