Guitar Hero does not teach you how to play the actual guitar! I don’t know if you all realized that… Well maybe most of you do. But still, kids are spending hours and hours and HOURS playing video games like Guitar Hero, are at the end of the day, they will know how to…um…play Guitar Hero.
Yeah I guess it’s fun. But as parents, wouldn’t you want your kids spending at least some of that video game time on something useful, and productive, like learning an actual skill that they could use the rest of their lives?
And by the way, learning and playing real instruments helps kids with math, do better on tests, think better academically for the rest of their life. Huh, now which do I want my kids spending their summer doing?
I began a marketing consulting contract with Music Wizard Group, a start up company that is making awesome products that are bound to be huge!
- Piano Wizard
- Guitar Wizard
- Drum Wizard
- Band Wizard
- Composer Wizard
Piano Wizard is the current product out. It teaches anyone how to play a song on the keyboard in literally a few hours. Imagine the possibilities - all those American Idol wannabe’s who can learn their favorite song for the audition. Or the romantic husband who learns how to play his wedding song so he can surprise his wife and play it for her at their 20th anniversary. Cool.
Guitar Wizard is coming out this fall, and of the 10 million Hero players, I’m sure 10% will be motivated to play a real guitar, buy Guitar Wizard,… and really become a Guitar “Hero”.
Watch for the product launch!
