Now I *can* play my music…sort of
In the past I posted a few times in the past about the desire to play my favorite music inside games like Rock Band. Harmonix claimed almost 2 years ago that they have the technology to allow gamers to do this, but licensing was a huge issue. How do you legally allow a gamer to point Rock Band at any MP3 file, then be able to generate the track and play?
It appears that Harmonix has figured out the licensing issue by going with Apple’s App Store model: anyone will soon be able to download and use the tools that Harmonix uses in the studio to create Rock Band tracks. Then users can upload that track into Rock Band, the community can approve it, then it moves on to the Rock Band Network on XBL. Harmonix is encouraging everyone from big bands and labels to small garage bands to leverage the service and spread the music. Check it out.
