I've been practicing singing on Rock Band quite a lot this week. Last time I looked I was 480th or something in the solo career leader board on expert. The only thing that makes me wonder whether it's worth it is the general opinion surrounding the singing - that it's a lot easier than playing the instruments. I guess there's something in that, I mean, I couldn't play the guitar or drums on expert. But it would be nice if someone was vaguely impressed. I have to work on my nemeses - 'Mississippi Queen' and 'Suffragette City'. I hate those songs. I mean, I love David Bowie, but singing that song is really hard! D'oh.

Rock Band is odd really. If you're good at something because you have a vague talent in an area (i.e. you can hold a tune) it's not as impressive as if you can play a plastic instrument. I think singing on Rock Band is actually improving my singing generally - my range etc - but I know I don't sound that great a lot of the time. Generally it's fun, apart from the horrible songs. And it feels really good when you finally get on top of something that's previously been impossible. But still... I don't know... It's a game that rewards you for having co-ordination and rhythm. Probably the singing was just to placate people who liked Singstar. Which I don't, if you were wondering.

The other thing about my 'achievement' is that no-one seems to ever complete solo career modes. So if you do finish it and are fairly high up it doesn't mean you're actually any good...

Oh well.

posted by Fiery Fred @ 11:56 AM