Re: [Harp-L] Re: guitar hero

[wr richards <wrrichards@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 21, 2009, at 10:48am, Garry wrote:
>  i spent a whole day on the road listening to the guys in
> my van go on and on and on about how great they were at Guitar Hero,  
> what solos
> they mastered, etc.  i finally asked them, "so, how many of you guys  
> actually play guitar?" the answer was none.
> ...
>
> however, on this year's trip, i noticed an interesting thing.  every  
> one of those guys
> who'd been in my van that day had been taking lessons, and all were  
> playing guitar. we always bring one along, and any time there was  
> downtime you'd find a group of
> them sitting on the floor, passing the guitar around.  several were  
> pretty good.

Last year, xmas season, when I walked into our local Best Buy and saw  
front and center a Marshall stack and Les Paul on display, I knew it  
was because of Guitar Hero.

There is no connection between Best Buy and musical instrument sales  
except Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

When I went into the music store corner at Best Buy last Sunday to get  
a cable (Elderly Instruments showroom is not open on Sundays, go  
figure), the place was jammed with tweens at the Roland drums and the  
keyboards.