Guitar Hero

gTar: The Guitar That (Almost) Plays Itself

The Huffington Post | Drew Guarini | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: Incident, Iphone Guitar, Gtar, Rock Band, Kickstarter, Kickstarter Guitar, Guitar Hero, How to Play Guitar, Learning Guitar, Small Business News and Trends, Guitar, Small Business News

In the past 15 years or so, you could say that there have been some interesting developments for the budding guitar players of the world. The rise of ...

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WATCH: This Is Your Brain On Music

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Spearman's G, Video, Neuroscience, Guitar Zero, Talk Nerdy to Me, Guitar Hero, Science, Gary Marcus, Psychology, Cara Santa Maria, Guitar, Musical Ability, Music, Learning, Critical Period, Science News

Do you want to learn how to play an instrument but think that you "can't teach an old dog new tricks?" Then you'd be interested in what Gary Marcus has to say.

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Chatting with American Idol Winner Scotty McCreery, Baaba Maal, The Box Story, and Ozzie & Harriet Estate Manager, Sam Nelson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Dylan Chenfeld, New York Rangers, The Goldbergs, The Pointer Sisters, Noah Chenfeld, Eminem, Grand Ole Opry, Tracy Nelson, Ncis, Carrie Underwood, Chris Salewicz, Teen Idol, A Day to Remember, Harriet Nelson, Panic! At the Disco, Fela Kuti, Rascal Flatts, Johnny Cash, The Box Story, Eric Rushing, H Is Orange, Metallica, Mark Bright, Elvis Presley, Chelsea Grin, Ricky Nelson, The Monkees, Kickstarter, David Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Freestyle, American Idol, Ozzie Nelson, Justin Bieber, The Devil Wears Prada, The Strokes, Mac Miller, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Scotty McCreery, Merle Haggard, The Beatles, Sam Nelson, Matthew Nelson, The Artery Foundation, Rick Nelson, Conway Twitty, Mark Harmon, Guitar Hero, Vampire Weekend, New York Knicks, Big L, The Partridge Family, The Crimson Armada, Simon & Garfunkel, Nelson, The Warped Tout, Gunner Nelson, The Donna Reed Show, Baaba Maal, Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chillli Peppers, Life Magazine, Ozzie & Harriett, Father Knows Best, Ben Folds, Saturday Night Live, John Scheinfeld, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

Scotty McCreery's new album Clear As Day just hit #1 in Billboard, and it features some very personal songs that seem to fit him perfectly. He tells me how he picked this batch.

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Sweetheart Of The Sun & Modern Art: Chatting With The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Bonnie Raitt, Paul Chastain, David Connor, Linda Ronstadt, The B-52's, Prince, Susanna Hoffs, Winnona Ryder, Girls Like US, The Beach Boys, The Cruzados, Buzz of Delight, Austin Powers, The Who, Peter Buck, Crowded House, Yes, Velvet Crush, Burt Bacharach, The Byrds, The Bangles, The Velvet Underground, Fred Armisen, Ming Tea, Hanson, George Harrison, Lulu, The Pretenders, Soul Asylum, Debra Winger, Led Zepplin, Kimberley Rew, Joni Mitchell, Sheila Weller, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson, The Ramones, Debbi Peterson, Brendan O'Brien, Neil Young, Matthew Sweet, The Beatles, Big Star, Ric Menck, Carly Simon, James Brooks, Guitar Hero, Toni Stern, Tony Marsico, The Rasberries, Diana Ross & the Supremes, Carole King, The McKinley Sisters, Todd Rundgren, Terms of Endearment, Patti Smith, Steve Howe, Bob Dylan, Community Trolls, The Talking Heads, Vicki Peterson, Diana Ross, The Sex Pistols, Mitchell Froom, Robert Plant, Randy Newman, R.E.M., Lloyd Cole, David Letterman, Jimmy Page, Oh-Ok, Nazz, Entertainment News

"I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models. They were strong women, but their power was very much connected to their creativity and their voice."

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Celeb-Nerdy: Comedian Marc Maron Is A Guitar Geek

Adult Swim | David Moye | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Comedians, Marc Maron, Celebrity Nerd, Wtf With Marc Maron, Guitar Hero, Guitar Geek, Hollywood, Hollyweird, Comedy, Weird News News

Comedian Marc Maron is best known as the host of the hugely popular interview-series podcast WTF With Marc Maron, but he's just as passionate about gu...

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Thirty Years Of Sublime Rock 'n' Roll: A Conversation With Marshall Crenshaw, Plus Chatting With Petra Haden, Cory Mon and Wes Kirkpatrick

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.11.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Losers Take All, Whit Smith, The Eagles, Ira Kaplan, The Bulgarian Female Vocal Choir, Hot Club of Cow Town, Rich Kienzle, Robert Crenshaw, Rachmaninoff, Chad Weiss, The Milo Twins, Marshall Crenshaw, Cheap Trick, The Byrds, Albert Einstein, David Byrne, Keith Jarrett, Bug Music, Alan Betrock, John C. Reilly, Ronnie Spector, The Stooges, Jaron Lanier, Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon, If by Yes, The Move, Bach, La Bamba, Pat Metheny, Charlie Haden, Sam Phillips, Tom Wolfe, Stefan Sagmeister, Yuko Araki, Nick Lowe, Debussy, Hirotaka Shimizu, Richard Goddard, Robert Gordon, Owen Paul, Nilsson, Phil Spector, Jake Riviera, Beatlemania, Miles Davis, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Bo Diddley, Petra Haden, The Louvin Brothers, Yo La Tengo, Bill Frisell, Cory Mon, Guitar Hero, Erik Satie, David Richman, Karen Berg, Steve Reich, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Yoko Ono, Cory Mon & the Starlight Gospel, The Foo Fighters, You Are Not a Gadget, Empire Records, Razor & Tie, Buck Owens, Danny Tamberelli, Nickelodeon, Gin Blossoms, The Ventures, Rock Band, Marti Jones, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, Graham Maby, City Winery, Wes Kirkpatrick, Keigo, Cornelius, Entertainment News

Back in 1981, Marshall Crenshaw's single "Something's Gonna Happen" was released on Shake Records, initiating his string of critically acclaimed classic albums and 45s. Now Marshall, celebrating 30 years of music-making, sits down to talk.

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The Day The Music Died

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guitar Hero, Games, Guitar Hero Over, Activision Blizzard, Technology News

NEW YORK — These days, guns are more popular than guitars, at least when it comes to video games. The company behind "Guitar Hero" said Wednesday th...

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WATCH: Freddie Wong Clones Himself To Make A Guitar Army

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freddie Wong Guitar Army, Freddie Wong Youtube, Freddie Wong Guitar Hero, Guitar Hero, Youtube Freddie Wong, Youtube Guitar Army, Guitar Hero Ii, Guitar Hero Competitions, Freddie Wong, Arts News

Who needs a hero when we've got a guitar army? Freddie Wong, a filmmaker and musician in Los Angeles, is known well amongst Youtube regulars as a gun...

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What Would Jonathan Swift Think of Jack Black's Gulliver?

Danny Groner | Posted 05.25.2011

When director Rob Letterman took certain liberties in updating the tale to click with a younger, modern audience, did he stray too far from the original Swift story?

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GIFT GUIDE: The Best Gifts For Music & Movie Lovers

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clint Eastwood, Glee, Kinect, James Franco, Christmas Presents, Guitar Hero, Kardashian Sisters, Christmas, Kardashian Konfidential, Google TV, Kinect Dance Central, Karaoke Revolution: Glee, James Franco Palo Alto, Christmas Gifts, Ipad, Slidepollajax, Entertainment News

Starting to panic because you've got so much Christmas shopping left to do? Don't sweat it! We'll do it for you. Well, give you suggestions for the mo...

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Freddie's Dead, Long Live Freddie: Dreading the Queen Movie

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rob Schneider, Sacha Baron Cohen, John Deacon, Queen, Killer Queen, Dave Chapelle, Robert DeNiro, David Spade, Dick Clark, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Farrokh Bulsara, Guitar Hero, Bohemian Rhapsody, Roger Taylor, Disney, Graham King, Entertainment News

Whatever he's like in person, the baggage associated with Baron Cohen as a performer primarily involves being a repulsive, sociopathic jerk. I never knew Freddie -- but that's simply not Freddie.

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Wednesday Windfall: Conversations with KISS' Gene Simmons, Brian Culbertson and The Weepies

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Shatner, Peter Gabriel, The Weepies, Eminem, Chicago, Kenny Dilfer, Family Guy, Ray Parker Jr., George Duke, Earth Wind & Fire, Tony Levin, The Fairly OddParents, One Tree Hill, Burt Bacharach, Kiss, King Kong, How I Met Your Mother, Lenny Castro, Chuck Berry, Alex Al, The Muse, Leonard Cohen, Tower of Power, Chic Corea, Blood Sweat & Tears, Disney, Little Richard, Joni Mitchell, American Idol, Starbucks, Spongebob Squarepants, Shatner's Raw Nerve, Family Jewels, Jason Mraz, Elvis Presely, David Sanborn, Brian McKnight, The Envy, Queen, Paul Simon, Colbie Caillat, The Beatles, Elvis, John Coltrane, Guitar Hero, Harry Potter, Madeleine Peyroux, Jim Culbertson, Kenny Latimore, Julia Fordham, My Dad the Rock Star, Faith Evans, Chuck Brown, Gene Simmons, Tom Waits, Brian Culbertson, Jonathan Butler, Nickelodeon, Eric Marienthal, The Offspring, Dave Koz, Larry Klein, Soundgarden, Barry Manilow, Earl Klugh, Peter White, Jimmy Webb, The Brecker Brothers, Bruce Springsteen, Yellowjackets, Avant, Entertainment News

With regards to Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock, is it easy or hard for Gene Simmons to transform himself from an everyday person into a savior of rock 'n' roll?

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Marisa Miller Guitar Hero Ad REVEALED After Ban (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Models, Marisa Miller Guitar Hero, Video, Guitar Hero, Poll, Marisa Miller, Style News

Victoria's Secret Angel Marisa Miller filmed a commercial for Guitar Hero some time ago...but we'd never seen it, until now. The lingerie-clad beauty ...

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The Future Looks Bright From Summit Series DC10

Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Guitar Hero, Bill Clinton, Lifeway Foods, Julie Smolyansky, Summit Series DC10, Healthy Living News

Earlier this month, 600 of the nation's best and brightest entrepreneurs gathered in Washington for the Summit Series DC10, an invite-only event that connects a new generation of leaders.

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Dreidel Mania

Melanie Chartoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wii, Toys, Sony Playstation, Melanie Chartoff, Satire, Dreidel, Gelt, Guitar Hero, Hanukkah Gifts, Texas Hold 'Em, Comedy News

Santa is lugging Sony Playstations. Traditions are toppling and mutating to the point where we can scarcely remember their original intent. Oy! Even the dreidel has gone millennial.

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2010: The Year We Make Contact

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: C+C Music Factory, Miley Cyrus, Leonard McCoy, Sarah Palin, Star Trek, The Beatles, 2010 the Year We Make Contact, Richard Nixon, Charlie Chaplin, Woodstock, James Cameron, Guitar Hero, Mr. Spock, Inglorious Basterds, Disney, (500) Days of Summer, Avatar, Leonard Nimoy, The Hurt Locker, Up in the Air, The Great Dictator, David Cook, The Producers, Annie Hall, Nirvana, Mel Brooks, George Clooney, The Enterprise, Precious, Tranformers, Pearl Jam, Bones, Rock Band, Entertainment News, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, Quentin Tarantino, Pink Floyd, Up, Itunes, Captain Kirk, Aqua, Entertainment News

Can the music business take a page from the movie industry's playbook and figure out how to reconnect people to music in a more personal way?

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Geeks Play Guitar Hero Without Guitars (VIDEO)

reghardware.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guitar Hero, Games, Guitar Hero Without Guitar, Muscle Computer Interface, Technology News

We've all been air-guitar gods at some point in our lives. But now a band of boffins have proven that you don't need frets, a pick or even a controlle...

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No Doubt Sues Activision, Avatar Sings to a Different Song

Patti Millett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gwen Stefani, Karaoke, Mick Jagger, Avatar, Activision, No Doubt, Guitar Hero, Lawsuit, Entertainment News

While No Doubt did grant Activision a license to use their likenesses in its game, Band Hero, the band is not happy that Gwen Stefani can be made to sing "Honky Tonk Woman" -- in a male voice.

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Guitar Hero Christmas Light Display Turns Your Yard Into A Game (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christmas Light Ideas, Christmas Light, Guitar Hero Christmas Lights, Christmas Light Hero, Christmas Light Display Ideas, Guitar Hero Christmas Light, Christmas Light Displays, Christmas Lights, Guitar Hero, Christmas Lights Systems, Video, Technology News

*See video below* Looking for a way to jazz up your lawn with Christmas lights this year? Move over robotic reindeer and animated Santas: what about...

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'Video Games Live' For A Sold-Out Beacon Theater

nytimes.com | Seth Schiesel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beacon Theater, Chrono Trigger, Brutal Legend, Guitar Hero, D.J. Hero, Chrono Cross, Rock Bank, New York, New York City, Video Games Live, Lips, Singstat, New York News

Since my first Allman Brothers concert almost two decades ago, I have paid retail to attend at least 50 sold-out rock concerts at the Beacon Theater o...

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It's the Beatles' World (We Just Live in It)

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Beatles, Beatles Rock Band, Paul McCartney, Guitar Hero, John Lennon, Guitar Legend, Beatles Ed Sullivan, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Entertainment News

The Beatles were much more than a rock group that changed pop music. John, Paul, George and Ringo unknowingly set forces in motion that shaped an entire era.

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Video Game Company Starts Foundation To Help Vets Find Jobs

Huffington Post | Victoria Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guitar Hero, Tony Hawk, Veteran Job, Unemployment, Veterans, Call-of-Duty-Modern-Warfare-2, Activision Blizzard, Impact News

Activision Blizzard, the video game company behind Guitar Hero and the Tony Hawk franchises announced it plans to donate $1 million on Tuesday to help...

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AFI's Davey Havok Weighs In on Rock Band, Surviving Catholic School, and Crash Love

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Waters, Love Like Winter, Mustache, Afi, Twilight, Rock Band 2, Music, Davey Havok, Deathcab for Cutie, Rock Band, Catholic School, Music Industry, Radio, Guitar Hero, Album, Miss Murder, Decemberunderground, Entertainment News

Contrary to the guyliner and oft-black or goth-esque tight outfits, AFI shouldn't be restricted to the Hot Topic shelves and Twilight circuit.

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What Makes People Want to Play Rock Band and Guitar Hero?

Gary Marcus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Guitar Hero, Psychology, Video Games, Rock Band, Metallica, Atlantic Monthly, Albums, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, New York Times, Steely Dan, Entertainment News

I suspect monkeys could be trained to play Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and yet the two games together have grossed over three billion dollars

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Nirvana Members 'Dismayed And Very Disappointed' By 'Guitar Hero 5'

AP | DERRIK J. LANG | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kurt Cobain, Guitar Hero, Dave Grohl, Nirvana, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Kurt Cobain's appearance in the latest "Guitar Hero" video game is not hitting the right notes with the surviving members of Nirva...

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