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New! The Very Best of Supertramp 6-pack (farottone)

• Supertramp – “Give a Little Bit” X
  
• Supertramp – “Goodbye Stranger” X
• Supertramp – “It’s Raining Again”
• Supertramp – “School”
• Supertramp – “Take the Long Way Home”
• Supertramp – “The Logical Song” X
• Supertramp – “The Logical Song (Karaoke Version)” K X

New! Singles

• Del Shannon – “Runaway” X (Nyxyxylyth)

A red X denotes Pro Guitar/Pro Bass, a blue M denotes full multitracks, and a blue K denotes a “karaoke” multitrack (separated vocals).

Writing copy is hard. Did you know that today in 2005 marked the launch of Discovery, NASA’s first mission after the Columbia disaster? Today is also the birthday of Mick Jagger (who is 70, holy crap), Kevin Spacey, Sandra Bullock, and Tim Schafer (Double Fine Productions – Psychonauts)! At least one of those facts is vaguely Rock Band related! Aren’t you glad these blog posts are so informative?

This week marks a moment many of you have been waiting for — the glorious arrival of a proper Supertramp pack. And a proper pack it is! farottone has prepared six tracks from The Very Best of Supertramp. You might say they’re the very best from that album. If you didn’t mind getting punched in the face. Anyway, Supertramp is an awesome rock/prog rock/”art rock?” band, and they’ve been sorely missed in Rock Band. The following tracks join “Breakfast in America” from our July 4th release:

• “School”, from 1974’s Crime of the Century, features a very different sound than the band’s later stuff. It has a sweet keys part.
• “Give a Little Bit”, from 1977’s Even in the Quietest Moments…, is easily recognizable from the title. This song is a staple of classic rock radio stations, and features 12-string acoustic guitars.
• “Goodbye Stranger”, from 1979’s Breakfast in America, has those awesome falsetto call-and-response parts that will be super fun to break out at parties.
• “Take the Long Way Home”, also from Breakfast in America, has one of rock & roll’s most famous harmonica parts.
• “The Logical Song”, though, is Supertramp’s biggest hit from Breakfast in America. It peaked at #6 in America, and you’ve totally heard it before, even if it’s not familiar from the title. Go Google the lyrics or something.
  • We’re also offering “The Logical Song (Karaoke Version)”, which is a slightly different cut of the song. It features separated lead vocals, but no backing vocals.
• “It’s Raining Again”, from 1982’s …Famous Last Words…, has a bitchin’ melodica solo. All of the harmonies in this song are sung by the band’s (former) lead vocalist, Roger Hodgson.
• “Why are these listed under the best-of album and not the original albums?” farottone, the author, made this call. In short, it’s because the best-of album has the highest chance of being completed by C3 in the future. In the interim, only one album (Breakfast in America) would have enough songs to get an album header anyway. Some of you will definitely prefer the original album art; the good news is that you can change it! After downloading the songs, you can use our custom versions of Le Fluffie and Magma to edit the song packages directly. For more info, see our Authoring Tools forum.

Not to be outdone, Nyxyxylyth brings in a single this week as well. Del Shannon’s “Runaway” was a #1 hit in America in the early 1960’s, before any of this British Invasion nonsense. It marks the beginning of the 1960’s poppy rock & roll that evolved from the 1950’s style of Elvis Presley/Buddy Holly/etc. It’s something that probably never would have happened in legit DLC, and we’re happy to serve it as a custom.
We’ve also got a slew of Rock Band Harmonies Project upgrades today from thomeval, CyclopsDragon, GreenPanda12, LoopyChew, espher, and Mr. Underhill. 12 songs have new harmony charts, 3 have new Keys/Pro Keys charts, and 70(!) songs have received vocal tonic note information. For a full list, check out the full version of this blog post; to download the upgrades, visit the RBHP site.
As usual, we encourage you to check out our forums to get involved with the RB customs scene. If you don’t see your favorite songs, you can author them yourself!
See you next Friday!

New! The Very Best of Supertramp 6-pack (farottone)

New! Del Shannon – “Runaway” (Nyxyxylyth)

Rock Band Harmonies Project – July 26, 2013

To download these upgrades, visit the RBHP site.
Rock Band DLC 2008 Harmony Upgrades

• In this Moment – “Forever” (thomeval)
• Lacuna Coil – “Closer” (thomeval)
• Lacuna Coil – “Swamped” (thomeval)

Rock Band DLC 2009 Harmony Upgrades

• Freezepop – “Get Ready 2 Rokk” (GreenPanda12)
• Freezepop – “Less Talk More Rokk” (CyclopsDragon)
• Freezepop – “Science Genius Girl” (GreenPanda12)
• Jimmy Eat World – “Futures” (thomeval)
• Jimmy Eat World – “Lucky Denver Mint” (espher)
• Jimmy Eat World – “Sweetness” (Mr. Underhill)

Rock Band DLC 2010 Harmony Upgrades

• All Time Low – “Weightless” (thomeval)

Rock Band Network Harmony Upgrades

• Jonathan Coulton – “Creepy Doll” (espher) (inc. previously authored Pro Drums upgrade by GreenPanda12)
• Twintapes – “Young” (espher) (inc. previously authored Pro Drums upgrade by MFX)

Keys and Pro Keys Upgrades

• Freezepop – “Get Ready 2 Rokk” (DLC09) (CyclopsDragon)
• Freezepop – “Less Talk More Rokk” (DLC09) (CyclopsDragon)
• Freezepop – “Science Genius Girl” (DLC09) (CyclopsDragon)

Optional Variants

• Lacuna Coil – “Swamped” (DLC09) – Variant: Misheard lyrics chart (thomeval)

Optional Chart Fixes

• Abnormality – “Visions” (RB2) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Aerosmith – “Train Kept A Rollin'” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Audioslave – “Gasoline” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Avenged Sevenfold – “Scream” (DLC10) – Fix (Playability): Fixed disco flip (GreenPanda12)
• Black Sabbath – “War Pigs” (DLC07) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Blink-182 – “Dammit” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Death of the Cool – “Can’t Let Go” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Foo Fighters – “Enough Space” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Foo Fighters – “Learn to Fly” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Foo Fighters – “My Hero” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Foo Fighters – “My Poor Brain” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Foo Fighters – “New Way Home” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Foo Fighters – “Up in Arms” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• George Thorogood & the Destroyers – “Bad to the Bone” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Jefferson Airplane – “White Rabbit” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Jet – “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Jethro Tull – “Hymn 43” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Lenny Kravitz – “Freedom Train” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Libyans – “Welcome to the Neighborhood” (RB2) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Simple Man” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Molly Hatchet – “Flirtin’ With Disaster” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Mountain – “Mississippi Queen” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Mute Math – “Control” (DLC10) – Fix (Playability): Fixed disco flip (GreenPanda12)
• Nine Inch Nails – “The Hand that Feeds” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Nirvana – “Breed” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (thomeval)
• Nirvana – “Lounge Act” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Nirvana – “Territorial Pissings” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Pearl Jam – “Alive” (RB2) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Pearl Jam – “Alive (Live: Drop in the Park)” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Pearl Jam – “Once” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Pearl Jam – “Porch” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Pearl Jam – “Release” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Pearl Jam – “State of Love and Trust (Live: Drop in the Park)” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Pixies – “Crackity Jones” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Pixies – “Dead” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Pixies – “Wave of Mutilation” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Radiohead – “Creep” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – “I Could Have Lied” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – “My Lovely Man” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – “Suck My Kiss” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers – “They’re Red Hot” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Richard Thompson – “The Way That It Shows” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Roy Orbison – “Claudette” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Roy Orbison – “Ooby Dooby” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Rush – “Red Barchetta” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Rush – “The Camera Eye” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Rush – “Tom Sawyer (Original Version)” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Rush – “Vital Signs” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Stephen and the Colberts – “Charlene” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – “Dirty Pool” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – “I’m Cryin'” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – “Love Struck Baby” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – “Mary Had a Little Lamb” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – “Pride and Joy” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – “Tell Me” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble – “Texas Flood” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• The Black Crowes – “Hard to Handle” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• The Cars – “Moving in Stereo” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• The Pretenders – “Blue Christmas” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• The Shins – “New Slang” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• The Strokes – “Reptilia” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• The Who – “Baba O’Riley” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• The Who – “Going Mobile” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• The Who – “Sea and Sand” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• The Who – “Young Man Blues” (DLC08) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Thin Lizzy – “Cowboy Song (Live)” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Thin Lizzy – “Jailbreak (Live)” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• White Zombie – “More Human Than Human” (DLC09) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Maps” (RB1) – Missing: Vocal tonic information for RB3 (LoopyChew)