Archive: Rock Band on the Road
Outside Lands In San Francisco
Summer is the time of travel for the Harmonix Community Team and San Francisco’s very own Golden Gate Park and Outside Lands Music Festival became our latest target. Of course this celebration of life, love, and music would be the perfect avenue to introduce a whole new generation to the brilliance that is The Beatles! Read full post »
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Abbey Road Tour
In July, HMXKat and I headed to London, England with Josh Randall, Project Director for The Beatles: Rock Band, to kick off the European Press Tour. Read full post »
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The Beatles: Rock Band On The MTV VMA Red Carpet
Before Madonna gave her speech honoring Michael Jackson, before Obama declared Kanye a “jackass” and before Lady Gaga bled out all over the stage, there was the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards Red Carpet pre-game. TheBestSteph, HMXThrasher, HMXJohnD and I were there to witness this year’s shenanigans. Read full post »
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PAX 2009
In September, the Community team headed to Seattle for Penny Arcade Expo 2009. Read full post »
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PAX Tweetup - Like Canterbury Tales, But With Chocolate Bacon Martinis
Sean hosts the first Harmonix Rock Band tweetup, meeting Rock Band fans for an adventure ending in chocolate bacon martinis. Read full post »
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The Thrasher Challenge: Are You (Wo)Man Enough?
HMXThrasher shows who's boss on Evile's "Thrasher," one of the most difficult songs in Rock Band. Read full post »
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Rock Band Finals At ConnectiCon
This is your inside look at ConnectiCon and the Rock Band Finals. First read about the Con from the view of one of the Harmonix judges. Then read on to see what it was like to be a member of the winning band. Read full post »
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Some Like It Hot! Or, HMX Takes A Road Trip To Fender
There are many parties and partners beyond the floating sky-fortress of doom who help us ensure that our games are as awesome as they possibly can be. Read full post »
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Rock Band Goes To Outside Lands!
A Weekend with Pearl Jam, The Beatles, and Really Strong Coffee Read full post »
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Community Team On The Road In Germany At GamesCom
In August, the Community team hit the road yet again. This time that road led to Cologne, Germany! (The road was underwater. We’re good at holding our breath for a long time.) Read full post »
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Play The Beatles: Rock Band For Charity
Help out a good cause and play The Beatles: Rock Band at the same time - attend the MTV and Pepsi event in New York City on September 12th. Read full post »
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The Beatles: Rock Band At Fenway Park
The HMX Community Team hosted The Beatles: Rock Band set ups at two recent Paul McCartney shows at Fenway Park… here’s what they saw. Read full post »
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Harmonix On The Road At QVC
The Harmonix team took The Beatles: Rock Band to QVC's studios in West Chester, PA to do three LIVE shows demoing the game. We got very little sleep. Read full post »
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We Had A Ticket To Ride
HMXthebeststeph and HMXThrasher had the opportunity to show off The Beatles: Rock Band at a Paul McCartney concert in New York City. Read full post »
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Rock Band Night At Improv Boston
Harmonix is located in the heart of Central Square, Cambridge, a vibrant epicenter of activity. Read full post »
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MTV Coast To Coast! Or, The Beatles: Rock Band Tour 2009
It’s always nice to keep our loving, big brother (MTV Games) in the loop about what we’ve been up to here in the Harmonix floating sky fortress of doom and awesomeness. Read full post »
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Lessons Learned From E3
I had the surreal experience of attending my first E3 this year. Coworkers tried to prepare me for the flurry of activity and chaos that would occur, but I’m more of an experiential learner, so I ignored all of their advice. Read full post »
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Pepsi Booth E3 Recap
Hey gang, Kyle here again. Last time I was writing for The ‘Zine I was recapping the Harrah’s Total Rock, Total Rewards tourney. This time around I’m stopping by with some choice tidbits from E3 2009. Read full post »
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A List Of What Goes On Behind The Scenes In No Particular Order
You’ve passed thru the door of “Abbey Road Studios”, were wowed by The Beatles Rock Band and the mad skills of our demo stage team. Read full post »
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Starlight VIP Party With HMX
It’s true that E3 is loads of work, but we here at Harmonix believe in a zen-like balance of work and play in our lives. Read full post »
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Demo Time ALL The Time.
You know what’s awesome? Standing on stage giving a presentation to 80 jaded game journalists who are suffering stimuli fatigue from bright flashing lights, loud noises, FPS motion sickness, and greasy PR people and seeing them walk out after the presentation with contented happy smiles on their faces. Read full post »
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My First E3
After weeks of practicing The Beatles: Rock Band harmonies, and booking travel for Community Team, I was more than relieved when the time finally came to board the plane at Logan Airport for LA and E3 2009. Read full post »
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Harmonix Community Team On The Road At The MTV Movie Awards
On Sunday, May 31, HMXSean, HMXSteph, HMXKat, and I headed out to the annual MTV Movie Awards at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Read full post »
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The Beatles: Rock Band Roof Top Concert At The Standard
E3 is a great place to get a sneak peek at the biggest upcoming games, meet with developers and make industry contacts. And if you’re a developer, there are few places in the world where you’re under more scrutiny, as gaming press, bloggers and rabid fans examine you under a white hot microscope of judgment. Read full post »
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Sardo’s Rock Band Night – E3 Style
My trip to Sardo’s had anything but an ordinary beginning. It seems that for the Microsoft Press Demo that had happened early Monday morning, our intrepid Harmonix team had to borrow cymbals from them in order to complete our signature “look.” Read full post »
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The Beatles: Rock Band E3 Demo
Check out HMXJohnD and the Community team demo their hearts out in our Abbey Road booth at E3! Read full post »
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Hope's P!nk Sweater E3 Recap
Hope’s P!nk Sweater, winners of the fast paced 24 hour Pepsi Rock Band Video Contest, bring you their star struck E3 recap, covering the airport, the HMX wrap party and everything in between. Read full post »
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Featured Video Of The Week #1: Hope's P!nk Sweater
Check out the winning video from the E3 sweepstakes "Limelight (original)" as performed by Hope's P!nk Sweater from Denton, Texas. Read full post »
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HMX Community On The Road: E3 Booth Walk Through
Join the community team exclusive walk through of 10,000 square foot, Abbey Road recreation of The Beatles: Rock Band E3 booth. Read full post »
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Harrahs Finals
Revealing costumes! Tackiest puns in band names ever! And wall to wall rock attitude! All here in the last videos from our Rock Band competition. Read full post »
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Total Rock, Total Rewards 2009: National Finals!
I just left Las Vegas again to help get another Rock Band tour off the ground (Can't Stop Rockin' w/ REO SpeedWagon & Styx). Fear not though, we're about to throw up the horns and stage dive face first into the Total Rock, Total Rewards 2009 Finals. Read full post »
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Total Rock, Total Rewards 2009: Atlantic City Regionals!
I can't even begin to describe all the madness that went on in Atlantic City over the past five days... no, wait, that's not right. I'm about to describe all that madness right here.These are going to be some super-sized posts, so I’m going to start with the Eastern Regionals and then move to the Finals + House of Blues. Read full post »
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Total Rock Rewards Finalist Videos: New Orleans
We ventured to the bayou for even stiffer competition in the Crescent City. Read full post »
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Total Rock, Total Rewards 2009: New Orleans!
Normally I just jump right into the action, but this show in New Orleans was so epic that I feel the need to add a little preface. Read full post »
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Total Rock, Total Rewards Finalist Videos: Las Vegas
So you want to earn the glory in our nationwide, Harrah’s-sponsored Rock Band competition? Hate to break the news, but you’re up against some real pros. Check out the video of the Las Vegas finalists. Read full post »
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Total Rock, Total Rewards Finalist Videos: Hammond
Things get even wilder in the happening town of Hammond—That’s in Indiana, for you non-casino goers—where competing bands got seriously into the live show Read full post »
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Community Team Inside Abbey Road
The HMX Community Team has been in some pretty unbelievable spots lately Read full post »
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DPS: Community On The Road
The HMX PR/Community team was more than happy to escape the frozen tundra of Cambridge and spend a few days (or at least parts of a few days) in the bright Arizona sunshine. Read full post »
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Rock Band At SXSW- Day One (Showcase At VICE)
HMXVeng, HMXaleX, HMXHenry and HMXJohnD crash land into Austin, Texas for our Showcase, featuring Cut Off Your Hands, Glasvegas, Peter Bjorn and John and the Von Bondies...as well as a lot of Rock Band...with extra Sweet Pete Degrazio! Read full post »
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Community Team At 2009 Sundance
HMXSean, HMXHenry, HMXJohnD and Sweet Pete Degrazio from MTV take over Park City, Utah for our Rock Band Lounge at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival! Read full post »
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Namm With The Community Team
I was honored and excited to be asked, along with HMXPardo, to help out the Community team at this year's NAMM Conference in lovely, mall-like Anaheim, CA. Read full post »
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Rock Band Community Team At Sundance 2009
A mad-cap re-cap of the Rock Band Lounge at Sundance 2009! Read full post »
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Rock Band Community Team At NAMM
HMXaleX and HMXJohnD continue on to sunny Anaheim, California, where they're met by HMXVeng (Eric) and fellow HMXers Cheryl, Pope, Pardo, Julie and Jason Kendall. Read full post »
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Rock Band Community Team At CES In Las Vegas
HMXaleX and HMXJohnD head out to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Showcase. Read full post »
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