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I finally let myself give in to my curiosity and tried my hand at an after-hours Rock Band session. Since I have no sense of timing and no ability whatsoever to play anything even slightly resembling a musical instrument, I had to do the vocals. Which was painful for everyone... especially when I somehow nailed the high notes in "Tom Sawyer" perfectly. I don't think I'll have a voice for the next week or so.

I might actually be the only person at 1UP who doesn't have any sort of musical training or talent. It's kind of depressing! The closest I ever came to taking lessons was... well.



Yeah. I used it just enough to discover that computerized lessons are no substitute for an actual teacher. So, I suppose I will be sitting on the sidelines for the coming Rock Band frenzy, watching regretfully as everyone else ROCKS THE HELL OUT WOOO \m/

Edit: Huh, I just noticed that GameSetWatch linked here... for musical reasons. Is that irony? I can't tell. Anyway, if you are linking in I encourage you to check out GameSpite Issue 1. It's quality!


ten comments:

I have two miracle keyboards, and I still haven't gotten past the fifth lesson. Some day, some day...
Son of Prog - 10 11 07 - 10:05

I'm not sure I'm going to be able to resist saying, "A SALESMAN!" while singing Tom Sawyer. (Yes, I know it's a different song, but it makes me giggle.)
Calorie Mate - 10 11 07 - 10:13

After the West Side Story/Mario mashup on the 1up show, I'd never have guessed that your only music training was the Miracle -- maybe you'd done some singing in a few high school musicals, was my thinking.

Also, for some reason I can't imagine Shane Bettenhausen as a trained musician. Although I'm sure he'd tell you he's THE best zither players in the office and the secret best key ever is Bflat Minor or something.
christopher () - 10 11 07 - 11:34

Mr. Parish, if you wish to play Rock Band, then I say play! Just do it when nobody's around if you're embarrassed, then when you're awesome, wow them with your awesome skills.=
reibeatall - 10 11 07 - 11:40

Answering a vaguely-worded classified ad, I bought my NES from a sketchy Russian man, whose apartment was floor-to-ceiling video game merchandise. My father and I had to step over a literal pyramid of boxed Miracle pianos to get to the room with the "refurbished" NES consoles. Not quite understanding what was going on there, I vowed to "be like that guy" when I grew up.
Kevin () - 10 11 07 - 12:32

My poor parents.

They bought me that monstrosity (Miracle) for some gift-giving occasion when I was a kid. I'm sure I barely used it.
vsrobot - 10 11 07 - 15:25

I hope you held onto that keyboard. They're really hard to come by these days!
ManekiNeko () - 10 11 07 - 15:39

Wait, wait, wait... You have no musical training of any sort, but you a) did the "I just met a game named Mari-o" and, b) hit the high note in "Tom Sawyer"? I think you're a prodigy, dude.
ShakeWell - 10 11 07 - 17:44

Absolutely - anyone who can channel Geddy Lee is tops in my book!
And if you can't sing or play bass-tar (why does the bass have 5 buttons, too??? (shut up, Korn "fans")),
try your hand at the drumkit! Neil Peart will love your for it.
502 () - 11 11 07 - 04:00

I had one of those but I never did the lessons, just played the stupid game they put in the program where ducks scrolled across a line of music like animated notes and when you played them they exploded.
Ryan () - 11 11 07 - 10:19


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