586 hours on a gloomy Wednesday

During this lunchtime's 28 minute session I attempted:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• My Generation by The Who
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard

My total logged time playing guitar is now 586:02 hours.

585 Tuesday Lunchtime

I invested 28 minutes playing on the original version of Rocksmith this lunchtime, some of the songs hadn't been attempted on this version since January!.

The following songs were attempted:

• Where is My Mind? by Pixies
• Islands by The xx
• Panic Switch by Silversun Pickups
• Slow Hands by Interpol
• Step Out of the Car by The Boxer Rebellion
• High and Dry by Radiohead
• In Bloom by Nirvana

My total logged time is now 585:34 hours, it looks like I should easily get past 600 hours by Christmas!

585 A wet Monday evening

As it was cloudy and a bit rainy, I didn't bother trying to watch tonight's partial eclipse, and got the guitar out instead, attempting the following songs:

• 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
• Next Girl by The Black Keys
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
• Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
• You Really Got Me by The Kinks

I used the riff repeater on part of California Dreaming and did quite well, improving from 48% of the notes to 100% at 90% of full speed.

This session lasted for 48 minutes, excluding time being tortured by the riff repeater, taking my total logged time to 585:06 hours.

584 A Sad Monday

Last Friday we said goodbye to two of our colleagues from work. Today has been a strange day.

In this lunchtime's 29 minute practice, I attempted the following:

• We Are The Champions by Queen
• You Really Got Me by The Kinks
• American Idiot by Green Day
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• My Generation by The Who
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys

I am now at 584:17 hours logged playing the various Rocksmith games.

583:47 A Thursday Evening session

This songs attempted in this session were:

1. American Idiot by Green Day
2. Are You Gonna Go My Way by Lenny Kravitz
3. Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
4. California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
5. Don't Stop by Crimson
6. Good Enough by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan
8. R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys

I'm a little late in updating the blog, but nobody is really following it so :shrugs:. I haven't logged the couple of songs I attempted with the band on Wednesday night either.

This session lasted for 28 minutes, taking my total time played to 583:47 minutes

583:19 More notes from the dusty end

This evenings session was mainly on the Rocksmith game, but I did have an reasonable attempt at Blitzkrieg Bop, and disastrous attempts at California Dreaming and Chasing Cars.

Another 40 minutes spent on the guitar, taking my total to 583:19. I am not counting the last two songs in my totals, as I didn't get very far through the songs.





The songs played were:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Black Magic by Magic Wands
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Brand New Kind of Blue by Gold Motel
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• My Generation by The Who
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Sixteen Saltines by Jack White
• Walk This Way by Aerosmith

582:40 A Tuesday lunchtime at the dusty end

This session lasted for 28 minutes, taking my total logged time to 582:40 hours. This was mostly played on the Rocksmith games, although a smattering of "live" practice is also included.

Today's songs included some with a fair few notes at the dusty end of the guitar.

The full set was:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• Chimney by The Yellow Moon Band
• Mean Bitch by Taddy Porter
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Peace of Mind by Boston
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys