Always wanted to play a certain song on Rock Band?

[JBauerisGod]

Now you may have the chance.

MTV To Launch Rock Band Track Upload Service
New Rock Band Network tracks will be Xbox 360 exclusive for 30 days.
by Jim Reilly

July 17, 2009 - Always wanted to play your own music in Rock Band? Now you will you have a chance.

MTV announced this morning plans to introduce a new Rock Band Network, which will allow artists - signed or unsigned - to submit audio tracks to be included into the popular music game.

"Our goal with Rock Band has always been to go beyond making music games and create a true music platform," said Alex Rigopulos, CEO and co-founder of Harmonix in a press release.

"With the Rock Band Network, we've evolved the platform to its next logical step, giving players access to an incredible amount of new music by putting the professional tools we use in the hands of the artists themselves."

So how does it work?

Bands will be given toolsets to turn their own audio tracks into Rock Band gameplay files. Those files can then be submitted to this website and will go under peer review and playtesting. Should the songs be approved, they will then appear in the new Rock Band Network store where they will be purchasable in an in-game marketplace.

"The Rock Band Network enables songwriters and musicians – at any stage of their careers – to create their own paths through the interactive music realm," said Paul DeGooyer, Senior Vice President, Electronic Games and Music, MTV Networks Music Group. "Our download store has been an extraordinary success, and it's exciting for us to provide access to our platform through this uniquely elegant solution."

According to Billboard, artists can choose the price range (50 cents to $3 per song) and will receive 30% of the total sale.

The press release noted that all tracks appearing on the store will be Xbox 360 exclusive for for the first 30 days before "stand out" tracks will appear on Playstation 3 and Wii.

A public beta is expected to launch this August. One catch, however, is that users will need a premium Microsoft XNA Creators Club Online membership, which users can buy at four months for $49.99 or a year at $99.99.

We're trying to confirm with Harmonix/MTV about whether or not PS3 and Wii owners will be able to submit tracks as well. We'll let you know as soon as we do.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/news-1335474

Of course, it's up to the artist to create the tracks themselves, but nonetheless it sounds pretty awesome. Rock Band has always been a great tool for bands to get their music out to a wider audience.

I have a feeling Harmonix is going to make a killing off of this.

 

[The Messenger]

Didn't Guitar Hero: World Tour offer this? And Rock Band 2 was supposed to offer this, but they couldn't figure it out in time for release.

 

[JBauerisGod]

Didn't Guitar Hero: World Tour offer this? And Rock Band 2 was supposed to offer this, but they couldn't figure it out in time for release.

GHWT only offered some shitty "create your own song" thing to my knowledge. I guess if you were meticulous enough you could make a decent sounding cover. What RB is offering actually allows any artist to use their own tracks to create a chart to upload to some central database where the songs are playtested.

 

[The Messenger]

GHWT only offered some shitty "create your own song" thing to my knowledge. I guess if you were meticulous enough you could make a decent sounding cover. What RB is offering actually allows any artist to use their own tracks to create a chart to upload to some central database where the songs are playtested.

Never played it so I wouldn't know how they did it. Sounds interesting nonetheless. Hopefully it's gonna be as good as they are/will make it out to be.