I’d like to start off by saying that I’m definitely not a gamer, in fact I kind of hate playing video games. I just really think they’re a waste of my precious time. But I am very much into music and because of that I decided to get a video game system (I got a Sony PS3) so that I could play Rock Band. I found that I really enjoyed the drumming and singing aspects of the game due to their realism. When you are drumming on Rock Band you are hitting real beats that are in the song and when you are singing you really have to sing in tune and on time to get more points. I think this is actually good practice.

But there was a big down side to the Rock Band games I got. The songs included with the game. I’m a bit of a music snob and to my ears most of the music included with Rock Band is not too good. Or atleast not songs I want to spend my time playing!

Thankfully this biggest defect of Rock Band is completely fixed by the newest version of the game due out on September 9: Beatles Rock Band. The Beatles are not only the most popular and influential group of all time, they are also my favorite so to say that I am excited about this new game is an understatement. I think it will be awesome to get to play drums as if I was Ringo and to sing like I am John Lennon. It will be a real thrill.

But there’s more to The Beatles Rock Band than the fact that it comes with 45 Beatles songs (and you can download entire albums in the future.) There’s also some new features that are unique to the game, most notably the harmony singing feature which allows up to three people to sing at once. Up to 6 players can play Beatles Rock Band at one time. This makes it the ultimate party game.

For huge Beatles fans like me, 9/9/09 is not just only this video game – it’s also about The Beatles Mono CD Box Set which puts The Beatles UK albums in their original mono mixes on CD for the very first time

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