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Tuesday October 21, 2008

Does 'Guitar Hero' Inspire You To Play For Real?

Virtual games like Rock Band and Guitar Hero could be inspiring people to pick up an instrument and rock out for real.

Research conducted by retail-entertainment site Swoopo suggests the next generation of musicians could come from the gaming market.

Of 3,500 people surveyed over 1,000 said they had taken up a musical instrument as a result of playing the games.

There has been a huge rise in sales of the games over the last 6 months, with guitar being the instrument of choice for 43% of gamers.

Of those, 11% took up acoustic guitar, 23% electric and 9% strapped on a bass.

Do you think these games are the way forward, or a waste of time?

Posted by Nick Cracknell
Tuesday October 21, 2008

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Haha, that's really interesting, my little cousin loves these sort of games and has just been asking about guitar lessons! I wonder if it's connected!?

Posted by Danny (127.0.0.1) on October 21, 2008 at 10:54 AM BST #

Definately.

I started guitar roughly two months ago, and, not to be boastful, but i am getting better by the minute, and i think this is due to me already knowing some finger patterns for chords, e.g. an a Major relates to a green, red, yellow chord on guitar hero. I already have the rapid finger movement down too, i was/am in the top 50 GH3 players in the UK :D

Posted by Mike (127.0.0.1) on October 21, 2008 at 05:28 PM BST #

Guitar Hero inspired me to start playing guitar. Well, actually it was my friends. They were like, you are so good at guitar hero, just learn a real instrument. So I started playing guitar 6 months ago.

Posted by Alex Domsky (127.0.0.1) on October 21, 2008 at 06:32 PM BST #

I spent so much time on GH2/GH3, so I decided I can put that time to better use and bought a real guitar (electric) about 11 months ago. For me, playing the real thing is so much different than pushing the colored buttons. Aside from bringing me to picking up a real guitar, I have not really "learned" something from Guitar Hero that can be applied to real guitar playing. www.justinguitar.com helped me jumpstart my guitar technique!

Posted by Nicolas (127.0.0.1) on October 22, 2008 at 04:30 PM BST #

I dont think guitar hero inspired me much as i was playing about a year before the game came out. But saying that there are some songs/bands/guitarists that i wouldent be in to if it wasent for guitar hero so i am thankful of that much

Posted by chris (127.0.0.1) on November 26, 2008 at 04:25 PM GMT #

I hate people who think they can play guitar just because they play guitar hero. It's like when people ask me if I play an instrument, I say guitar and they always have you ever played guitar hero. The makers of guitar hero should put big sticker on the box saying does not help with real guitar. Tt's nothing like playing the real guitar, it's just a playstation, xbox or wii remote shaped to look like a guitar.

Posted by scott (127.0.0.1) on December 13, 2008 at 08:40 PM GMT #

I think it does a little bit but it does annoy me when people reckon they can play guitar because they can play guitar hero or rock band , but i do think it inspires people to play guitar/bass

Posted by carty (127.0.0.1) on December 13, 2008 at 08:48 PM GMT #

GUITAR HERO IS SO SHIT WHY DON'T THE PEOPLE WHO PLAY IT SHOULD PLAY A REAL GUITAR. LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE

Posted by Gore Child (127.0.0.1) on March 12, 2009 at 04:15 PM GMT #

What? That makes no sense.

Posted by Oddity (127.0.0.1) on March 13, 2009 at 06:07 PM GMT #

I could play guitar before, but had kind of drifted away from it. GH3 and Rock Band reminded me "Hang on - I can actually play these songs for real" and I'm back into guitar playing with a vengeance !

Posted by Jammy (127.0.0.1) on March 17, 2009 at 12:42 PM GMT #

Guitar helps with speed and dexterity in my opinion but not allot else as it is just button bashing... I know people who can kick my ass at guitar hero and boast about it but suck at real guitar....

Posted by Paddy (127.0.0.1) on April 22, 2009 at 12:02 PM BST #

No. playing a game doesn't make you a musician.

If anything guitar hero has made me NOT want to play guitar, to avoid being grouped in with those idiots who think they're amazing musicians.

GTFO of my internet.

Posted by Marc (127.0.0.1) on July 22, 2009 at 04:24 PM BST
Website: http://MrMashftw@hotmail.co.uk #

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