The Hollywood Byte #26: The Rockstar

Morgan also loved playing the old Police Quest games, solving crimes and catching the bad guys. These days, when he's not touring or writing new music, he enjoys playing games like Devil May Cry 3 and Tekken 5 on PS2 and Doom III and Manhunt on Xbox.

"I'm a huge CSI junkie for the original Vegas version," said Morgan. "I bought the recent PC games for CSI. We have a console in each room in our house and then a PC, so you can entertain yourself in any way. I have time to solve a crime on these games here and there and collect some evidence on the CSI games."

As the music industry continues to utilize video games to introduce new bands and new music to the 18 to 34 year old males who play, Morgan said that being a gamer helps him stay in touch with emerging trends.

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"Then you just go to the label and tell them there's an opportunity there," said Morgan. "The suits don't always get that. So you tell them about the new things that come out."

Morgan believes video games will continue to be an important tool to get songs out to a large audience.

"If a small percentage of the gamers who buy four million copies of Madden go out and buy our CD, then you sell 500,000 albums," said Morgan. "You've reached someone who might not have heard of your band, because they only watch MTV. This is a great way for rock bands that don't have a place on the TV channels."

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