Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of seven new tracks from progressive rock band Rush to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content for Wii home videogame console from Nintendo.
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Power Chord Academy, the nation's leading summer camp for amateur musician training, is excited to announce the addition of two new Summer programs!

GameROCKERS is an exclusive 3-day cutting edge game-musician program for the new age of musicians who play Guitar Hero or Rock Band. iROCKER is a 1-day version of the GameROCKERS program.
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All factory-included songs for each version now only need YOU to step up to the challenge and show that you are worthy of being the first official World Record Holders for the game at Twin Galaxies
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Wii fans can expect a rollout of the previously released downloadable content until the entire back catalogue of more than 550 songs is available. In addition, the regularly scheduled future Downloadable Content releases for Xbox360 and PLAYSTATION3 system will also be available for Rock Band 2 Wii owners soon.
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Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of six new tracks to the Rock Band® Music Store catalog of downloadable content for Wii home videogame console from Nintendo. The line up features four tracks from classic rock band Boston including "Hitch a Ride," "Peace of Mind," "Smokin'" and "Something About You."

In addition to the Boston tracks Rock Band 2 Wii fans will also gain access to"Hanging on the Telephone" by Blondie and "Dirty Little Secret" from All-American Rejects.
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A recent Billboard article raised eyebrows by stating that Rock Band's downloadable song catalog would grow to a whopping 5,000 by the end of the year. However, Blend Games has learned that this just ain't so.
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The line up includes "Siva"from Smashing Pumpkins, "Tell Me Baby" from Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Cars' classic hit "Just What I Needed." The offering also features the hit single "Gimme Three Steps" by Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Live Forever" from Oasis and the 30 Seconds to Mars hit "Attack."
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Harmonix and MTV Games announced today the addition of six new tracks to the Rock Band Music Store catalog of downloadable content for Wii home videogame console from Nintendo. The line up includes Smashing Pumpkins, Red hot Chili Peppers, The Cars and more!
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From the article: "An article in the latest issue of Billboard all about the upcoming year has laid a few predictions for 2009 at the feet of the Rock Band and Guitar Hero franchises. According to the article, an unnamed MTV spokesman has said that the Rock Band Store will increase its catalog from 500 songs to 5,000 songs in 2009."
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GameSpot writes: "Last week the NPD Group, the industry standard of game-industry research firms, released its US sales figures for 2008. However, the company's top 10 game rankings only tracked individual products, or SKU (Stock Keeping Units), sold at retailers in the US.

As a result, it was unclear how two of the year's biggest rivals--Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2--fared against one another. Besides being multiplatform releases, the two solidly reviewed rhythm games each came in various retail configurations, such as a la carte or with one or more instruments."
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Thatgamingsite writes: "Forbes Writer, Peter C. Beller has responded to criticisms made after calling music game 'Rockband' a shameless knockoff in comparison to Guitar Hero. Althought it looks like he's sticking to his guns on this one."
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New Rock Band music tracks are now available for Wii gamers. Harmonix and MTV Games have announced 6 new tracks have arrived on the Wii's Rock Band Store.

Today's music track additions include:
(All tracks are original master recordings)

Nine Inch Nails "March of the Pigs"
Nine Inch Nails "The Collector"
Ramones "Rockaway Beach"
Clash "I Fought the Law"
Jimmy Buffett "Margaritaville"
Jimmy Buffett "Volcano"
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That Gaming Site writes: "Is Rock band a 'shameless' rip off of Guitar Hero? According to the latest article from Forbes Magazine it is."
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Nirvana's bassist struggles to perform his own song in Rock Band 2.

Krist Novoselic of Nirvana fame complements music-based video games in a new blog entry on Seattle Weekly's website, introducing his post in the following way;

"Rock and roll has been proclaimed dead countless times. After a slump, rock usually bounces back in a wave of new bands and sounds. Things are different today: Rock has found new life with video games, and the phenomenon is leading to a revival of bands that have been around for a long time."

However, he wasn't too successful when it came to actually trying his hand at playing the bass line of a Nirvana song in Rock Band.
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Today Fender and Little Kids Rock, a non-profit music education organization, announced that an informal survey they conducted in November 2008 revealed that music games like "Rock Band" and "Guitar Hero" actually do inspire students to play real instruments. The survey polled 812 music instructors and said that enrollment in music programs has increased in the past year.
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Harmonix's Alex Rigopulos says that "Rock Band" has encouraged more people to learn how to play real instruments. He also speaks briefly on The Beatles licensing.
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hmxsean, a Harmonix Dev writes, "We are pleased to inform you that the Wii DLC store is now up and running. We are launching with 50 songs which includes the 20 free songs. In the coming weeks and months we will be adding more songs from the back catalog to catch Wii users up with other systems. All tracks (that aren't the bolded free ones below) are 200 points."
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Kotaku Reports: If they're going to tackle Halo 3 in the buff and Grand Theft Auto IV lollipop-fetishism, you know that the avant-garde nudies over Suicide Girls is all over Rock Band. And I do mean all over.
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IGN: "It took a little longer than we were expecting, but the Rock Band 2 music store is now live. We have taken it for a test drive and verified it is up and running. Users are able to preview and purchase tracks, and there are 20 free songs ready to go. Unless they're free, all songs are 200 points each.

When you select a song for download you'll be shown how much space it will take up on your Wii and how much room will be left over. Once you have enabled "SD card mode" your downloaded songs will automatically be moved to your card. Weezer's "Buddy Holly," for instance, takes up 117 blocks, so this DLC will eat up Wii space fast.

Here is the full list of songs available for download now"
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GameSpot writes: "For a company that wasn't party to last year's E3 Media & Business Summit, Activision Blizzard made its fair share of news. Just before the show, CEO Bobby Kotick signaled his interest in creating a "viable alternative" to Apple's iTunes, saying, "If you're downloading a song to play on your Guitar Hero, there's no reason why you can't download the performance also." The move would be made all the more easy thanks to Activision's new parent company, Vivendi SA, which owns the world's largest record label, Universal Music Group."
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