Want to be forum famous? Tell us your best RB stories and we'll publish them!

[hmxhenry]

Hey gang,

So with the recent announcement that the weekly Rock Band DLC streak will end in early April, we've been doing a lot of talking about what we can do to keep the community active and interested in the huge library of 4,000+ songs. We'll still have RBN tracks on the 360, and we're brainstorming plans for ongoing DLC giveaways, but we'd also love to keep web content updated on a regular basis.

That's where you come in. Most of the content posted here on RockBand.com comes from the Community Team and other Harmonix devs, but as we ramp up production on new projects we won't have the bandwidth to update as regularly as we'd like. However, we've also posted a number of kick ass fan stories over the years, and we'd like your help publishing more!

Do you have a favorite DLC release? Did we put your favorite song in Rock Band? Did you fall in love with a band after hearing them for the first time in game? Have you ever thrown a bonkers Rock Band party? Do you use RB as part of a charity event or fundraiser? Have you made friends or did you meet your significant other while playing RB together? THIS IS ALL PERFECT STUFF!

If you're interested in writing around 500 words about RB, just shoot me a PM with that info and your email and we can follow up there. You can also post your interest in the thread, but don't post the full story here, just give us an idea of what you'd like to write about so we can make sure people don't double up on the same band or subject. We'll proof read and edit, credit you however you'd like (real name, forum handle, gamertag, Twitter handle, etc), come up with a clever title, work with you to find an ideal header image (in game image, custom illustration, photos if you have them, etc), and then we'll publish the piece here on RockBand.com/blog, Tweet it out from the main @RockBand account, and post on Facebook, to reach our community of over 3 million followers!

So there you go. If you're interested in contributing just let us know and we'll follow up!

[hmxhenry]

For additional reference, here are links to some of the articles community members have written for us in the past. This is roughly what we're looking for in terms of length and tone. Give me a shout if you have any additional questions!

There Goes My Hero: My Brother The Rock Band Superfan by @RoboGles

So Much To Say About Dave Matthews Band by DMBdaw

The Paramore Exception by Cipher_Peon

A True Wholigan: Winner of a Mad Catz Charity Auction by David Legros

Rock Band On the Road To Rehab by AtomicKnight

Start a Band, Rock the World, Get Married! The True Love Story of Ryan and Laura

[Mackie]

Just a FYI, I don't think the road to rehab one is working.

[hmxhenry]

Just a FYI, I don't think the road to rehab one is working.

Thanks for the catch. I goofed on a bracket, but it's fixed now!

[jibjqrkl]

pretty sure I already posted all the stories I have on these forums at least once, But great idea

[masterchief_383]

Hell yeah!! I have so many stories, not sure where to start....

[Mackie]

I can't believe it. Rock Band is by far by favorite game of all time. I've spent more hours on it than any other game, I spent more money on it than any other game, I never felt so much joy from it than any other game (mass effect came real close though). But for the life of me I can't come up with one interesting story worthy enough to be published on the forums. Figures.

[Cipher_Peon]

Sounds good to me.

[meck77]

We have had hundreds of Rb parties over the years some bigger then others. This was a smaller RB party we had like two or three months after the original RB came in 07. We were all playing one song after another with no issues everyone having a good time, at one point we moved on to the next song when we all realized that we were no longer playing the instruments. The song continued to the end, full band play and every note of every instrument was hit, 100%. Kind of freaked out about what was happening I went to retrieve my camcorder to document what was happening and moved on to the next song GGaHT and sure enough it was doing the same thing 100% on all instruments with no one playing them. This went on for three more songs and when we went on to the fourth song it had stopped and it was back to regular play. I have three of those songs with all our surroundings on dvd and it is clear and evident proof that it had happened.

Cant explain why it happened, it never happened again in all the years of playing RB. I am not sure my story could fill a 500 word post but I can tell you this I have been around these forums since RB's inception and have never heard of this happening to anyone else. Would be more then happy to provide you with the dvd and if I can figure out how to post the vidoe here I would be more then happy to do so. May need some help, I can get it to my computer from the dvd but not sure how to upload it here

Not sure how to find it but there is a thread I started in regards to the events immediately after it happened. Of course no one believed me, but I have the proof

[FujiSkunk]

My favorite band isn't in Rock Band, you insensitve clod!

(Yet?)