Wednesday, March 28, 2018

10335 Pre-cub session on a mix of lead and rhythm guitar

Today I played for 33 minutes taking my total logged time to 667 hours and four minutes.

All together, I have played 10335 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

  • Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley on Rhythm
  • California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas on Rhythm
  • Cold Company by Minus The Bear on Lead
  • Drops of Jupiter by Train on Rhythm
  • Hey Ya by OutKast on Rhythm
  • Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones on Rhythm
  • Stay In by Jaws on Lead
  • We Are The Champions by Queen on Lead
  • Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers on Rhythm

Monday, March 26, 2018

10326 An evening session on lead guitar

Today I played for 37 minutes taking my total logged time to 666:31.

All together, I have played 10326 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

  • Mean Bitch by Taddy Porter
  • Space Ostrich by Dinosaur
  • Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
  • You Really Got Me by The Kinks
  • 99 Red Balloons by Goldfinger
  • Where is My Mind? by Pixies
  • Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
  • American Idiot by Green Day
  • Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
  • California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
  • Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones

10315 And a lunchtime, mainly rhythm session

Today I played for 28 minutes taking my total logged time to 665 hours and fifty four minutes.

All together, I have played 10315 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

  • Drops of Jupiter by Train
  • Hey Ya by OutKast
  • Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
  • Cold Company by Minus The Bear (lead)
  • Black Magic by Magic Wands
  • Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
  • California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
  • Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers

Thursday, March 22, 2018

10307 Rhythm

A selection on Rhythm guitar today.

Today I played for 27 minutes taking my total logged time to 665 hours and twenty five minutes.

All together, I have played 10307 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:


  • Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
  • Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
  • Should I Stay by The Clash
  • California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
  • Drops of Jupiter by Train
  • Hey Ya by OutKast
  • 21 Guns by Green Day

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

10300 Guitar

Today I played for 38 minutes taking my total logged time to 664 hours and fifty eight minutes using the Rocksmith game.

I also nearly forgot to update my notes. oops.

All together, I have played 10300 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

  • Rebel Rebel by David Bowie
  • Run Back to Your Side by Eric Clapton
  • Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
  • I Got Mine by The Black Keys
  • Unnatural Selection by Muse
  • Where is My Mind? by Pixies
  • Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
  • (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones

Monday, March 19, 2018

10292 Bass

Today I played for 38 minutes taking my total logged time to 664 hours and twenty minutes.

All together, I have played 10292 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

At my friends band's gig on Saturday night, the jukebox was playing R U Mine and I could remember quite a lot of the lead notes, so thought I'd give the bass line a blast tonight as well. I did ok with it, especially as it has been 83 days since I last attempted the bass line.

Most of the songs I attempted I haven't tried the bass line on the original Rocksmith game for around 390 days, and I was pleased how well I attempted them.

Songs attempted were:

  • Boss by Chris Lee
  • Plug In Baby by Muse
  • Chimney by The Yellow Moon Band
  • Where is My Mind? by Pixies
  • Sunshine of Your Love by Cream
  • Islands by The xx
  • Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
  • Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
  • Breed by Nirvana
  • Song 2 by Blur
  • R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys

Friday, March 16, 2018

10280 Pre cub session

Today I played for 27 minutes taking my total logged time to 663 hours and thirty nine minutes.

All together, I have played 10280 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends. Songs attempted were:

  • Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
  • California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
  • Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
  • American Idiot by Green Day
  • We Are The Champions by Queen
  • Cold Company by Minus The Bear
  • Stay In by Jaws
  • For A Fool by The Shins

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

10272 Lead session before cubs

Today I played for 28 minutes taking my total logged time to 663 hours and twelve minutes.

All together, I have played 10272 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
  • Cold Company by Minus The Bear
  • Stay In by Jaws
  • Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
  • Dust in the Wind by Kansas
  • We Are The Champions by Queen
  • Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
  • Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan

Monday, March 12, 2018

10,264. A session on Bass guitar.

Today I played for 52 minutes taking my total logged time to 662 hours and forty four minutes. It is also the first time I picked up a guitar to play for a fortnight.

I am very pleased with my attempt at Everlong, getting my best streak on Bass with 339 notes correct in a row, my previous best was 234 notes.

I had my first attempt at Marilyn Manson's version of Tainted Love, and although I haven't levelled up all of the phrases yet, I achieved a perfect result getting 100% of the notes right. We'll have to see if I can match this next time I attempt the song.

All together, I have played 10264 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

  • Monochromatic by Sabaka
  • Outshined by Soundgarden
  • Everlong by Foo Fighters
  • Chompers by Fang Island
  • Ricochet by Brian Adam McCune
  • Well OK Honey by Jenny O
  • Space Ostrich by Dinosaur
  • Chimney by The Yellow Moon Band
  • Mean Bitch by Taddy Porter
  • Satch Boogie by Joe Satriani
  • Green Onions by Brock T & The M.G.s
  • I'll Stand by You by The Pretenders
  • Tainted Love by Marilyn Manson