Ultimate Guitar Hero

To help support a growing interest in guitar study, RedOctane and NAMM announced a partnership at the annual NAMM Show in Anaheim, Calif. that will link Guitar Hero III to NAMM's “Wanna Play” campaign. This new facet of the public awareness campaign focuses on bridging the gap between virtual and real-life musicianship. NAMM CEO Joe Lamond said

“Our partnership with Guitar Hero will demonstrate a fun progression from playing an interactive game with roots in music to learning how to play an instrument for real,”

This is again a step in the right direction for the Guitar Hero franchise and online musical games in general. After watching the success of Guitar Hero, MTV bought Harmonix, which has produced an equally fun game in "Rock Band". Many musical store teachers have reported that interest in lessons and guitar sales have increased, due to the popularity of Guitar Hero and other musical games.
Hopefully this will be the beginning of something great for both Guitar Hero game players and the musicians whom make the game possible.

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