Today HMX announce the launch of their much praised and highly anticipated program (in Beta form) - the Rock Band Network. The RBN is a unique program that allows anyone to upload their own music directly into the Rock Band game. A special program released by HMX months back detailed how one would upload their music onto the program and chart each instrument accordingly, very similar to how HMX chart the music they release. Only several songs have been made available and will remain exclusive to the Xbox 360 for 30 days, many many more songs are expected to hit the Network in the next few months, drastically increasing the amount of songs offered on the Rock Band platform overall.

There are already a number of bands that have already publically committed to using the Netweork. They consist of -

The Shins
Ministry
Evanescence
The Stills
Creed
All That Remains
Nirvana
Mudhoney
Sleater-Kinney
The Postal Service
Flight of the Conchords
The Reverend Horton Heat
Steve Vai
Widespread Panic

...and many more to follow

Harmonix Music Systems and MTV Games, a part of Viacom’s MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B), today announced that the Rock Band Network beta program is now open to the public, giving emerging and established artists the tools needed to start authoring and submitting their music into Rock Band. The Rock Band Network, announced in July, is a ground-breaking initiative that gives musicians, publishers and record labels the ability to author their original recordings into gameplay files to promote and sell their music as playable Rock Band tracks through the soon-to-launch Rock Band Network Music Store (RBN Store).

reaver11 via rockband.com »