Rock Band 2

[chilli311]

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Yup that's them. The only other song I remember by them is Peaches wich isn't in the pack for some reason. Saving it for RB 3 I guess because everyone loved Lump so much.

My wife loves them, but the only song they ever released that I thought was any good was Stranger. The rest of their stuff is too poppy for me.

[Mizzou23]

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Yeah i havent jumped on the orange one yet(that one is on hard). Just try playing on medium and after a while you are going to see that you are going to get more and more confortable with it.

It takes awhile to get comfortable with the orange fret. Practice is the key...on any instrument really. It's the only way to get better.

[auburntigersfan]

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I play mostly expert guitar, but with some hard for the hardest songs and medium drums. I don't really do the singing ,and do mostly expert bass.

[bjf1377]

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Election day DLC:

"November 4th will see the release of the most election day appropriate Rock Band 2 track pack possible, featuring three songs from The Presidents of the United States of America. 'Ladybug', 'Feather Pluck'n', and one of my favorite songs of all time, 'Dune Buggy'"

http://kotaku.com/5067116/presidents...k-+-dune-buggy

Not an instant purchase, but I'll eventually get the pack

[WazzuRC]

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I'll tell you what, just downloaded some of the Motley Crue album and the Nirvana pack. A friend and I played "Kickstart My Heart" and most of the Nirvana pack. Awesome stuff. "Kickstart My Heart" is one of my favorite Rock Band songs to play after a few playthroughs and I like the difficulty of some of the Nirvana songs compared to the past ones.

[CS10029]

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On the topic of the bass pedal....

Try to keep you heel raised when you are playing. If you keep you heel down its going to be a lot harder in the future to hit any type of fast bass pedal note. Also your gonna get tired easier.

Best technique is to have you heel up and the last quarter of your foot on the actual pedal. This is how you get a kick off a real set and will definately allow you to play the bass part of songs faster and more accurate.

On the topic of technique... When you are holding the sticks try for the most part to hold them loosely. You want the stick to move freely. The best way I can describe it would be to make your hand the way you would have it if you were about to play a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Then release your four fingers keeping your thumb and your pointer touching. Thats where the stick should be. This will allow you to get a nice roll off the pads, with your middle finger and ring finger there to catch the stick and get it back to the pad for a nice clean rhythm.

Most people see a drummer throwing his arms around and figure the motion is coming from your arms. Thats pretty much entirely wrong. It comes from your wrists and your fingers.

Just try a simple drums roll on your pads with this technique and you should see major difference in your speed and stamina on the drums.

Sorry if I rambled or seemed conceited. I'm actually not that great of a drummer, but figured some nice tips that work on actual set could transcend to RB2.

If something doesn't make sense feel free to ask me what the hell I was talking about, or ignore me completely if you are pissed at the end of this long *** post.

Happy Drumming!

[callmetaternuts]

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I dont know if there has ever been a better multi play game for people of all ages. mario Kart is great, Golden Eye, Halo etc are fun, but this allows anyone, at almost any age and with or without musical talent to have a blast.

[Perceptor]

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Bought the game last night; uploaded my RB1 stuff and had a blast playing I am now looking at more songs to get as I'm picky about music.

I was on the website and thought it was cool that you could get your band made into little figurines

[Brandwin]

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Got RB1 yesterday and exported the songs. Man I love this game!

[Brandwin]

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I tried the kick pedel tips and it seemed to work.

As far as holding the drum sticks, I hold them like it shows in the first picture.

http://www.rockdrummingsystem.com/underground/drum-articles/using-proper-stick-grips.php

[rspencer86]

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I really want this game, but living in an apartment gets me worried about annoying the people below me. My buddy in a nearby apartment building has had the cops called on him twice just because we were playing Rock Band... on a Friday night... at 10:00 p.m.... with the volume down pretty low. I guess the bass pedal for the drums is what does the trick. The cops got there and saw what we were doing and just shook their heads and started laughing.

Anyone else that lives in an apartment or dorm had a similar experience?

[DwadeNBeasley]

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I'll tell you what, just downloaded some of the Motley Crue album and the Nirvana pack. A friend and I played "Kickstart My Heart" and most of the Nirvana pack. Awesome stuff. "Kickstart My Heart" is one of my favorite Rock Band songs to play after a few playthroughs and I like the difficulty of some of the Nirvana songs compared to the past ones.

where is the nirvana pack. I tried looking for it on the music store yesterday and I couldnt find it. And what are the songs in it? Are there any songs from the Nevermind CD. Thanks!

[DwadeNBeasley]

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On the topic of the bass pedal....

Try to keep you heel raised when you are playing. If you keep you heel down its going to be a lot harder in the future to hit any type of fast bass pedal note. Also your gonna get tired easier.

Best technique is to have you heel up and the last quarter of your foot on the actual pedal. This is how you get a kick off a real set and will definately allow you to play the bass part of songs faster and more accurate.

On the topic of technique... When you are holding the sticks try for the most part to hold them loosely. You want the stick to move freely. The best way I can describe it would be to make your hand the way you would have it if you were about to play a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. Then release your four fingers keeping your thumb and your pointer touching. Thats where the stick should be. This will allow you to get a nice roll off the pads, with your middle finger and ring finger there to catch the stick and get it back to the pad for a nice clean rhythm.

Most people see a drummer throwing his arms around and figure the motion is coming from your arms. Thats pretty much entirely wrong. It comes from your wrists and your fingers.

Just try a simple drums roll on your pads with this technique and you should see major difference in your speed and stamina on the drums.

Sorry if I rambled or seemed conceited. I'm actually not that great of a drummer, but figured some nice tips that work on actual set could transcend to RB2.

If something doesn't make sense feel free to ask me what the hell I was talking about, or ignore me completely if you are pissed at the end of this long *** post.

Happy Drumming!

thanks man, seems interesting. I will probably give it a try tonight!

[DwadeNBeasley]

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I really want this game, but living in an apartment gets me worried about annoying the people below me. My buddy in a nearby apartment building has had the cops called on him twice just because we were playing Rock Band... on a Friday night... at 10:00 p.m.... with the volume down pretty low. I guess the bass pedal for the drums is what does the trick. The cops got there and saw what we were doing and just shook their heads and started laughing.

Anyone else that lives in an apartment or dorm had a similar experience?

Yeah man that bass can get pretty loud. You should buy the game and when you play really late, play with a nice set of earphones. Dunno if your system allows you to connect one.

[Brandwin]

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Don't know many rock songs, so if you guys were going to give a top 5 list of DLC songs to get, what would they be?