December 27, 2009

  • The evolution of distributing music in this decade has changed dramatically, with the internet and mp3 players becoming a huge impact on society. For somebody like me who doesn't own an mp3 player like in iPod, or use online service models like iTunes, this is a reality that I haven't really taken advantage of too much (I still primarily buy CDs). I have had experience spending some money on music purchased via traditional online means, and I have taken advantage of music that are available to listen to online for free, but you know where I've really been spending my music money on that isn't from a CD? The music video game franchise, Rock Band! More specifically it's for Rock Band 2, which is the sequel that came out over a year ago, and I still actively play it.

    Just recently I went to check and see how many songs I have for the game, and to my surprise my total number of songs now playable for Rock Band 2 is 615! According to the game's song list, it broke down to 54 Rock Band 1 songs, 84 Rock Band 2 songs, and 477 downloadable content songs. That's a lot of songs I've purchased for a video game in a span of two years, and I don't really want to do the math in how much I spent on all that...

    From listening to music on a physical device, to singing along Karaoke style, now we live in a day and age where we can participate with the song by playing it with fake instruments. This is a great time to be a huge fan of music.