575 An extra hour sneaked in

As the Beaver Scout meetings have shut down for the summer holidays, I decided to abuse the laptop's battery and play a few songs before going to buskers. This update is actually from last night, but I had laptop issues :-S.

I found it interesting that Alan and Dave that run the night (Bluebell Pub in Washington Tuesday evenings 1930 to 2130 approx) understand that I don't want to get up and play until I am confident that I can manage to play songs from start to finish.

So why don't other people that count themselves as friends understand and accept my viewpoint?

One said something along the lines of "you will get up and play Snowflake", which is why I stopped going to that particular buskers.

As well was playing the songs, I also looked at some of the other facilities the Rocksmith 2014 game has.

There are a variety of lessons, today I sampled the Chords 101, where the game shows you how to play Em7, Em, and Emajor chords. After showing you the fingering, it gets you to play the chords in a short song. I managed 100% accuracy, although this was only 23 notes long! I got a "flawless" performance.

I had a go at the Score Attack game for California Dreaming, earning 22901 ponts which put me at #67 in my "local" area. I have no idea how large that area is, but I suspect it reflects the lack of popularity of the song why I was so highly ranked.

There is also a play for x minutes option, I tried this out for 15 minutes and got London's Calling, Stuck On A Wire, Peace of Mind, and Thunderkiss '65 to play. the game then tempted me to play X-Kid again, but I was needing to be away by then.


I have spent 575 hours 2 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 63 minutes.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 205 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In E standard American Idiot by Green Day, Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley, R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys, Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones, Drops of Jupiter by Train, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas, Losing My Religion by REM, X-Kid by Green Day, Some Nights by FUN., Thunder Kiss '65 by White Zombie, Stuck On A Wire Out On A Fence by The Dear Hunter, Peace of Mind by Boston, London Calling by The Clash
In Eb Drop D My Own Summer (Shove It) by Deftones

573.9 Two minutes short of 574 hours

I have spent 573 hours 58 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 38 minutes.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 204 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In E standard Who Are You by The Who, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley, Six AM Salvation by VsThem, Rebel Rebel by David Bowie, R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys, Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones, Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, and American Idiot by Green Day.

573.3

This evening I was rocking out on bass and rhythm guitar.

I have spent 573 hours 20 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 75 minutes.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 204 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In Eb Song 2 by Blur
In Drop D Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold
In E standard Do You Remember by The Horrors, High and Dry by Radiohead, Mary Jane's Last Dance by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Next Girl by The Black Keys, Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones, Pinball Wizard by The Who, R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys, Under Cover of Darkness by The Strokes, Where is My Mind? by Pixies

On Rhythm: Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, Do You Remember by The Horrors, Go With the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age, Knights of Cydonia by Muse, Me and the Bean by Spoon, Rebel Rebel by David Bowie, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, Use Somebody by Kings of Leon

572.0 Monday Session

I have spent 572 hours and 1 minute playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 25 minutes.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 199 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In E standard Where is My Mind? by Pixies, American Idiot by Green Day, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, and Number Thirteen by Red Fang.
In Eb Drop D My Own Summer (Shove It) by Deftones.
In D standard Sweet Mountain River by Monster Truck.

571.6 Woeful Wednesday

This is probably my last practice until next week, as I am on leave for a couple of days and am meeting a recruiter at some point tomorrow for a coffee and to find out what they think they know is happening in the company.

I have spent 571 hours 36 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 31 minutes.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 198 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In E standard American Idiot by Green Day, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, Do You Remember by The Horrors, Gobbledigook by Sigur Ros, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones, Losing My Religion by REM, Next Girl by The Black Keys, and Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand.

571.0 A Rhythmic Tuesday

I have spent 571 hours 4 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 32 minutes. No prizes for guessing I was playing the Rhythm tracks.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 194 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In E standard American Idiot by Green Day, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, Boys Don't Cry by The Cure, Go With the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age, Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand, Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones, Rebel Rebel by David Bowie, and All I Wanna Do by Splash.
In Drop D Wasteland by EarlyRise.

570.5 Frustrating Friday

The playstation I use at work keeps hanging part way through the songs. #Frustrated. Resorted to using the Steam version.

I have spent 570 hours 32 minutes playing on Guitar and Bass, mainly on the Rocksmith and Rocksmith 2014 games, in this session I played for 17 minutes.

I am learning 778 song arrangements through the game, with 367 on the bass, 89 on rhythm guitar, and 322 on lead guitar (some I'm learning across multiple systems).

Sadly it has been 194 days since I played all the song arrangements across all three systems I have Rocksmith installed on.

These are the songs I have practiced recently.

Tunings

In E standard American Idiot by Green Day, Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones, London Calling by The Clash, Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley, and Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand.