After finally getting the Ion Drum Rocker, and drumming for a while on it, I realized that the included pedal, while not bad, isn’t quite… right. Most drum kits have two pedals standard: the hi-hat cymbal pedal, and the kick drum pedal. All standard plastic Rock Band pedals, and even the fancy metal Roadie pedal [...]

It’s hard to believe I linked to first review of the premium $299 Ion Drum Rocker almost three years ago! Although I’ve been happy with the Rock Band 3 Pro drumkit (with cymbals), I finally decided to take my drumming to the next level and adopt the Ion Drum Rocker kit. One advantage of waiting [...]

After writing about Rocksmith back in July, I was invited to the Ubisoft offices in San Fransisco for a hands-on preview of the game. How could I turn that down? I took the opportunity to invite a friend of mine, Martín Marconcini, who happens to be a decent novice guitarist, far far beyond my meager [...]

If you have a big Rock Band downloaded song library, it can be difficult to decide which songs you want to play in a particular jam session. Complete list of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series (Wikipedia) Official Rock Band Song Finder (Harmonix) And who doesn’t have a sizable song library, now that there [...]