The phenomenon of Guitar Hero is unaccountable to most musicians. Why would anyone spend hours miming moves with a fake instrument when given similar time investment you could make music yourself, live, and with friends? Nonetheless, the game is the Christmas season’s most highly anticipated music item. As for disappointing early sales reports for “World Tour,” its just-released new edition, aren’t sales down for everything, everywhere?
Here’s my flick at stimulating the music economy — consumer alerts to recommended new cds by guitar heroes who can really play:Â David Fiuczynski, Mary Halvorson, Toninho Horta,Charlie Hunter, Bireli Lagrene, plus special mentions of Rez Abassi, Bruce Eisenbeil’s Totem and Elvin Bishop.