WELCOME, HOME ROCKSTARS!!!!

I am new to the blogging world but decided that since I spend a great deal of time playing Rock Band and Guitar Hero, I should write and share my feelings of these games. I am open-minded to others opinions of these games and welcome you to share your thoughts as well. I only ask that we all share a mutual respect and don't trash-talk each other, save that for the games, their instruments and song set lists.

A little bit about me. I am 30 years old and have been playing mostly first person shooter and / or action / killer for as long as I can remember. In the days when my parents controlled what was played on their TV, it was usually Super Mario Brothers, Duck Hunt, and RC Pro Am on my original Nintendo. As time went on, I moved on to the Resident Evil series on Sony PlayStation and PlayStation 2. For a time when my employer had me working in the northern part of New York, my PlayStation 2 was a lifesaver serving as both video game console and DVD player for 11 months in various hotels. I jumped on the X-Box band wagon when Halo came out, as did just about every other X-Box owner. I admit, I was addicted to the game. I spent many nights online playing people from all over the US and the world. My volunteer fire department even had a couple of TV's and a 24 port switch that we used when several members brought their systems and controllers down. I followed the band wagon with Halo 2 and Halo 3 which brought me to the purchase of my X-Box 360. After some time playing the various shooting games, ie. Mercenaries, Rainbow 6, Rainbow 6 Las Vegas, Men of Valor and of course Call of Duty 3, I decided to put down my sniper rifle and give the drums a chance.

It was a great decision that led me to purchasing an electronic drum set that I practice with several hours a week, sometimes drumming along with Rock Band songs in "No Fail" mode.

So this is my introduction. I will post my first band post shortly.