It's one of the most recognizable sounds in pop music. It also turns out to be one of the most misunderstood. That high-pitched sound in The Beach Boys' 1966 masterpiece "Good Vibrations" is always ...

This has been going on for a while, but yesterday's release of Rock Band has unleashed a whole new flood of message board posters, thread commenters, and the occasional real-life jackasses who feel ...

Remember when you used to suck at Rock Band? You do again. Since the release of Guitar Hero in 2005, guitar games have stuck with a simple gameplay formula – five colored buttons on the neck of the ...

I hate, hate, hate computers and phones/tablets on stage. To me, a Macbook sitting next to a keyboardist or percussionist is just asking for trouble. Computers freeze, apps crash and sometimes you ...

Will gamers go for music games that attempt to push real music-playing chops through these new instruments and in-game tutorials? Or will it take the fun out of faux-rocking as a pick-up-and-play ...

Unlike Apple’s Logic Pro or Logic Express digital audio workstation software, GarageBand ’09 is not set up for precisely editing the audio content of Real Instrument tracks. But with a few simple but ...

It's often mistaken for a theremin, but in fact, the instrument used on the classic Beach Boys song was invented — and played on the song — by... The Real Instrument Behind The Sound In 'Good ...