Saturday, November 2, 2013

A Saturday Morning "Special"

Now that caught your interest, unless you like reading random comments about a guy learning to play the guitar using the Rocksmith game stop reading now and go find something more interesting to read.

I've spent a couple of hours reviewing my spreadsheet tracking the scores, and have redone the method I'm choosing which songs to practice, so that songs I haven't played in a while will get the chance to be played a little more often.

Today I played 20 songs for around 1 hour 19 minutes, I played some of the songs I skipped yesterday twice. I've also fixed a couple of bugs in the spreadsheet that might have been causing me not to note all of the times I've been playing. Oops.

Over the past week I've practiced the same songs, and have managed to get an improvement over the week on thirteen of them.

I have managed to get one of the harmonics on one of the current set list songs, and need to use the guitarcade practice games to work on that. I might have a session just focussing on the current set and the games.

Playlist

Song 2 by Blur: Scored 76865 over the week I kept around the same sort of scores, so possibly need to focus on using the riff accelerator's to see if I can improve.

Where is My Mind? by Pixies: Beaten previous high score of 64285 with 66410.  I started the week with a score of 59513 and am quite pleased with the improvement but some of the riff's need a significant amount of work - I can't get my eyes and fingers co-ordinated well enough.

Surf Hell by Little Barrie: Beaten previous high score of 39381 with 40016. I improved by around 8000 points, and am struggling to get some of the notes in so still some work needed.

In Bloom by Nirvana: Scored 43782. At the end of the week I was around 3000 points up but did hit 49153 points on Wednesday's session. Ho hum.

When I'm with You by Best Coast: Scored 33158. No real improvement on this song, but not losing ground.

Well OK Honey by Jenny O: Scored 31978. I've dropped slightly with this one, and it's mainly getting the picking around the D chord right.

Unnatural Selection by Muse: Scored 28689. A slight improvement but nothing much to comment about.

Play with Fire by The Rolling Stones: Scored 29574. I've fallen back with this one, and another song that needs the riff repeater treatment. In the week I did get a new high score but messed up today (and I did notice my mind wandering while I was playing this song).

Boys Don't Cry by The Cure: Scored 29508. A massive fall in this song today.

Me and the Bean by Spoon: Scored 34161. Massively messed up with this through the week, so much that I am wondering how I managed to get over 50,000 points.

Palace Hall

All of these songs I've improved my scores over the week, so am rather chuffed with that. I musn't forget that I haven't played any of them before about a week ago, so part of that is getting a little more familiar with the songs I suspect.

I Miss You by Incubus: Beaten previous high score of 14871 with 16226
Mean Bitch by Taddy Porter: Beaten previous high score of 38364 with 41430
Sunshine of Your Love by Cream: Scored 29812.
A More Perfect Union by Titus Andronicus: Scored 31825.
Rebel Rebel by David Bowie: Scored 35111.
High and Dry by Radiohead: Beaten previous high score of 36959 with 37846

Full song list


SongArtist(s)Latest ScoreLatest Score
Song 2Blur7891076865
Where is My Mind?Pixies6641066410
AngelaJarvis Cocker8026074265
BreedNirvana6764767647
Go With the FlowQueens of the Stone Age8983684208
VasolineStone Temple Pilots7186271651
Surf HellLittle Barrie4001640016
In BloomNirvana4915343782
When I'm with YouBest Coast3388033158
Higher GroundRed Hot Chili Peppers5942158054
Well OK HoneyJenny O3431331978
Unnatural SelectionMuse3125628689
Play with FireThe Rolling Stones3601629574
Boys Don't CryThe Cure3790029508
Do You RememberThe Horrors6102646908
Me and the BeanSpoon5153734161
Take Me OutFranz Ferdinand2464024640
I Can't Hear YouThe Dead Weather3950039500
Use SomebodyKings of Leon5784457844
I Got MineThe Black Keys2927226151
Are You Gonna Go My WayLenny Kravitz1619016190
I Want Some MoreDan Auerbach2347523475
Next GirlThe Black Keys8334983349
Number ThirteenRed Fang2853123345
(I Can't Get No) SatisfactionThe Rolling Stones7409773793
California BrainRapScallions91369136
OutshinedSoundgarden3473830338
Slow HandsInterpol4225742257
JulesSeth Chapla110689647
I Miss YouIncubus1622616226
Mean BitchTaddy Porter4143041430
Sunshine of Your LoveCream3243229812
A More Perfect UnionTitus Andronicus3195331825
Rebel RebelDavid Bowie4602035111
High and DryRadiohead3784637846

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