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Posted on: Nov 13, 2007
Rock Band's Alex Rigopulos:
The OXM Interview
WORDS BY: Dan Amrich & Dane Frederiksen
OXM: You’ve been a drummer your whole life, you’ve all been in bands, you’re all walking the walk. Are you ready to be a rock star in the context of being famous, for being recognized as the guy that made everyone else rock stars? Are you comfortable with potentially being a household name?
AR: We’re not comfortable with it, honestly. From my point of view Harmonix’s rule is there’s not a lot of interest here for celebrity. For us, it’s all about enabling. What we’re passionate about is just creating the environment that will go out into the world and let everyone else feel what we want them to feel. Feel this connection with the music. Being a household name is not a factor for us.
OXM: Rock Band seems to be the culmination of every core idea that Harmonix has been founded on — all the things that you’ve tried over the years put into one really solid package. The only criticism I’ve heard is “that’s a lot of money.” It’s to be expected, but if you think of it as a platform, then the price is fine. But when you look forward to what you hope and dream will be the mass cultural response to Rock Band, five years down the road, what do you see? What are you hoping people will get out of Rock Band when they play it?
AR: My biggest hope is that this game deepens people’s connection with the rock music that they love. Playing this game changes people’s understanding of music. Most people, they listen to rock, they don’t even separate the music into the different instrumental components. They don’t hear the drums and the bass and the guitar separately, it all sort of blends together into a mash for them. Playing this game changes that. Playing this game changes the way that people hear rhythms. It changes the way they hear the interrelation between different parts. The act of playing it just connects people in a very visceral, physical way with the music that they don’t otherwise experience. So really what it’s all about for us is just making peoples’ connection with the music that they love much more profound. I really do think that on a mass scale millions of people will understand and feel music in a different way because of this game.
Next up: Tune in tomorrow for the first of several videos from our visit to Harmonix...each more embarassing than the last!
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Sun, 03/30/2008 - 00:47
Posted by superchibisan
my name is vincent bierbach, i have had an idea about how to utilize this game for music instruction. i've been thinking about this for what seems like years now, i have several ideas i think would contribute to a new form of music instruction. if anyone could help me get in touch with anyone who is important with this project, i would love to contribute my ideas.
im completely serious.
Thu, 11/29/2007 - 15:23
Posted by rock on kid
i only readed 3 sentances
rock on 360 rock on
Thu, 11/15/2007 - 08:59
Posted by UwantRadie
I really want to go all out with my band. I got a few roommates and we should be bale to play together all the time. Seeing as how much we play GH3 and we dont even own it, we are going to put a TON of time into playing this game with our avatars and I think by the end that we will all be so fond of the game and all the time we spent on it that stuff like shirts and figurines would actually be wanted. After spending several months on this game, it would be pretty cool to decorate the entertainment center with some figurines of all of our guys.
Now we just need a good name...
Wed, 11/14/2007 - 20:09
Posted by CAWeissen
I might actually have to get this game now.
Tue, 11/13/2007 - 15:18
Posted by ItchyTasty
Wow, great article. I'm glad that there's a website now so we can read all this interesting stuff that didn't make it into the magazine. This makes me more excited for the game than I've ever been. I hope that rather than pumping out sequels Harmonix just focuses on DLC that way I only ever have to buy the one disc. Oh, and also what about keyboards. There's plenty of classic rock that we could be playing with a keyboard.