Let There Be Rock!
“Best Buy School of Rock Stage” Debuts at Mountain View Art & Wine Festival
NOTE: Content below is from 2009 event. Check back 3-4 weeks before the event for updated information.
Festivalgoers can start the party right and unleash their inner rockstars this year at the Mountain View Art & Wine Festival, September 11-12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Castro Street. The festival’s all-new Best Buy School of Rock Stage will feature fans performing with the critically-acclaimed Guitar Hero® 5 as well as the highly anticipated DJ Hero™.
“The School of Rock Stage is a must-do at the festival,” Stevens said. “It’s free, it’s fun … what else do you need? It will be an experience our participants will remember for a lifetime.”
“We’re happy to offer the first interactive kids’ stage of its kind at the festival,” said Dave Stevens, programs and events manager at the Chamber of Commerce Mountain View. “The whole family will be able to play, sing and dance together on stage at the same time … it’s gonna be a blast.”
“The great line of games from Guitar Hero, including the critically-acclaimed Guitar Hero 5 and the highly anticipated DJ Hero, are created right here in Mountain View,” said Kai Huang, Co-Founder of RedOctane. “It’s exciting to be able to bring them out to our backyard and perform with our friends and family.”
The good folks from Best Buy stores in Sunnyvale and Mountain View will provide large screen LCD TVs and rock-star lighting. Frisbees, balls and trinkets will be passed out to kids of all ages in Kids’ Park, located in the Wells Fargo lot, near Church and Castro.
“We want to give back and really be a part of our local community,” said Hayden Craig, customer solutions manager at the Sunnyvale Best Buy store. “Everybody who works here lives in this area. We want to be that family store in our community.”
“The School of Rock Stage is a must-do at the festival,” Stevens said. “It’s free, it’s fun … what else do you need? It will be an experience our participants will remember for a lifetime.”
Guitar Hero 5 features the strongest, most varied set list to date comprised of master tracks from more than 80 of the hottest bands of today and the biggest classic acts; including Kings of Leon, The Rolling Stones, The White Stripes, Santana, Vampire Weekend, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, plus more than 25 artists from a variety of music genres that will be making their music video game debut. Among the first-time-ever features of Guitar Hero 5 are: Party Play, where players can jump in or drop out of gameplay seamlessly; RockFest, a comprehensive competitive experience available featuring five new head-to-head modes playable online or in your living room; and the ability to play the entire set-list from the first time the game is turned on.
Expanding upon the revolutionary easy to pick up/challenging to master gameplay mechanics developed and refined in Guitar Hero®, DJ Hero delivers an all-new interactive music experience that allows players to start the party and not only experience, but to hear music in an all-new way. With over 100 individual songs, highlighted in 93 unique never-before-released mixes that blend genres of music, including hip-hop, pop, rock and dance, DJ Hero delivers the most diverse and international collection of music ever assembled in a music game by incorporating anthems from legendary artists. Created exclusively for DJ Hero, the turntable controller immerses fans into the authenticity of DJ culture and a sea of music as they utilize and master various DJ techniques including scratching, blending, cross fading and sampling, while leaving room for creative expression with a variety of effects and player chosen samples and scratches, transforming a face in the crowd into the life of the party. |
