Gamer Beats

Chapel Hill-based Aminal have joined up with Gamer Beats to release “Drag Me Away”, the lead track off their Face to Fight EP, on Rock Band. Aminal’s take on southern rock is a huge crowd pleaser, and the band is poised to broaden their reach over the coming months.

Check them out on MySpace here:

http://www.myspace.com/theaminalmusic

And listen here:

We are very excited to announce that North Carolina’s Pink Flag has teamed up with Gamer Beats to launch their original tune “Nancy Drew” on Rock Band. This is big news for Gamer Beats and we are stoked to get working on our first track. Check them out on MySpace at:

http://www.myspace.com/pinkflagnc

And of course listen to the tune right here on Gamer Beats!

It only took 2 days for the Beatles to set the record for fastest selling song within the Rock Band franchise. As mentioned in our earlier post, this is only good news for Rock Band fans, artists and authors. It will be very exciting to watch as the Beatles continue to light up the gaming community.

The fact that song sales are going to support a good cause only make this announcement sweeter. Funds raised through song sales are going to help fund Doctors without Borders purchase essential equipment and medical kits.

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The finale from Caleb Epp’s three part look at Rock Band song authoring gives us an inside glimpse of the peer review forum that a song must pass before making it into the Rock Band store.

In the second of this three part overview on how to create a song for Rock Band, Caleb Epps gives us an introduction to testing your song using Audition Mode in Rock Band:

Sound designer Caleb Epps of the Rock Band Network team gives us a really great overview of the tools of the trade for song authors and creators. Part 1 gives us an introduction to Reaper – the custom digital audio workstation used to create songs for Rock Band: