With the upcoming 3-day weekend, I thought it would appropriate to post something fun for a change.
Because who doesn't want to rock out to your favorite Chris Tomlin or David Crowder worship songs? Now when you sing "I will become more undignified than this" while flailing your plastic guitar, people will understand you completely. The only thing missing is some classic Stryper so you can belt out "To Hell with the Devil".
Considering I grew up listening to Christian Music, I’m kinda psyched about this. I know more of those songs than the ones on Guitar Hero.
oh catalyst. such a sheltered life. guitar hero is helping me school my kids in classic rock. it was surreal to hear my kids playing to Foghat’s Slow Ride…Foghat was my first rock concert. now my 11y old son loves Aerosmith and my 14y old daughter, because of Guitar Hero, started turning the radio dial to KGON. She has discovered the magic of Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, and Queen. I love it!
(ok, so I just showed my 11y old son the Guitar Praise site. He said, and I quote, “Oh crap.” Then he laughed himself silly, falling on the ground into a seizure. Cat, why don’t you come hang out at my house for awhile? We’ll deprogram you of that artificial muzak and have our own school of rock to enlighten you. Here’s some homework to get your started:
-start listening to KGON. Especially on the weekends. They play great block parties on the weekends, a great way to learn several songs at once from a classic rock band, like Boston or Foreigner)
-download some AC/DC onto your mp3 player. Turn it up so loud until your ears feel like they’re bleeding.
-play some air guitar listening to a great guitar god like Eddie Van Halen or Jimmy Page or Eric Clapton. Air guitar is the original Guitar Hero, where it all began!
-go to a concert of a touring classic rock band, or even a hot tribute band (No Quarter was just in town a week ago – a Led Zep trib band).Bring your bic lighter and hold it up proud for the power ballads and encores. Cell phones just can’t capture that kind of magic.
When you’ve done all this, then you’ll have passed the pre-requisites to come to the Hogeweide Family School of Rock. Let me know when you’re ready.