The Rock Band Network Should Be Ready Early Next Year.

Harmonix’s revolutionary Rock Band Network is due for release in “early 2010.” The system will allow unsigned and small label bands to get their music programmed and for sale within the Rock Band platform – a move which will not only provide limitless amounts of content for players, but also a revenue platform for smaller bands.

Harmonix explained to Kotaku that they are working on public beta tools due for release before “the end of the year.”

Awesome.

Activision must be shaking in their boots right now. The recently announced Rock Band Network from Harmonix will open up an entirely new stream of revenue for unsigned bands (or smaller labels) by putting created tracks in the Rock Band experience. This is massive folks.

Rock Band Network will give musicians and labels the tools to upload their master tracks and create the gameplay for them. This means anybody will be able to get their tracks in the game. Of course this benefits everyone – Rock Band players get more content, bands get their music in a video game and Harmonix can boast about their wealth of content.

If you’re not a musician but a big fan of Rock Band then you’ll be involved too – you’ll be able to moderate tracks before they’re released to the public, checking the difficulty is correct, etc.

As unsigned “mess about” musicians ourselves, this really appeals big time to us.