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tuba hero? brass band? nintendo ds gets musical

filed under: strange and wonderful | video games

Mokushise Zenko Kutaikai Lets Brass Nintendo DS Game

For those of you who think all music should be played on guitars and drums, games like Rock Band keep you jamming all night long. But for those who prefer to blow into their musical instruments, look no further than this new game for the Nintendo DS.

Fresh from Japan, Mokushise! Zenko Kutaikai!! Let’s Brass!!..

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posted: April 24th, 2008 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

iphone drum machine kicks out the jams

filed under: hacks-mods | mobile tech

iPhone Drum Machine MooTheCow Drummer

Already sick of playing the piano on your iPhone? Maybe it’s time to hit the drums.

Developer MooTheCow has created this homebrew drum machine application called “Drummer” that runs on the iPhone or iPod Touch…

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posted: February 29th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

rock band stage kit adds lights and smoke as you jam

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Rock Band Stage Kit

For a brief moment yesterday, an image appeared over on GameStop showing off this forthcoming add-on for your Rock Band performances. The kit includes everything you need to put on your own Spinal Tap-esque stage show in your garage, except for the 18-inch tall Stonehenge…

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posted: January 12th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

lego guitar hero controller rocks

filed under: just plain fun | video games

Guitar Hero LEGO Bass

When I came across this Guitar Hero controller made out of LEGO blocks, I was impressed. But once I found out it was fully-functional, I was blown away.

Built by LEGO fanatic David McNeely (aka Blue Star LEGOs), this is the third in his series of working Guitar Hero controllers…

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posted: December 21st, 2007 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

rock band song list makes me want to jam

filed under: video games

Rock Band Special Edition Box

Electronic Arts has started to circulate a list of 30 tracks that are currently on the playlist for their upcoming multiplayer music game Rock Band. The list includes a number of classic rock tracks, but also offers up some great alternative and more edgy tunes. There are likely to be a few more tracks announced closer to the game’s release…

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posted: September 6th, 2007 stumble it! 18 comments author: technabob

bandroid robotic trio jams to your tunes

filed under: just plain fun | media players | robotics

Bandroid Robotic Trio

This trio of pint-sized robots connects to your media player and rocks out to the beat of your favorite tracks.

The robotic musical group, known as Bandroid, has a lead guitar player, keyboardist and drummer, which can each wildly gesticulate to the beat. Since they’re all interconnected, all three mini-bots move in unison…

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posted: August 28th, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

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