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JamLegend’s ‘Guitar Hero For The Web’ Lets You Play Any Song You’d Like

43 points| RWilson | 16 years ago |techcrunch.com | reply

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[+] adamhowell|16 years ago|reply
I'm surprised bands uploading their music for a fee isn't a better business model than users paying for the privilege to upload and play songs they own.

I'd think a heavy metal fan would be willing to buy songs they liked after playing along to them.

[+] ashwnacharya|16 years ago|reply
Why can't bands sell their song maps along with the music CDs. This will give the fans an incentive to buy the CDs instead of download them.
[+] PStamatiou|16 years ago|reply
Grats on the coverage guys! I blogged < http://paulstamatiou.com/first-impressions-jamlegend-it-rock... > about JamLegend almost a year ago after I heard about it from a cofounder (Andrew Lee IIRC) and I didn't think much of it at the time as I wasn't huge on gaming/GH/etc. And then the comments on my post started trickling in.. my readers LOVED it. I ended up giving out some 4,000 invites (http://www.jamlegend.com/user/PStamatiou)

JamLegend is a LaunchBox Digital (DC incubator) startup for those curious.

[+] rantfoil|16 years ago|reply
Really impressive work -- the beat detection and game generation logic is top notch. I haven't seen any other rhythm game execute this well on uploaded songs.
[+] joepestro|16 years ago|reply
I've played with JamLegend before. It's really well done, and this feature seems to be one that is the natural next step for what people want from a music-oriented game. Nice work!
[+] unalone|16 years ago|reply
Damn it. I tried using Amarok (an hour-long piece) and it jammed uploading, and I need sleep. I want to see if it worked by tomorrow morning.
[+] Osmose|16 years ago|reply
I'm really impressed that they're embracing existing tools for charting like EOF. GH4's custom song system is garbage.
[+] mhansen|16 years ago|reply
You mean Frets on Fire?