hmmm status quo...i think I have some of their music somewhere.. theres a few music channels on youtube talking about the death of guitar (and its stringed kin).. blaming no real innovators, very few guitar icons left, and a whole host of other reasons... personally I think they missed the boat on the new generation of kids who are choosing auto tune or dancing over learning an instrument.. because its easy to load a program on ya computer, dork around with various sound programs..dump it on youtube and instant what-have-you. problem with instant gratification is theres no real 'accomplishment' .. where as, I did the hard yards, and now I reap what I sowed ..sow ..sue... is dying RS did something amazing (something GH could never acchieve, and Rock Band 3 came close to doing) and put REAL instruments in the hands of users..and you really can learn to play. Rocksmith 'future' has to build on that by actually loading in some music theory in there.... eg Thunderstruck ... Key of E Major.. 135 bpm.. scales you can use are that Major scale.. blues major/minor this... or B mixolydian) (the secret to AC/DC is keep it simple..and lots of mixolydian) expand on the lessons by doing a scale and showing them "this is your 3rd... this is the flat 5th... this is the 9th, 11th 13th.." Dissonant notes lesson i would think is a must.. along with how to resolve.. etc.. so they arent just learning the vocabulary (chords, scales and keys) but how they work if they can figure out how to do that and keep the same general RS we've come to love... they will have a winner. I also think they know this... what they must avoid at all costs is doing an Activgreed and pumping out any old shit for a buck. cos everyone knows who fucked the GH franchise to death ... now to go look @ my Status Quo tabs...