The Herald Sun reports that tapping on fake instruments and screeching into microphones connected to video game consoles has become lucrative for music and gaming industries.

Downloadable tunes for music-based games Guitar Hero, Rock Band and SingStar are as vital as iTunes itself - and one of the last ways to expose youngsters to classic rock.

The genre will evolve again on August 6 when game publisher Activision and developer Neversoft release Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, the first such play-along rhythm game pegged to one band, instead of featuring a multi-artist compilation more akin to one of those Now That's What I Call Music! albums.

"The game is really about the spirit of guitar music," Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton says.

"It's all about being into music that sounds powerful, energetic and lush. You're rhythmically pushing buttons that create a certain reaction or sound along with the music.

"You can't say it doesn't have any musical relevance. It does."

Players start out as lead guitarist Joe Perry and can unlock Hamilton and Brad Whitford while playing in virtual versions of venues where Aerosmith once rocked.

Perry admits he is ordinary at the game, although he embraced the idea having seen his sons and road crew's passion for playing and wanted to jump on board before the opportunity and the technology passed the band by.

"When I see this new generation of kids getting turned on to this music because of the video games, it really perks me up," Perry says.

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written by MUELLERTRACIE26, March 31, 2010

I guess that to get the business loans from banks you must present a great reason. But, once I've got a short term loan, because I wanted to buy a building.

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