For the past six days, I’ve been playing DJ Hero a lot. Not non-stop, but a lot. Anytime I’ve had a chance between my busy work schedule and the two Halloween parties, I would be playing DJ Hero. For the people that are still on the fence on this new music rhythm game, go past the break for my review.
Looks like Tap Tap Revenge has finally met its match. EA Mobile has hit the iPhone with their famous Rock Band franchise. Two major differences that I see iPhone Rock Band having over Tap Tap Revenge is the 4 player Bluetooth mode and access to more mainstream songs.
iPhone Rock Band will operate just like Tap Tap Revenge. But, just like in the regular Rock Band for consoles, you’ll be able to choose between the 4 main instruments, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals. For Vocals, you’ll just be tapping along. Not singing into the built in iPhone mic. Maybe they’ll do that for a future version of the game?
I wonder what Tap Tap Revenge can do to compete with EA and Harmonix’s music tapping genre game. We’ll just have to wait and see.
I’m a big fan of Mash-Ups. I acted like a gitty little schoolgirl when I saw and heard Jay-Z perform live with Linkin Park. I still love it when I find great mash-ups on YouTube. Then I heard about a game called DJ Hero that will let me act like I know how to mash-up songs and I just went nuts. After seeing the demo played on stage at E3, I knew that I was going to get the game. This was even before I saw any tracks revealed from the game. Now, the full list has surfaced on the internets and I cannot wait for this to get into my living room already. To see all 95 mashed-up tracks, go past the break.
DJ Hero has posted a new clip to show you a new song produced and mixed by J. Period. Just by looking at the clip and imagining that I had the controller with me at my desk, I started pretending I was playing the game. You know, kind of like when you’re waiting for your turn on the DDR machine, so you start playing right next to it. After some pretending, the game seems kinda complicated. But, I guess I won’t know how complicated it really is until I get my hands on it. Oh holiday season. You’re really going to burn a hole through my wallet this year.
If you haven’t heard yet, the technologic men from outer space (or France), Daft Punk, will be featured in DJ Hero. Not only will their likeness and songs be in the game, but also some special remixes by Daft Punk.
Daft Punk “Around the World” vs. Young MC “Bust A Move”
Daft Punk “Da Funk” vs. NASA “Strange Enough ft. Karen O, ODB and Fatlip”
Daft Punk “Da Funk” vs. Queen “Another One Bites the Dust”
Daft Punk “Robot Rock” vs. Hashim “Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)” – Produced and mixed by The Scratch Perverts
Daft Punk “Robot Rock” vs. Queen “We Will Rock You”
Daft Punk “Short Circuit” vs. Boogie Down Productions “Jack Of Spades”
Daft Punk “Technologic” vs. Gary Numan “Cars”
Daft Punk “Television Rules The Nation” vs. No Doubt “Hella Good”
DJ Hero comes out October 27, 2009.
Next week’s Rock Band DLC has 2 more songs from one of my favorite bands, Tenacious D. I doubt you’ll be able to 5 star any of Tenacious D’s songs. That is unless you know what a “deep knee rock squat” is.
Tracks available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Sept. 15) and PLAYSTATION 3 system (Sept. 17):
• Anvil – “666”
• Anvil – “Metal on Metal”
• Anvil – “This is Thirteen”
• Dinosaur Jr. – “Pick Me Up”
• Dinosaur Jr. – “The Wagon”
• The Guess Who – “Hand Me Down World”
• The Guess Who – “No Time”
• Tenacious D – “Rock Your Socks”
• Tenacious D – “Tribute”
For those of you who do not know me personally, I am in no way a small guy. Build, weight, height… all over-average. I have been told I am quite imposing, and at times, quite scary. Now, roll back to about 3 years ago…
I was working on a long, mentally taxing project at work. My mood was dark, my attitude was sharpened, and my stress was high. I needed something happy and a bit silly to break that cloud hovering over me.
The solution, J-Pop… more specifically, Perfume.
The real geeky-reveal of this was when a co-worker of mine popped my headphone cord and revealed to the rest of the crew what I had been jamming out to for the last 30 minutes -_-. Thanks.
How can you tell that a person is a true musician. First off, he/she doesn’t feel the need for auto-tuning technologies. Second, he/she can rock the house by themselves. For example, when Michael Jackson first debuted the “moonwalk” he rocked the house like no one could. Now, DubFX (the talented man above) isn’t Michael, but he can sure make a beat and a song.
If you’re an instant fan, support this man at http://dubfx.bandcamp.com/
For one more video, go past the break.
Music remixer of movie sounds and soundtracks, Fagottron, has released his latest song “Bangarang.” Most sounds in the song are from the movie “Hook” and are used as the drum line. Fagottron, has also created music using Mary Poppins and Willy Wonka. Check out his YouTube page for those 2 videos and more.
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