Topic: Attn Wii Music Fans!

Very nice! I'm a big fan of that album, and you pulled off the arrangement (and drums in particular) well. It's too bad that the Mii voices will never be able to have that wonderful screaming sound of Paul's vocals on the bridge sections; maybe they'll actually release a Wii Music Plus and add some different voice instruments.

I need to try a Beatles arrangement of my own sometime. I'm cautious of doing so in case I end up making a mockery of the great band. It also took me forever to produce my only arrangement of the track Woman, because I'm a big Lennon fan and wasn't satisfied with any ideas I tried out.

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Sorry it took so long, folks. School's been killer. That concludes the series! Hope you all have enjoyed it. Couldn't have done it without the kind folks here at NintendoLife: this thread is what moved me to start visiting the forums (even though I was technically still around during the VC review days).

Look out for those blue lights: just sent out a rather good vid of Ode to Joy. One of my catchy-er creations

somone add me for wii music my code is below

3609-0254-9831-1630

Does anyone know how to post a Wii music video, onto youtube. Sorry is this has already been asked, but reading through 34 pages of comments would take forever.

I believe you need a video capture card. I'm not sure how it works, really--Warioswoods here has our video poster around these parts so he might be able to give you a better explanation.

This is actually kind of cool, looking through this thread (I'm a late arrival around here, but figured I would soak in the history of the place a bit). I always got the impression that Wii Music was atrocious at best. It's not my fault; I blame Ravi Drums and the rest of the terrible showcase at E3. Don't we all?

I don't have a huge interest in music, but I really never liked the idea of games like Guitar Hero. Losing at playing music just seems cruel. You guys have definitely painted this game in a different light. I don't know that I'll ever be purchasing it still, but I feel enlightened.

Another great player out there, one of the best, is the Youtube user tirelat. He just put together a wonderful little overview of his creations in honor of the 2 year anniversary of the game. Great viewing for anyone who wants to get an idea of the game's possibilities.

@warioswoods
Wow, this guy is incredible. I'm watching some of his videos now.
I hope to god Miyamoto doesn't change Wii Music too much and turn it into Rock Band or something. Because stuff like this is what Wii Music is all about.

WTF wait did someone almost do the Pokemon theme?!?!?!

Thanks for the nice comments about my Wii Music videos (tirelat is my YouTube channel)! I've taken a long break from Wii Music, but I'm starting to get back into it now that Rock Band 3 has a couple of songs that were featured in Wii Music (Every Breath You Take, The Loco-Motion). I made a set of Mii characters based on my band in Rock Band 3, and started putting up Wii Music videos with them. If anyone's still reading this thread, you should check them out. The latest is a version of Sukiyaki.

it's not really worth $50 because I brought it for about £40 and you can only unlock so many songs and I get bored of it after about five minutes

@wiigamer93

Um... thanks for the comment. Read the rest of the thread to find out why you're wrong

@Mizarian

Hey, I'm glad to see you're still posting videos; great stuff.

I just reread the previous page of this thread and can't figure out why I brought up your YouTube channel as if you'd never been here, just a few posts after we'd already talked about it. Must have been crossed mental wires of some sort. Aaaaaanyhow, I need to get back to it myself, and your new videos might just inspire me.

The game isn't bad as the general reviews, I own it and it result very funny if you have people to play with it, in my opinion is a must to play it with friends and if you (really) like music you will enjoy!

I just found out that Wii Music has a free play drum kit! Does it work well? Is it hard to use buttons to switch between different drums and cymbals? I kind of want to buy Wii Music just for the drum kit!

it works well for slower stuff. no double taps. only the jazz kit has a ride. the toms are selected with control stick/d-pad ←, ↑, and →. it's not eady to hit the high hats with two sticks at a high speed. the balance board is required, the left side controls the hats, right is bass drum. you can kinda do double bass if you position your feet right. it's fun and all but nowhere near a real or electronic drum kit.

The drums do take some work to get the hang of, but you can do a lot with them if you have patience. I typically play the drums at half speed then speed the song back up to normal, which it lets you do.

Here's one of the better examples out there, if you're wondering what's possible with enough practice.

Yeah, I was guessing that it's not as fun as a real drum kit, but I already have a balance board, and the game is only $20 or so. So, it's a lot cheaper than a real kit. And, it's a lot easier to find a place to store a game than a full drum kit.

Warioswoods - thanks for the video! That was great. I think I'll pick this up sometime soon.

Minor disclaimer: that guy was just playing along with his own music — the game doesn't feature a Donkey Kong tune, sadly (but it does have some other great Nintendo tracks to drum along with).

Also, the best part of the drum feature is the set of lessons it gives you. They begin with simple beats and then introduce some fills, alternations, etc — a great way to learn how basic drumming is structured.

I finally picked up Wii Music yesterday. I got it from Blockbuster for $9.99 (there's buy 1, get 1 free sale on games less than $15 there, so I got Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II for free).

Anyway, I'm really enjoying it so far. We've just been messing around with the custom jams, and I went through all of the lessons for the drums. I think I'll get a lot better with some practice.

There are some things that I really don't like - like the fact that so many songs and instruments are locked. Come on Nintendo, we want access to everything right away! I guess unlocking content is an incentive to go through the lessons and mini-games, but I'd prefer to just have access to everything. I also think it would have been cool if we could use real vocals through a USB mic.

My biggest complaint is the sound quality for some of the instruments (which wasn't a surprise - I checked out videos and read reviews before I bought it). Some of the wind instruments sound like they came for an 1980's cheap Casio keyboard or something. If Nintendo does a sequel, I hope they use better quality sound samples.

In the end, though, I am having a lot of fun with it, and, IMO, that's the most important thing.