Music students at New York City’s East Side Community High School are throwing out their guitars, pianos [[link]] and cowbells, with one program at the school instead teaching kids with PSPs and copies of Rockstar’s Beaterator. “It a fully featured studio that runs on a pocket-sized device,” says an instructor at the school. “They’re able to learn music theory in a different format. It’s the same information; just a different way of presenting it”.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); According to a piece on CBS – which spends a great deal of time dealing with how many budget cuts the school is [[link]] facing – East Side students are just thrilled, one saying “This is music. You’re making your own music and it’s really fun”, with [[link]] another, Isiah Martinez, adding “I learned that you can make beats on the PSP”. Education as advertising? It’s worked before, and by golly Rockstar, it’s working again. Instruments In 1 NYC Music Program Replaced By PSP [CBS]