Comments on: John Mayer on the Guitar Hero phenomenon http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:58:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Callum http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3910 Callum Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:41:05 +0000 http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3910 Well...let me think. It just proves my point. Harmonixs is benefiting from the John Mayers (or Motley Crues, if you like.) Why don't you interview them, and then tear them apart for answering your questions in a way that you don't like? I bet the Motley Crue guitarist thinks Harmonixs is a load of shit as well. He just might not say it out loud because he's probably making money from it. The fact is, this Harmonixs thing is just another aspect to the whole 'Pop Idol' culture, where music is no longer an art, but a business run by accountants and lawyers. I've been playing the guitar since i was six, and while I am nowhere near the talent of John Mayer, I have something to show for it. What will kids have to show for buying this Harmonixs thing? Well…let me think. It just proves my point. Harmonixs is benefiting from the John Mayers (or Motley Crues, if you like.) Why don’t you interview them, and then tear them apart for answering your questions in a way that you don’t like? I bet the Motley Crue guitarist thinks Harmonixs is a load of shit as well. He just might not say it out loud because he’s probably making money from it.

The fact is, this Harmonixs thing is just another aspect to the whole ‘Pop Idol’ culture, where music is no longer an art, but a business run by accountants and lawyers. I’ve been playing the guitar since i was six, and while I am nowhere near the talent of John Mayer, I have something to show for it. What will kids have to show for buying this Harmonixs thing?

]]> By: Tim Hanlon http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3907 Tim Hanlon Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:37:01 +0000 http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3907 @Callum - John Mayer is the classic case of right place, right time - a pretty boy with an acoustic guitar who brought nothing fresh to the table but made millions anyway. He will do just fine without my respect. Did you hear that Motley Crue sold roughly 10x more of their latest single as Rock Band downloadable content than they did on CD? Explain that in the context of your last comment. @Callum - John Mayer is the classic case of right place, right time - a pretty boy with an acoustic guitar who brought nothing fresh to the table but made millions anyway. He will do just fine without my respect.

Did you hear that Motley Crue sold roughly 10x more of their latest single as Rock Band downloadable content than they did on CD? Explain that in the context of your last comment.

]]> By: Callum http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3878 Callum Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:18:32 +0000 http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3878 Business is booming thanks to Harmonics??? Harmonics business is booming thanks to the John Mayers out there. You still are not showing him respect for that. Business is booming thanks to Harmonics??? Harmonics business is booming thanks to the John Mayers out there. You still are not showing him respect for that.

]]> By: Tim Hanlon http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3733 Tim Hanlon Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:36:59 +0000 http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3733 @Callum - Guitar Hero doesn't teach you guitar, but it teaches you what the role of the guitar in modern music actually is (most non-musicians don't separate instruments in their minds) and the "essence" of playing it - notes with your left, strum/pick with your right hand. More importantly, it helps you picture yourself doing the real thing, which is the first step to actually doing it. Yes, some kids wither away their best years trying to full combo Dragonforce, but others like me went and bought themselves a real guitar and started getting some real chops. A friend of mine is a guitar teacher and he says business is booming thanks to Harmonix. @Callum - Guitar Hero doesn’t teach you guitar, but it teaches you what the role of the guitar in modern music actually is (most non-musicians don’t separate instruments in their minds) and the “essence” of playing it - notes with your left, strum/pick with your right hand. More importantly, it helps you picture yourself doing the real thing, which is the first step to actually doing it.

Yes, some kids wither away their best years trying to full combo Dragonforce, but others like me went and bought themselves a real guitar and started getting some real chops. A friend of mine is a guitar teacher and he says business is booming thanks to Harmonix.

]]> By: Callum http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3731 Callum Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:11:15 +0000 http://www.thegamergene.com/culture/john-mayer-on-the-guitar-hero-phenomenon/#comment-3731 The difference, I think, is that kids with training wheels are actually learning to ride. They will not keep the wheels on forever, whereas these guitar hero things are a short cut so that people will never have to learn. You asked John his opinion and he gave it, now you want to have a go for him having that opinion, just because it didn't agree with you idea of what should be. Maybe YOU'RE the wanker here, and you should have some respect for someone who encourages kids to buy this crap you're promoting, because they want to try be like him. The difference, I think, is that kids with training wheels are actually learning to ride. They will not keep the wheels on forever, whereas these guitar hero things are a short cut so that people will never have to learn.
You asked John his opinion and he gave it, now you want to have a go for him having that opinion, just because it didn’t agree with you idea of what should be. Maybe YOU’RE the wanker here, and you should have some respect for someone who encourages kids to buy this crap you’re promoting, because they want to try be like him.

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