The Low Down performance

Today I had another look at a couple of the techniques, and a play through of the newer songs on my playlists.

Techniques

I had another attempt at the Bends technique, getting 25538 points but still a very long way from getting comfortable with the technique. It is easier to use more than one finger to hold the string down, and I suspect my main issue at the moment is getting the speed of doing the bend matching how long the bend appears on screen.

The  technique was unlocked last time, I had three attempts at this getting between 354 and 991 points. I kept getting difficulty level up, then almost immediately down again so I suspect it will be quite a while before I get to the Bronze award for this.

Rehearsal

I had two goes at California Brain with a slight improvement from 6317 points to 8039 after two attempts. 

I can't hear you I earned 28292 points, a nice increase from the 8562 I earned on the first try through.

I quite like Slow Hands as a song, and moved up to 21984 points, coming close to doubling the original score I got.

Surf Hell I didn't really improve with, getting slightly lower than the original 21371 points  but 20444 isn't that far away.

Nirvana's In Bloom is one I keep trying to get the chords right and moved up to 35351 points. Not much else I want to say about this one.

The last one I played was Vasoline and made a good improvement to 61902 points from the previous 30878. This is another song with lots of fast notes in the tab to play. Not one I suspect I am going to really enjoy playing, but will be good for getting my speed up when playing.

The Low Down performance

Four songs in this 'performance', as I hadn't practiced the songs much I was curious how I would score. From the crowd reactions, it confirms what every musician will say: rehearse, rehearse, rehearse.

Vasoline was first, I got 62956 with a slight reaction from the crowd. Slow Hands got 33961 and a moderate reaction, I can't Hear You bombed with hardly any reaction from the crowd. Surf Hell got a slight reaction too with 27704 points.

Oddly this gained an encore, with (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and I got 71411 points. This also unlocked a new trophy and a second encore! 

Sadly this was another new song Boys Don't Cry by The Cure and I struggled a bit with this, but did earn 22133 points and the performance overall got 238330RSP.

This unlocked a Vintage Epiphone 1964 Casino and a Tape Delay as well as a double encore reward of a rare song Jules. I didn't have time to hunt through the listings to see what this was about.

The Velvet Club 

This is going to be a five song set with Unnatural by Muse, Outshined by Soundgarden, Number Thirteen by Red Fang, Use Somebody by the Kings of Leon, and Where Is My Mind? (something I often ask myself) by the Pixies.

I didn't have a run through these, the set list runs for around 25 minutes, and I do recall that Muse songs tend to be just a little challenging.