The Rock Band Network, designed to let music artists submit their own tracks to the Rock Band platform, is now open to the public (but is still in beta).

The Network allows artists to author and submit their own Rock Band tracks for play by the community, which then gives feedback and allows a track to be changed before final submission.

The Rock Band Network platform allows someone to submit music to Rock Band at any stage of their career — someone need not be an established artist to use it to its fullest potential (and to make money!). Any song submitted gets 30% back in royalties.

But, before any royalties come into play, songs have to be submitted to playtesters and peer reviewers (who get to play the song before anyone can buy it – quite an awesome reward, if you ask me). There, the artists get any feedback necessary before their song is submitted to the Rock Band Network Store. And then, they make a billionty dollars! (Or maybe 30% of a billionty. However much that is.)

Are you interested in submitting? http://creators.rockband.com/docs/Website (Scroll down to “adding a song to the pipeline.”)

Want to be a Peer Reviewer (really, who wouldn’t)? http://creators.rockband.com/docs/Playtest_Process

I don’t think it’s inconceivable that someone could become famous through the Rock Band Network, if they’re able to distribute their music like this. Watch the video below to see Jonathan Coulton (a guy who, let’s face it, is just plain Internet Famous) try his hand at playing his own music on the Network.

PAX ‘09 Rock Band Network Panel #3 from Harmonix on Vimeo.

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