Bill Bruford's Earthworks approved.

[Mickstafa]

It's with great pleasure to announce that "Footloose and Fancy Free" by Bill Bruford's Earthworks has been approved for RBN. Bill Bruford has been the drummer for such bands as Yes, King Crimson, UK, and Genesis.

This marks the first Jazz track for the game. Keeping with Bruford's spirit of progression, "Footloose" pushes the boundaries of Rock Band. The song itself has no vocals or guitar, however the main melodies are driven by piano and sax. Therefore the song is comprised of the following:

Vox: The saxophone is played via the microphone. The "lyrics" are the actual notes, so if you are musically inclined, you can actually learn the parts of the song, play along, and get scored. Otherwise, you can use whatever noise appropriate to play the part!

Drums: Tricky time signature changes, including sections of 5/4, 7/4, 6/8, and a few measures of 4/4 will keep you on your toes. Look out for the blazing drum solo at the finale.

Guitar: The first iteration of the song in playtesting did not feature a guitar track. Due to popular demand, the piano part is played via the guitar peripheral, including a blazing mid-song solo.

Bass: One of the few (or perhaps the first?) stand-up acoustic bass charts for a Rock Band track.

Youtube autoplay video.

[solidsnakejt]

since when is it allowed to chart instruments to vocals?

[Mickstafa]

It was heavily discussed internally on RBN forums and the decision was (basically) that it is allowed. There was an announcement about it on the RBN forums.

[Mr Jonnyears]

This intrigues me, looking forward to the Youtube video.

[Thom1234]

Jazz + Odd Time Signatures + Bill Bruford + Sax vocal charting = Win. I'm expecting this to be one of the most enjoyable songs ever in RB for drummers. EDIT: Vocals, Guitar and Bass look awesome as well.

The video preview is quite possibly the best thing I have ever seen.

This is officially my new favourite song for Rock Band Network; hopefully it'll inspire more Jazz musicians to get involved.

[Mr Jonnyears]

That saxaphone charting is genius. Hope this song makes it to PS3.

[jayou521]

Yes! This is awesome. We have Jazz! Not to mention this is Bill Bruford on drums.

[Monk61]

Wow !! A dream comes true ! Jazz on RB !

Really want this for the Wii. Any chance ?

[k-mac]

Wow !! A dream comes true ! Jazz on RB !

Really want this for the Wii. Any chance ?

Though the Wii may get the RBN store working, they may not get all the songs - perhaps just the good selling ones, so it'll depend on how well this seels, though you never know what they'll be able to work out.

Loving this song! Looking forward to Downloading it.

[mjlambert1]

Shame it isn't "Beelzebub", but I'll take any Bruford I can.