10108 Hopefully Pay Day Tomorrow

Today I played for 25 minutes taking my total logged time to 652 hours and fifty three minutes.

All together, I have played 10108 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
• 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
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley

10101 A few on lead before cubs

Today I played for 20 minutes taking my total logged time to 652 hours and twenty eight minutes.

All together, I have played 10101 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
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley

10095 Thirty eight minutes on lead guitar

Today I played for 38 minutes taking my total logged time to 652 and eight minutes.

All together, I have played 10095 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• The Spider and the Fly by The Rolling Stones
• When I'm with You by Best Coast
• Burnished by White Denim
• Higher Ground by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
• Under Cover of Darkness by The Strokes
• A More Perfect Union by Titus Andronicus
• Where is My Mind? by Pixies
• Vasoline by Stone Temple Pilots
• I Can't Hear You by The Dead Weather
• Next Girl by The Black Keys

10085 Half an hour on lead before a cub meeting

Today I played for 29 minutes taking my total logged time to 651 hours and thirty minutes.

All together, I have played 10085 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
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
• Cold Company by Minus The Bear
• Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan
• Dust in the Wind by Kansas
• Losing My Religion by REM
• Walk This Way by Aerosmith

10077 Lead work before a Beaver Scout meeting

Today I played for 25 minutes taking my total logged time to 651 hours.

All together, I have played 10077 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

10070 lead after a cinema visit

Today I played for 17 minutes taking my total logged time to 650 hours and thirty five minutes.

All together, I have played 10070 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• Angela by Jarvis Cocker
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• Drops of Jupiter by Train

10065 and a pre cub session on lead guitar

Today I played for 26 minutes taking my total logged time to 650 hours and eighteen minutes.

All together, I have played 10,065 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
• I Want You Back by Jackson 5
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys

10057 Lead work in a variety of tunings

Today I played for 31 minutes taking my total logged time to 649 hours and fifty two minutes.

A mix of tunings too, with some in Drop D, Eb, and three varieties of E standard (A440, A447, and A451).

All together, I have played 10057 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Stay In by Jaws
• Behind Blue Eyes by The Who
• Don't Look Back In Anger by Oasis
• Wires by Red Fang
• Round and Round by Ratt
• Chompers by Fang Island
• Outshined by Soundgarden

10050 and a pre-cub lead session

Today I played for 30 minutes taking my total logged time to 649:20. All together, I have played 10050 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
• Dust in the Wind by Kansas
• For A Fool by The Shins
• I Want You Back by Jackson 5
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones

10041 A lead lunchtime session

Today I played for 30 minutes taking my total logged time to 648 hours and fifty minutes.

All together, I have played 10041 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Stay In by Jaws
• Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
• The Hardest Button To Button by The White Stripes
• Rotten Apple by Screaming Females
• Self Trap by Playground Kings
• California Brain by RapScallions
• Drops of Jupiter by Train

10033 Rhythm today

Today I played for 42 minutes taking my total logged time to 648 hours and 20.

All together, I have played 10033 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• All I Wanna Do by Splash
• Hey Ya by OutKast
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Black Magic by Magic Wands
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• 21 Guns by Green Day
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
• Brand New Kind of Blue by Gold Motel
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley

10,021 A post Beaver Scout sleepover session on Lead guitar

Today I played for 17 minutes taking my total logged time to 647:38.

All together, I have played 10021 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Dust in the Wind by Kansas

10,017 A few songs sneaked in during the Beaver scout camp

Today I played for 29 minutes taking my total logged time to 647 hours and twenty one minutes.

All together, I have played 10017 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
• 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
• Brand New Kind of Blue by Gold Motel

10,008 A pre-cub session on lead guitar

Today I played for 33 minutes taking my total logged time to 646:51. All together, I have played 10,008 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
• Dust in the Wind by Kansas
• I Want You Back by Jackson 5
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys

9998 A good lunchtime lead session

Today I played for 42 minutes taking my total logged time to 646 hours and eighteen minutes.

All together, I have played 9998 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Number Thirteen by Red Fang
• Losing My Religion by REM
• Play with Fire by The Rolling Stones
• Song 2 by Blur
• Knights of Cydonia by Muse
• Impossible Dreams by Versus Them
• Gobbledigook by Sigur Ros
• Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson
• Stay In by Jaws

9987 A lead session on the original rocksmith game

Today I played for 29 minutes taking my total logged time to 645:36. All together, I have played 9987 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends. Songs attempted were:

• Chimney by The Yellow Moon Band
• Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups
• Slow Hands by Interpol
• Step Out of the Car by The Boxer Rebellion
• Plug In Baby by Muse
• High and Dry by Radiohead
• In Bloom by Nirvana

9980 Lead on a Wednesday

Today I played for 34 minutes taking my total logged time to 645 hours and seven minutes. All together, I have played 9980 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends. Songs attempted were:

• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Vasoline by Stone Temple Pilots
• Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Brass In Pocket by The Pretenders
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Next Girl by The Black Keys
• Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
• My Own Summer (Shove It) by Deftones

9971 Leading the way through lunchtime

Today I played for 34 minutes taking my total logged time to 644 hours and 33 minutes. All together, I have played 9971 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
• Slither by Velvet Revolver
• Thunder Kiss '65 by White Zombie
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• Unnatural Selection by Muse
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones

9962 and a lead session

Today I played for 77 minutes taking my total logged time to 643 hours and 58. All together, I have played 9962 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

I used the Riff Repeater for 25 minutes. The Riff Repeater is a torture device where you play the same phrase over and over until you can play it at full speed without a mistake.

Songs attempted were:

• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• Back on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders (played twice through, with the riff repeater on the bridge)
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Next Girl by The Black Keys
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
• Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
• Where is My Mind? by Pixies 

9948 Rhythm

Today I played for 36 minutes taking my total logged time to 642 hours and 41 minutes.

All together, I have played 9948 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• All I Wanna Do by Splash
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• Hey Ya by OutKast
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
• Brand New Kind of Blue by Gold Motel
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Black Magic by Magic Wands
• 21 Guns by Green Day

9938 Some lead work on a Sunday evening

Today I played for 20 minutes taking my total logged time to 642 hours and five minutes.

All together, I have played 9938 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• We Are The Champions by Queen
• Back on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders

9934 A Sunday morning rhythm session.

This was originally going to be a short six song session, but I got tempted by a "play a new song challenge". Twice. Then by a "Get a streak of 150 notes". I managed that one with Go With the Flow by the Queens of the Stone Age - and I got a 151 streak, so just squeaked it.

Today I played for 42 minutes taking my total logged time to 641 hours and fifty minutes.

All together, I have played 9934 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Sea to Swallow by Dinosaur
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• You Really Got Me by The Kinks
• Love That's Gone by La Sera
• Round and Round by Ratt
• Do You Remember by The Horrors
• Brand New Kind of Blue by Gold Motel
• Go With the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age
• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Back on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders
• Brass In Pocket by The Pretenders

9922 A Rhythm session during lunch

Today I played for 40 minutes taking my total logged time to 641 hours and seven minutes. All together, I have played 9922 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Hey Ya by OutKast
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
• All I Wanna Do by Splash
• Cold Company by Minus The Bear
• Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet
• 21 Guns by Green Day
• Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard

9912 A brief evening session not assisted by Red, Red wine

I had a couple of glasses of red wine before practice tonight. Big mistake.

Today I played for 27 minutes taking my total logged time to 640 hours and twenty six minutes. All together, I have played 9912 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

 Songs attempted were:

• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Six AM Salvation by VsThem
• Brass In Pocket by The Pretenders
• Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana
• California Brain by RapScallions
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
• Sea to Swallow by Dinosaur

9905 Rhythm on the Steam version of Rocksmith 2014

Today I played for 30 minutes taking my total logged time to 639 hours and fifty nine. All together, I have played 9905 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Should I Stay by The Clash
• Hey Ya by OutKast
• Black Magic by Magic Wands
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold
• Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
• Brand New Kind of Blue by Gold Motel

9897 And second play on new strings

New strings are bad enough, but a new guitar to boot. I wonder how long it will take for the strings to bed in.

Today I played for 25 minutes taking my total logged time to 639 hours and twenty eight minutes. All together, I have played 9897 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
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Cold Company by Minus The Bear
• Rock and Roll All Nite by Kiss
• We Are The Champions by Queen
• Dust in the Wind by Kansas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train

9890 and a brief session on lead guitar before a buskers

Today I played for 15 minutes taking my total logged time to 639 hours and four minutes. All together, I have played 9890 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
• American Idiot by Green Day

9886 Happy New Guitar Day!

I've added a new guitar to my collection.

And on it, I played for 8 minutes taking my total logged time to 638:48. All together, I have played 9886 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

9883 More bass beats

Today I played for 48 minutes taking my total logged time to 638 hours and forty minutes.

All together, I have played 9883 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz
• I Got Mine by The Black Keys
• Number Thirteen by Red Fang
• Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups
• Step Out of the Car by The Boxer Rebellion
• Surf Hell by Little Barrie
• Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Run Back to Your Side by Eric Clapton
• Between the Lines by Stone Temple Pilots
• I Can't Hear You by The Dead Weather
• A More Perfect Union by Titus Andronicus