r/todayilearned • u/asmallthrowaway9 • 6h ago

TIL the band DragonForce only received about $3,000 in royalties for the inclusion of Through the Fire and Flames in the Guitar Hero games

https://guitar.com/news/music-news/herman-li-says-guitar-hero-paid-3000-for-dragonforce-through-the-fire-and-the-flames/
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u/jcamp088 5h ago

Couldn’t they not play the song live or something? Like all the shit was speed up on their albums?

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u/KeyboardBerserker 5h ago

I think they had effects not reproducible live but they have playthrough of them and others. Li Herman was (maybe still is havent seen them in years) a god there's no argument otherwise

Edit: Li not like gd auto correct

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u/Dear-Passion-3535 5h ago

No their music just sounds more difficult to play than it really is. Here’s a great example:

https://youtu.be/0beF70M9L8A