RBN DLC for 09/22 + New RBNStuff features

[atalkingfish]

AND one more notice (hate to triple post)

We got "Diana Don't Slow Down" by Gary Dean Smith
Great song to listen to (for some) but I'm not sure how well it translates into RB format. We'll have to see a playthrough video, so hopefully one of those shows up eventually.

[DragoonXD]

Offbeat usually has previews up for their songs the day they hit the store.

[FlyGuyLXI]

- The ratings are not based on how good the song is, but rather on things like notability, playability, and interest.

These ratings take into consideration many aspects of a song. Not just how good it sounds.

Based on what you've said earlier that felt like the message I was receiving from you.

If it's solely about chart playability, then that's fine, since that's less subjective.

[atalkingfish]

Based on what you've said earlier that felt like the message I was receiving from you.

If it's solely about chart playability, then that's fine, since that's less subjective.

Well, obviously how the song sounds has something to do with it. Because songs that are great to listen to are often more fun to play than other songs with similar charts and less sound quality.

For example, "Internal Cannon" is not my type of music, and it probably never will be, but for its genre, it's a pretty good song. That helps its rating.

"Mouth Without a Head" isn't my type of RBN DLC, and I probably won't get it. But it's one heck of a good song. I mean, I've listened to the playthrough video 3 times so far. I want people to know that songs like these are coming through so they don't miss them. Because for guitar, it'd be a really fantastic song to play.

EDIT: To clarify, though, the songs listenability will only come into consideration if I feel it effects the playability of the song. Some songs sound great but suck to play and vice versa. In those situations, the playability will come before listenability.

[FlyGuyLXI]

For example, "Internal Cannon" ...for its genre, it's a pretty good song.

And you're basing this off what?

[atalkingfish]

And you're basing this off what?

The majority of screamo/metal songs that come through the RBN.

As I said before, these ratings are based on community review. right now, I, personally, am only 1/3rd of the vote. Every community review (even as simple as "this song is fun" or "don't buy this") is taken into effect and that fractions goes to 1/4 to 1/5 and so on and so forth.

If you have opinions about songs, lemme hear them. Otherwise, move along.

[FlyGuyLXI]

The majority of screamo/metal songs that come through the RBN.

You see, this is one of the problems I have with the general Rock Band audience with metal and how they react to this.

It really saddens me that when people think about metal, they think about screaming, growling, breakdowns and scatterbrained riffs with the occasional clean vocals that come at the chorus. That's just metalcore, a sub-category of metal.

Metal sure didn't start out screaming and wailing on guitars as Black Sabbath represented. In fact there are so many different metal categories now that the only thing that defines metal overall is the crunchy distortion put into the instruments.

There's power metal with clean vocals, emphasis on melodies.

Black metal with raw production values, intense distortion and drumming blended with harsh, screaming vocals.

Doom metal, slow tempo music with thick instrumental sounds, might I add we have none of in RBN as I said so many other times before.

Folk metal, death metal, speed metal, thrash metal, neo-classical metal, sludge metal, gothic metal, it goes on.

But, the fact that you base metal on the equivalent on basing metalcore and how you put it on the same level is really unacceptable.

And might I add:

Screamo is a punk genre, it has nothing to do with metal.

[decyferdownrocks]

And you're basing this off what?

August Burns Red is easily the best working band in the metalcore scene right now. Metalcore is pathetic, it's all generic 4/4 with alternating scream and clean vocals with albums that usually just sound like one continuous song, all the way through. August Burns Red differentiates themselves and their technical prowess is fantastic.

[DragoonXD]

Memphis May Fire is the only metalcore band I can stand to listen to outside of Rock Band, and I quite like them. We need some stuff from their new album.

[atalkingfish]

You see, this is one of the problems I have with the general Rock Band audience with metal and how they react to this.

It really saddens me that when people think about metal, they think about screaming, growling, breakdowns and scatterbrained riffs with the occasional clean vocals that come at the chorus. That's just metalcore, a sub-category of metal.

Metal sure didn't start out screaming and wailing on guitars as Black Sabbath represented. In fact there are so many different metal categories now that the only thing that defines metal overall is the crunchy distortion put into the instruments.

There's power metal with clean vocals, emphasis on melodies.

Black metal with raw production values, intense distortion and drumming blended with harsh, screaming vocals.

Doom metal, slow tempo music with thick instrumental sounds, might I add we have none of in RBN as I said so many other times before.

Folk metal, death metal, speed metal, thrash metal, neo-classical metal, sludge metal, gothic metal, it goes on.

But, the fact that you base metal on the equivalent on basing metalcore and how you put it on the same level is really unacceptable.

And might I add:

Screamo is a punk genre, it has nothing to do with metal.

Seriously? You took one sentence out of that entire thing to focus on?

I think I just realized how much time I wasted just now. Holy cow.

Anyways, the ratings are there, whether you want to use them or not. Do not use them as an indicator for how good it is as a song, but for how good it is as RBN DLC.