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chicagotribune.com - 14 days ago
The ever-changing Thenewno2
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There was a bit of disconnect between the sleepy debut album by Dhani Harrison's band Thenewno2, "You are Here" (Vagrant), and the galvanizing performance the band put on in August at Lollapalooza in Grant Park . The album was slow-moving and introspective, tinged by psychedelic textures and ...

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Rock Band 3 Will Teach People To Play Music For Real
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... What do you think? Do you want to use a game to learn to play real guitar, bass or drums better? Source: Chicago Tribune ...

Rock Band 3 Will Aim To Teach People How To Play Music
1UP RSS feed — ... off the ground, Dhani Harrison has reportedly stayed on to consult on Rock Band 3. The son of Beatle George Harrison told the Chicago Tribune that he wants to make the controllers "more real" for the next game (via ...

Rock Band 3 May Teach You to Play for Reals
Evil Avatar - News Items — ... and Chicago Tribune (yeah, there are 4 sources total here), where George Harrison's son Dhani claims Rock Band 3 will be more real so people will actually be able to learn how to play. ...

Rock Band 3 Will Teach You How To Play Proper Music [Rumor]
Kotaku — ... and why he's involved in the project, those are a little more interesting. "I'm working on 'Rock Band 3' and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game," he told the newspaper. "Give me a couple years, it's going to happen." I don't know. I enjoy playing Rock Band because I can't play the guitar. If I wanted to learn how to play the guitar I'd, well...learn how to play the guitar. The ever-changing Thenewno2 [Chicago Tribune] ...

Rock Band 3 will teach us to play for real, apparently
Destructoid — ... Speaking to the Chicago Tribune, Dhani Harrison has gone on the record to say that Rock Band 3 not only exists in some form, but that it's going to rock our worlds with hefty educational value. ...

Rock Band 3 Will Actually Teach People To Rock
N/A — ... can get. But regardless the guitars have been at the focal point of the criticism so with that this seems like a natural evolutionary step. How they’ll pull it off remains to be seen, maybe you’ll get cord or riff details fall down the screen as you strum on a real guitar, which will be insanely difficult, as it’ll be like learning a song while playing it at the same time. If nothing else Harmonix have an uphill struggle in front of them, one many believe will be accomplished. Source: ChicagoTribune Tagged as ...

Rock Band 3 To Help Us Play Real Guitars?
Ripten Video Game Blog — ... While I’m sure many of you will just take this news to mean that Rock Band 3 exists in some form, there’s a lot more news here than you’d think. While I assumed Rock Band 3 would just be an expansion of the previous games with a couple of new features, Dhani Harrison tells the Chicago Tribune that that’s not the case. ...

Dhani Harrison: Rock Band 3 will make you better at actual rocking
Joystiq — ... In a recent interview with the Chicago Tribune, Dhani Harrison, The Beatles: Rock Band contributor (and son of the late, great George Harrison), spoke about his involvement in future iterations of the popular rhythm franchise. "I'm working on ...

Dhani Harrison to redegisn controller, make all my Rock Band dreams come true
Infendo - Nintendo blog — ... to be somewhat playing the drums – but the guitar? It just seemed like a waste of effort. Not anymore. Son of Beatles Guitarist George Harrison, Dhani, revealed that he’s working on “Rock Band 3,” and he’s going to redesign the controller so it actually teaches you to play a real guitar:“I’m working on ‘Rock Band 3′ and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game,” he says. “Give me a couple years, it’s going to happen.” Chicago Tribune A new controller, bound to be incomparable with previous Rock Band games?  An ...

Rock Band 3 will teach you to play REAL instruments
Gamer Limit — ... [Harrison] says. “Give me a couple years, it’s going to happen.” Word on the street is that it may even utilize Project Natal technology, although I can’t personally see the cameras being so detailed in their motion sensing that you could merely use a standard guitar to play the game – the strings are just too close together. Still, Harmonix hasn’t steered the rhythm game industry wrong yet… Source: Chicago Tribune

Coffee Talk: The Future of Music Games As Educational Tools
Geekadelphia — ... Dhani Harrison, son of the late Beatles lead guitarist George Harrison, recently revealed the goals of his work with Harmonix on Rock Band 3 to the Chicago Tribune. Dhani discusses ...

Dave! Harmonix is making Rock Band 3 controllers for you
Sarcastic Gamer — ... With The Beatles: Rock Band out in the retail wild, it seems that it’s full steam ahead on Rock Band 3. During a chat with the Chicago Tribune, Dhani Harrison, son of legendary musician George Harrison, confirmed that the game is in development, telling music critic Greg Kot that he’s aiming to make “the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game.” ...

Music Games Aren’t Dead, Just Waiting to Be Reborn
Wired: Game|Life — ... Meanwhile, Rock Band consultant and Beatle offspring Dhani Harrison tells the Chicago Tribune that he’s working with Harmonix to change its franchise: “I’m working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game.” ...

Music Games Aren’t Dead, Just Waiting to Be Reborn
GameLife — ... Meanwhile, Rock Band consultant and Beatle offspring Dhani Harrison tells the Chicago Tribune that he’s working with Harmonix to change its franchise: “I’m working on Rock Band 3 and making the controllers more real so people can actually learn how to play music while playing the game.” ...

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