I was a musician before I was a gamer. I've consistently heard from certain other musicians that, "you shouldn't play Rock Band, just learn to play a REAL instrument." Well, I have learned how, and Rock Band is still a really fun party game that anyone and everyone can enjoy, no matter what your skill level. Deep down, I think those people who refuse to play Rock Band are afraid they aren't going to be good at it. Now that Rock Band 3 is out and incorporates some real instrumentation, I want to see if these musicians will change their tune.I think most people who play RB3 will have already played the earlier iterations and probably have some of the instruments already. The biggest advancements of RB3 is the addition of PRO modes and vocal harmonies.PRO MODES: Keep in mind that just because they have PRO modes, you still have gradations of difficulty within that mode. So it isn't like Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert, PRO. Once you are in the PRO modes, you have PRO-easy, Pro-medium, PRO-Hard, and PRO-expert. I have not yet played the guitar or bass on the PRO mode. I have been playing drums in the PRO mode. If you are pretty good at drums, you will have no trouble adding in the cymbals. Another good thing about PRO-drums is that all DLC has the PRO-drums in their charts. So, you can immediately play all your old DLC (and previous RB songs for that matter) using the PRO mode. I also recently got the