Sep 02 2009
Timbaland Talks About His New Video Game
This is interesting. A video game about producing beats is pretty cool to me. I do dabble into the production elements myself you know. Not saying that I would buy it because these music games that have been coming out as of lately are very pricey. If i was getting checks like Tombo then maybe i would have a few copies of the game. Peep what he says right here via HipHopBlog:
“You already know that Rock Star games is about to release Beaterator, a console video game much in the way of Rock Band and Guitar Hero, where the player offers his take on popular music. What you may not know are the reasons why one of the minds of Beaterator, mega producer Timbaland, got behind the project.
“At first there were no music games out there,” Timbo tells Billboard. “Next thing you know, Guitar Hero came out, and the world responded to it. It was the biggest thing going. So people want to know where music comes from. Guitar Hero teaches the history of certain old groups, but mine is more like what people hear on the radio –Timbaland, Timbaland, Timbaland. Timbaland is known for beats and music. So if Timbaland is known for beats and music, why not make a beats and music game? Why not make my own version of what I think Guitar Hero should be for Timbaland? The world of Timbo.”
But one of the knocks folks have with Guitar Hero and the like is that the titles aren’t really teaching gamers anything. And to that end, Timbaland adds:
“I wanted people to feel like they can also make a beat too. Like everybody could do it. If you’re feeling down, it gives you something to do. It’s a creativity thing. It’s more than just pressing a button. It’s like a stress reliever too. It’s just one of those things where I just can’t describe it. I was so excited by the finished product that I just don’t know what it is. It’s a drum machine. It’s a ProTools set. It’s some of everything you can possibly name.”"
