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Guitar Teaching App Instinct Rocks Your Browser (Video)

Drake Martinet in News on October 14, 2011 at 2:15 pm PT

New York-based start-up Instinct wants the next generation of rock stars to get their training right from the Web browser, and it is building a teaching tool to do it.

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Early Adopter: Rock Prodigy Wants You to Be a Real-Life Guitar Hero

Drake Martinet in News on April 15, 2011 at 10:10 am PT

Nothing makes you feel like a rock god more than shredding on Activision’s Guitar Hero or Electronic Arts’ Rock Band–except, of course, for actually becoming one.

A CES Long Shot: Meet the Beamz, Guitar Hero's Odd Cousin

Peter Kafka in Media on January 7, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

One of the little pleasures of the Consumer Electronics Show is checking out the quirky, weird stuff produced by small-time companies working off of a gut feeling. Like this odd game/instrument, which retails for $200.

YouTube’s Year in Video, Viral Hit by Viral Hit

Peter Kafka in Media on December 2, 2009 at 4:34 am PT

JK Wedding Dance? Sure. But also some oddities you may not have seen. Like a sleeping dog and a fast guitar.

Viral Video: How Much Do I Love Taylor Swift? (Take That, Kanye!)

Kara Swisher in News on November 12, 2009 at 6:30 am PT

In this ruthlessly funny video–especially for such a sweet-looking young lady–singer Taylor Swift manages to ice pretty much everyone who ever dissed her. And Kanye West’s antics at the MTV Music Awards in September are not the only ones getting a musical smackdown from the 19-year-old, who won the Country Music Association’s entertainer of the year award last night. Sing it, sister.

iLife Gets Better; Just Don’t Ask It to Find a Face

Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on January 28, 2009 at 6:08 pm PT

Walt reviews the new features of iPhoto, GarageBand and iMovie in Apple’s iLife ’09.

Macworld ’09: Garageband "Learn to Play," "Artist Lessons"

John Paczkowski in News on January 6, 2009 at 9:43 am PT

Phil Schiller returns to the stage to explain Garageband ’09. Our team was challenged to help people learn to play a musical instrument and they came through, says Schiller. Garageband now offers a feature called “Learn to Play” which offers not just nine basic lessons for guitar and piano, but “Artist Lessons” from the likes of John Fogerty, Norah Jones and Sting.

Macworld ’09: Garageband “Learn to Play,” “Artist Lessons”

John Paczkowski in News on January 6, 2009 at 9:43 am PT

Phil Schiller returns to the stage to explain Garageband ’09. Our team was challenged to help people learn to play a musical instrument and they came through, says Schiller. Garageband now offers a feature called “Learn to Play” which offers not just nine basic lessons for guitar and piano, but “Artist Lessons” from the likes of John Fogerty, Norah Jones and Sting.

Playing Do, Re, Mi With Wii

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on December 23, 2008 at 5:30 pm PT

This holiday season, instead of gathering around the piano for traditional sing-alongs, some families will gather around their television sets and game consoles to make music — by playing games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band.