Rocksmith+ News & Updates

June 12, 2021

Rocksmith™+ Offers More Guitar Music Learning Than Ever

The new subscription service teaches electric or acoustic guitar and bass with a vast and ever-expanding library of songs.

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July 30, 2021

What’s That Sound: Fuzz

The legendary circuit that started it all makes a glorious mess of your guitar's signal – but it's also capable of a lot more than digging in the dirt.

July 28, 2021

Rocksmith+ Dev Diary – July, 2021

Find our what we learned from the Rocksmith+ Closed Beta!

July 27, 2021

Three Extreme Metal Guitar Techniques You Need to Know

Unleash your inner demon with these need-to-know guitar techniques for speed, thrash, and death metal.

July 23, 2021

What's That Sound: Distortion

Bigger, louder, heavier – distortion crushes your guitar's signal to create the most aggressive sounds of heavy rock and metal.

July 22, 2021

The Making – and Re-Making – of Bachsmith’s “Ode to Joy”

Nobody always gets it right the first time. Come see how one of Rocksmith's signature songs evolved before you got a chance to play it!

July 20, 2021

Modal Mixture and Meaning in Crash Test Dummies’ “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm”

This melancholy alt-rock hit uses unusual chord progress to trick your ears and play with your mind.

July 19, 2021

In Defense of Auto-Tune: T-Pain's "Blow Ya Mind"

How the most polarizing music technology ever invented became one artist's stylistic springboard.

July 16, 2021

What's That Sound: Phaser

Lots of players got in on the phase craze in the late 70s, and it's still a great way to make your guitar sound otherworldly and wild.

July 14, 2021

How Gladys Knight took the "Midnight Train to Georgia"…instead of Houston

The Empress of Soul transformed an ex-quarterback's musical fantasy into a Grammy-winning hit.

July 14, 2021

The Progressive Pop of The Alan Parsons Project

Where do you go after you've helped create classic albums by The Beatles and Pink Floyd? Straight to the pop charts, where you push the boundaries of sonic experimentation.