Beatles RockBand and kids

[melibreits]

Last weekend I got to see something that was pretty cool.... My son and one of his friends were plugged into the X-box 360, and instead of playing their usual shoot-'em-up games, they were playing the Beatles RockBand that I got for Christmas. The friend was playing my plastic Ric guitar, and my son was on vocals and was wailing out Beatles songs, and both were loving it.... I was thrilled to hear the kids getting into music that I could really enjoy, too.... Normally they gravitate toward that rap garbage. And so the Beatles' musical influence lives on for yet another generation....

The best part is, I was able to get my son to play the game with me for a little while this afternoon!

[melibreits]

....And maybe someday I'll be able to get him to sing or play some of those songs with me for real.....

[gregga41]

Hey Melibee, i have the same situation here with my boys.
They've had Beatles rockband for ages and a guitar, but we bought them wii microphones for Christmas.
Ebay persuaded me to buy my youngest boy a Logitech wii drumkit AU$45, as well as a Logitech wireless Fender strat, AU$29 for my eldest! (Cheap as!)
A day or so later, i hear 'Revolution' blaring from the playroom, with both boys perfectly in time on both instruments , and word-perfect singing.
I have no doubt these games will contribute to them both having music as an interest later in life.

[teeder]

My kids and I really enjoy it too, and now my son wants to learn the bass parts for real!

[iamthebassman]

Your kids might enjoy this. I did.

http://www.statesman.com/life/content/l ... index.html

[melibreits]

Cool!

My son thinks "Come Together" has the coolest bass riff ever. I'm just learning to play bass myself, but am hoping I get to the point where I can teach him how to play it for real. In the meantime, we both have fun with it on Beatles RockBand.

[iamthebassman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ptc0DV0IP_w