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The Game Rock Band Has Been Haunting Me Like A Bad Ring Tone. It Gets Stuck In My Head And Momentarily Effaces All That I Love About Music.

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I Wrote So Much About Fandom And Participation For Npr That I Eventually Realized My Most Fertile Way Of Participating In Music Is To Actually Play It, At Least In A Way That Made The Most Sense To Me.

With Rock Band, You Can Play Along To Black Sabbath Or Nirvana And Possibly Find New Ways Of Appreciating Their Artistry By Being Allowed To Perform Parallel To It. Rock Band Puts You Inside The Guts Of A Song.

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