If you're not using a set already, I'd recommend a good pair of Anti-Vibe sticks. I've been using these Zildjian ones for a while now:
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I wouldn't say it was necessary because of casual gamers, and I wouldn't say it was necessarily because of hardware either.

Granted, if you're looking to go pro mode, that's when the peripherals...

That's what it has come down to, has it? You do a half-arsed job unless the manufacturer of the console throws a little incentive your way?

I thought this was supposed to be about the music....

We said that when they first released Rock Band 1. Then half a year passed, and they announced Rock Band 2. The only meaningful patch that ended up being released for RB1 came just before the release...

I don't know why you would think that, because we've seen Xbox exclusivity before and it's had nothing to do with any sort of charity.

No, Microsoft and Harmonix are still in bed together. It's a...

My bad. It's all so long ago now, I've forgotten.

I've always paid Harmonix their dues for the patch that followed the music store patch, because that's when they added the ability to export the...

Wow, there's a friend from way back. We really should catch up, it's been how many years?

I assume I still have to pay for just about everything though. DLC is like that.

Do Harmonix even know what a patch is?

Sorry, I had to ask. How many months has it been now?

Alright, here's my input:

Gameplay
+1 to Expert+ Drums to incorporate the second kick pedal (and proper cymbal charting)
+1 to The option to zoom out of other instruments' tracks and zoom into...

Actually the argument is more the reverse.

I would say it's a half-assed job because it's not exportable. Some of us have dropped many hundreds of our dollars on our current library, and not being...

Good luck fellas, but we've headed down this road before, and it doesn't lead anywhere. We've thrown them suggestions months in advance of a title's release, relatively easy stuff, but they've turned...

Keep it down mate, it's not like Paul McCartney's ego isn't already visible from space.

The funny thing is, for anyone who's seen the new Star Trek movie, at least now we know where that "red...

It's all Harmonix are talking about, why shouldn't it be all we're talking about too?

Rock Band and it's platform has been abandoned, didn't you know?

Yeah as far as the Wii goes, I was only really referring to Rock Band 2. I realise Harmonix butchered Wii Rock Band 1 by making it all crap like the ps2 version, but RB2 on the Wii is apparently an...

Was it really so different from other posts that have trivialised the disc swapping though?

I mean, at the very least, you've got to physically replace one disc with the other, and then the new...

But then if you buy Lego Rock Band, you'll essentially be buying those songs twice.

It's as the OP said it; this 'platform' thing is just a joke now.

I thought the same thing... I'm like, huh? "Pulling a Nevervision" is exactly what they're doing.

I like the E3 video where the guy's talking up what they've accomplished thus far. When he said...

On the contrary, this thread gives ps3 owners a chance to discuss in what way our version will once again be inferior to the others.

I mean, let's be honest, we've been trailing the other versions...

Well whoop-de-doo. That didn't exactly do anything to improve the game though, it was just put in to make money.

Bit of a bummer they buggered up the ps3 version at the same time though. Who am I...

Well you know what they say; there's a first time for everything :)