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Article: It's all in the game; Acts get boost from `Rock Band' and `Guitar Hero" song sales.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- The Boston Herald
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- January 28, 2008
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Byline: JED GOTTLIEB
Remember how your computer became your personal jukebox? Then your phone took over? Well, next on the list is your video game console.
The fusion of rock and video games has become big business. And it's giving the ailing music industry a huge boost - small bands including Boston's Bang Camaro have found flocks of fans, while stars from Metallica to the Monkees are collecting fistfuls of download dough.
In the two months since Cambridge's Harmonix and MTV Games rolled out "Rock Band," which allows gamers to play along with their favorite tunes, the game has sold more than 2.5 million downloaded songs to customers looking to ...