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Re: Rock Band: Can the drums be silenced?

linkyshinks — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:07:13 GMT

Lol, for a one time Brit Tina that mock accent sucks, still it was funny to hear. Great feature girls.

Re: Rock Band: Can the drums be silenced?

ColbyP — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:04:31 GMT

I know what you're thinking.. What is this Myspace? Well, I'm doing it anyway. Ya know wha I mean?
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I got Rock Band for Christmas but I hypochondriatically/psychosematically let it mess with my head (my musical ear) on account of it's A.D.D. gameplay and addictiveness so I sold it to a friend of my brother's who happens to be two weeks older than Laura (one of my brother's only tolerable friends). I ended up finding out at a friend's house that if I had an acoustic guitar to play along on when I wasn't playing the plastic one it was no problem, but it wouldn't work that way if I had the game, I would be up at 3am, alone, with colored notes bouncing like electrons through my brain. But then again, I'm pretty convinced it may have been hypochondria, but that's why they call me Colby Jones.
P.S. Remember, I'm only telling you this and showing you my video because you're cool... Ya know wha I mean?
Also, I would expect in 2008 that even a $24 webcam wouldn't malfunction this badly but I would be waay out of line by expecting this.

Re: Rock Band: Can the drums be silenced?

djscratchex — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:45:38 GMT

Funny stuff!

LOL "Change the damn song already!"

Re: Rock Band: Can the drums be silenced?

Googleman81 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:21:02 GMT

lol i watched this 3 times today and i still think its funny.

Re: Rock Band: Can the drums be silenced?

byoung210 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:04:48 GMT

here's what i did and a friend of mine. he got a round piece of rubber that slides over the tip of the drumstick. these dampen the sound dramatically. best of all, because it is on the stick and not the drum, there's no tape to deal with or any area on the drum that won't benefit.

Re: Rock Band: Can the drums be silenced?

MaxPowerhouse7 — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:38:20 GMT

Bloody brilliant!

Re: Rock Band: Can the drums be silenced?

Arztek — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:31:44 GMT

Brilliant, Laura! Absolutely Brilliant!

This is so appropriate for so many reasons. Tina's performance was spot on. Actually, I'm the leader and drummer in my Rock Band - the “Wyld Pwnyz”. I go by the stage name Arztek and I'm from London...so I'm always talking with the exaggerated accent when my friends and I play. Hearing Tina do the same was fantastic. Arztek goes by the name of Matthew, my real name, in my other band - the "Wyld Lamaz". I've been playing with the idea of making another character...probably a singer. Maybe I'll make a girl and name her Tina or T-Dub. A friend of mine already made a Thug. She is definitely punk and has white spiky hair. Sound familiar?

I tackled the drum sound issue a few weeks ago. You were right when you said they're tolerable, but annoying. The frequent "wack" was detracting from the overall experience, so I invested in some mouse pad foam. Not the hard-topped stuff, but the the soft underside material. Actually, I double layered it with double sided tape. A solid color foam circle with a slightly smaller gray foam circle on top. It worked quite well, but I recently found a modification that improved it better still. Cut the gray pads on top into small pieces...and leave a very small gap between them when re-adhering them to the foam beneath! It makes a world of difference. The sound is heavily muffled. Try it if you have the chance.

Again. Great video, girls. It's always a pleasure watching you collaborate.