9872 A Steamy Bass session

Today I played for 40 minutes taking my total logged time to 637 hours and forty eight minutes. All together, I have played 9872 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• 21 Guns by Green Day
• Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Dust in the Wind by Kansas
• For A Fool by The Shins
• Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
• Keep Yourself Alive by Queen
• Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Self Trap by Playground Kings
• Should I Stay by The Clash

Getting this updated using Macdonald's wifi has been proving problematical. I'm getting dns resolution errors almost constantly. Sigh. So much for doing some coding next.

9858 Mainly a Bass session, but also attempted three on lead guitar

Today I played for 49 minutes taking my total logged time to 637 hours and two minutes.

All together, I have played 9858 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

On Bass:

• Under Cover of Darkness by The Strokes
• Between the Lines by Stone Temple Pilots
• Behind Blue Eyes by The Who
• High and Dry by Radiohead
• We Share the Same Skies by The Cribs
• Knights of Cydonia by Muse
• Baba O'Reilly by The Who
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger

 On Lead Guitar:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones

9845 A Bass session tonight

Today I played for 15 minutes taking my total logged time to 636 hours and thirteen minutes. All together, I have played 9845 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• The Seeker by The Who
• Love That's Gone by La Sera
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Number Thirteen by Red Fang

9843 and a second session on lead

Today I played for 30 minutes taking my total logged time to 636 hours and five minutes. All together, I have played 9843 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Where is My Mind? by Pixies
• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson
• The Seeker by The Who
• Pinball Wizard by The Who
• Behind Blue Eyes by The Who
• Sixteen Saltines by Jack White

9834 and a lead session 2 of the day

Today I played for 39 minutes taking my total logged time to 635:35. All together, I have played 9834 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• You Really Got Me by The Kinks
• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• American Idiot by Green Day
• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Brass In Pocket by The Pretenders
• Under Cover of Darkness by The Strokes
• Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

9824 Bass

Today I played for 42 minutes taking my total logged time to 634 hours and 56 minutes. All together, I have played 9824 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Losing My Religion by REM
• Surf Hell by Little Barrie
• Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Stuck On A Wire Out On A Fence by The Dear Hunter
• Desolate Motion by Karawan
• I Want Some More by Dan Auerbach
• Vasoline by Stone Temple Pilots
• Knockin' On Heavens Door by Bob Dylan
• Say It Aint So by Weezer
• I Miss You by Incubus
• Use Somebody by Kings of Leon

9813 A pre-cub session

Today I played for 78 minutes taking my total logged time to 634 hours and 13 minutes. All together, I have played 9813 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• X-Kid by Green Day
• We Are The Champions by Queen
• Walk This Way by Aerosmith
• Wake Me Up (Before September Ends) by Green Day
• The Trooper by Iron Maiden
• Thunder Kiss '65 by White Zombie
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
• Sweet Dreams by Roy Buchanan
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• Stuck On A Wire Out On A Fence by The Dear Hunter
• Stone Cold Crazy by Queen
• Stay In by Jaws
• The Spirit Of Radio by Rush
• Sore Tummy by Paws
• Somebody To Love by Jefferson Airplane
• Some Nights by FUN.
• Sixteen Saltines by Jack White
• Self Trap by Playground Kings
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones

9793 A Bass morning

Today I played for 31 minutes taking my total logged time to 632:57. All together, I have played 9793 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• A More Perfect Union by Titus Andronicus
• All I Wanna Do by Splash
• American Idiot by Green Day
• Angela by Jarvis Cocker
• Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz
• Back on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders
• Black Magic by Magic Wands

9785 and a pre-cub scout session

Today I played for 69 minutes taking my total logged time to 632:27. All together, I have played 9785 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
• All I Wanna Do by Splash
• American Idiot by Green Day
• Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet
• Black Magic by Magic Wands
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
• Brand New Kind of Blue by Gold Motel
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Dust in the Wind by Kansas
• For A Fool by The Shins
• Green Onions by Brock T & The M.G.s
• Hey Ya by OutKast
• I Want You Back by Jackson 5
• Keep Yourself Alive by Queen
• Killer Queen by Queen
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley

9765 and a pre-beaver scout session

Today I played for 28 minutes taking my total logged time to 631:17. All together, I have played 9765 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• You Really Got Me by The Kinks
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• I Want You Back by Jackson 5
• Dust in the Wind by Kansas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas

9757 A Bass session tonight

Today I played for 41 minutes taking my total logged time to 630 hours and 48 minutes. All together, I have played 9757 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Number Thirteen by Red Fang
• Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz
• Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups
• I Got Mine by The Black Keys
• Sea to Swallow by Dinosaur
• On Top of the World by Matt Mongomery
• Self Trap by Playground Kings
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• Go With the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age

9747 Using a different speaker system at the hut

This session was played on the laptop with the audio into my wedge monitor speaker, the sound quality is so much better than the laptop's speaker, or the speakers I use at work. Not to mention much, much louder!

Today I played for 21 minutes taking my total logged time to 630 hours and seven minutes. All together, I have played 9747 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
• American Idiot by Green Day
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley

9740 And it's office move day.

Today I played for 29 minutes taking my total logged time to 629 hours and 45 minutes. All together, I have played 9740 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• The Chimera by The Smashing Pumpkins
• Say It Aint So by Weezer
• War Ensemble by Slayer
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Rebel Rebel by David Bowie
• Desolate Motion by Karawan

9733 A Rhythmic Friday Lunchtime

The fabled office move isn't happening this weekend.

Today I played for 27 minutes taking my total logged time to 629:16. All together, I have played 9733 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Round and Round by Ratt
• You Really Got Me by The Kinks
• Love That's Gone by La Sera
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Who Are You by The Who
• Brand New Kind of Blue by Gold Motel

9726 Mainly on Bass with some Rhythm

Today I played for 38 minutes taking my total logged time to 628 hours and 49 minutes. All together, I have played 9726 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

On Bass:

• GO FURTHER by Tak Matsumoto
• Machinehead by Bush
• Rotten Apple by Screaming Females
• Cemetery Gates by Pantera
• The Trooper by Iron Maiden
• Who Are You by The Who

 On Rhythm:

• (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones

9718 Thursday Lunchtime passed too quickly

We still haven't heard for sure if we're moving this weekend or not. Sigh.

Today I played for 29 minutes taking my total logged time to 628 hours and eleven minutes. All together, I have played 9718 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Higher Ground by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• Rotten Apple by Screaming Females
• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Plug In Baby by Muse
• Surf Hell by Little Barrie
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
• Peace of Mind by Boston
• Love That's Gone by La Sera

9710 On a Wednesday lunchtime

Sadly it may be that I won't be able to play much on a lunchtime in the near future: the office location is changing and I'll be getting the bus into work. :weeps:

Today I played for 28 minutes taking my total logged time to 627 hours and 41 minutes. All together, I have played 9710 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Six AM Salvation by VsThem
• California Brain by RapScallions
• Where is My Mind? by Pixies
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• American Idiot by Green Day
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger

9750 A pre-Beaver Scout meeting session.

It was a bit cold in the hut last night, I was struggling to get my fingers to fret the notes properly.

Today I played for 13 minutes taking my total logged time to 630 and 19 minutes. All together, I have played 9750 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Killer Queen by Queen
• Should I Stay by The Clash
• Drops of Jupiter by Train

9746 31 minutes of arrhythmic mistakes

Today I played for 31 minutes taking my total logged time to 630 hours and six minutes. All together, I have played 9746 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Thunder Kiss '65 by White Zombie
• Cold Company by Minus The Bear
• Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan
• Go With the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age
• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• Round and Round by Ratt
• Love That's Gone by La Sera
• For A Fool by The Shins

9738 on the bass

Today I played for 22 minutes taking my total logged time to 629 hours 34 minutes. All together, I have played 9738 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

Slow Hands by Interpol

Peace of Mind by Boston

Blood and Thunder by Mastodon

Sixteen Saltines by Jack White

Islands by The xx

99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger

9732 Fed up already

Today I played for 27 minutes taking my total logged time to 629 hours and twelve minutes. All together, I have played 9732 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger

House of the Rising Sun by The Animals

The Spider and the Fly by The Rolling Stones

Cemetary Gates by Pantera

You Really Got Me by The Kinks

Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd

9730 A session on the original Rocksmith with a Guitar

Today I played for 23 minutes taking my total logged time to 629 hours and five minutes. All together, I have played 9730 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
• Where is My Mind? by Pixies
• Song 2 by Blur
• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Use Somebody by Kings of Leon

9724 A Rhythmic Friday Lunchtime

Today I played for 27 minutes taking my total logged time to 628 hours and 41 minutes. All together, I have played 9724 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

In Do You Remember, there is a transition from E to A Sus₄ that is causing me problems.

Songs attempted were:

• Seven Nation Army by The White Stripes
• Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Sixteen Saltines by Jack White
• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• Do You Remember by The Horrors
• Drops of Jupiter by Train