I prefer a stiff one

Guitar

A stiff pick that is. PICK. Your minds. Dreadful. Frankie Howard would have loved you.

I tried playing with a 0.46mm one at the start and really didn't like it. I much prefer a heavier weight one, I spent most of this session with a 0.71mm pick.

Sadly I didn't get very far with sorting out a history of how I've been playing, the data I have only goes back to early last year. I also need to catch up with my history spreadsheet, I've only been updating the current progress one for ages now. Thankfully I have all the songs I've played on the blog so will be able to recreate the missing items.

Today I played 6 songs for 20 minutes. I have played for 164 hours 15 minutes in total, with 9835 hours 44 minutes to go before I reach the point at which you are supposed to become an expert at an activity.

It has been 80 days since I have played all of the songs I have been practising. It will take 4 hours 42 minutes to play through them all in one session.

Improved Songs

I Got Mine

Playlist

Angela by Jarvis Cocker: Scored 89448.

Higher Ground by Red Hot Chilli Peppers: Scored 83399.

The Spider and the Fly by The Rolling Stones: Scored 34566.

I Got Mine by The Black Keys: Beaten previous high score of 49686 with 56416.

Me and the Bean by Spoon: Scored 48278.

Play with Fire by The Rolling Stones: Scored 26285.

Full song list

Song	Artist(s)	Latest Score	Latest Score	Streak	Percentage
Everlong	Foo Fighters			44	87
Now	Paramore			30	88
Losing My Religion	REM			71	86
Love That's Gone	La Sera	20014		24	88
Paint It, Black	The Rolling Stones			46	89
R U Mine	Arctic Monkeys			58	86
Black Magic	Magic Wands	25504	25504
Blitzkrieg Bop	Ramones			92	88
Knights of Cydonia	Muse			67	88
Knockin' On Heaven's Door	Bob Dylan			23	89
My Generation	The Who			83	89
Pour Some Sugar on Me	Def Leppard			56	92
Stay In	Jaws			19	76
Stuck On A Wire Out On A Fence – Orange	The Dear Hunter			23	71
The Spirit Of Radio	Rush			23	67
We Are The Champions	Queen			19	84
Don't Look Back In Anger	Oasis			23	77
You Really Got Me	The Kinks			37	89
Rock and Roll All Nite	Kiss			15	76
Round and Round	Ratt			26	79
Between the Lines	Stone Temple Pilots	58501	53866	87	85
I Miss You	Incubus	29963	24127	39	79
Outshined	Soundgarden	51098	51098	54	83
Ricochet	Brian Adam McCune	30587	29127	30	80
Slither	Velvet Revolver	24683	23956	29	78
Unnatural Selection	Muse	53483	40310	97	86
Angela	Jarvis Cocker	106878	89448	229	95
Higher Ground	Red Hot Chilli Peppers	88698	83399	155	92
The Spider and the Fly	The Rolling Stones	37943	34566	40	98
Go With the Flow	Queens of the Stone Age	168515	107870	541	99
Next Girl	The Black Keys	113578	110466	191	99
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones	90167	71777	108	96
A More Perfect Union	Titus Andronicus	42441	42441	100	83
Are You Gonna Go My Way	Lenny Kravitz	28317	24414	47	85
Boss	Chris Lee	13398	12913	34	90
Boys Don't Cry	The Cure	98132	91391	79	91
Breed	Nirvana	81565	81565	58	82
Burnished	White Denim	30404	29683	74	92
California Brain	RapScallions	24917	23065	54	81
Chimney	The Yellow Moon Band	27120	27120	53	79
Do You Remember	The Horrors	103326	84248	23	80
Gobbledigook	Sigur Rós	43953	38498	129	92
Good Enough	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	41508	32543	26	72
High and Dry	Radiohead	73334	71906	81	90
House of the Rising Sun	The Animals	47327	23352	152	93
I Can't Hear You	The Dead Weather	69137	69137	63	88
I Got Mine	The Black Keys	56416	56416	56	88
I Want Some More	Dan Auerbach	86629	71714	60	91
Icky Thump	The White Stripes	59203	59203	79	89
In Bloom	Nirvana	81993	81993	74	87
Islands	The xx	23519	18564	43	86
Jules	Seth Chapla	30147	27941	63	75
Me and the Bean	Spoon	57060	48278	93	87
Mean Bitch	Taddy Porter	60177	49723	107	88
Number Thirteen	Red Fang	60413	55138	126	86
Panic Switch	Silversun Pickups	64089	56316	107	87
Play with Fire	The Rolling Stones	38127	26285	33	80
Plug In Baby	Muse	49123	38897	130	93
Rebel Rebel	David Bowie	57428	34305	87	87
Run Back to Your Side	Eric Clapton	22763	15409	24	71
Slow Hands	Interpol	97817	94021	233	97
Song 2	Blur	81736	74838	154	97
Step Out of the Car	The Boxer Rebellion	49015	45545	34	81
Sunshine of Your Love	Cream	53003	4015	62	89
Surf Hell	Little Barrie	46204	41421	63	82
Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd	15980	12592	51	82
Take Me Out	Franz Ferdinand	68009	57180	116	86
Under Cover of Darkness	The Strokes	37320	37320	21	46
Use Somebody	Kings of Leon	73745	65554	104	88
Vasoline	Stone Temple Pilots	92261	85419	205	97
We Share the Same Skies	The Cribs	25261	25261	40	93
Well OK Honey	Jenny O	48263	30646	22	88
When I'm with You	Best Coast	43703	41947	76	91
Where is My Mind?	Pixies	80569	79351	104	92
Six AM Salvation	VsThem
Space Ostrich	Disonaur	20546	20546