{"id":582120,"date":"2010-05-27T19:42:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T23:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/?p=159969"},"modified":"2010-05-27T19:42:37","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T23:42:37","slug":"new-rock-band-to-feature-the-keytar-%e2%80%93-because-as-we-all-know-everyone-loves-keytars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/582120","title":{"rendered":"New Rock Band to feature the keytar \u2013 because as we all know, everyone loves keytars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/keytar-hero.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"keytar-hero\" width=\"515\" height=\"294\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-159970\" \/><br \/>\nWith sales of music games <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crunchgear.com\/2009\/12\/19\/music-video-games-they-are-dying\/\">dropping<\/a> at alarming rates, the savvy game designers at Harmonix (or more likely, the desperate marketers) have decided that in order to revive their flagging franchise, they needed something truly mind-blowing. &#8220;I know! <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gaming\/news\/2010\/05\/exclusive-rock-band-3-brings-keytar-new-pro-mode.ars\">How about a keytar<\/a>?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not really sure it&#8217;s the best way to go. I mean, the keytar didn&#8217;t really work out so well for&#8230; anybody. Or itself. It was an oddity in its own time, and is a subject of near-universal mockery. Be aware that the instrument in the following is not a keytar:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JT5AQIlmM0I&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;hd=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JT5AQIlmM0I&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><em>This<\/em> is a keytar:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"505\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PB2Wmto9fQY&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;hd=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/PB2Wmto9fQY&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;hd=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>See where I&#8217;m coming from here?<\/p>\n<p>[image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2008\/07\/18\/finally-keytar-hero-synth-hero-t-shirts\/\">Synthtopia<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/llxzmSejzOU3vhJHKrXR80o-3ak\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/llxzmSejzOU3vhJHKrXR80o-3ak\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/llxzmSejzOU3vhJHKrXR80o-3ak\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~at\/llxzmSejzOU3vhJHKrXR80o-3ak\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=gYSSlqDnl-k:DBpkK-iFKfo:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=gYSSlqDnl-k:DBpkK-iFKfo:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=gYSSlqDnl-k:DBpkK-iFKfo:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?i=gYSSlqDnl-k:DBpkK-iFKfo:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?a=gYSSlqDnl-k:DBpkK-iFKfo:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/crunchgear?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With sales of music games dropping at alarming rates, the savvy game designers at Harmonix (or more likely, the desperate marketers) have decided that in order to revive their flagging franchise, they needed something truly mind-blowing. &#8220;I know! How about a keytar?!&#8221; I&#8217;m not really sure it&#8217;s the best way to go. 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