600 hours and an unexpectedly long session

This was an unexpectedly long session: I was intending to play half a dozen songs using my headphones, but some of the cubs asked if they could hear what I was playing so I put the audio on the laptop speakers. The six songs ended up being 15 songs (some were played twice).

My total is now six hundred hours and thirty one minutes logged, this session ended up lasting for 52 minutes.

The songs attempted were:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones (twice)
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas (twice)
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Hey Ya by OutKast
• My Generation by The Who
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Paranoid Android by Radiohead
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
• The Trooper by Iron Maiden
• We Are The Champions by Queen
• You Really Got Me by The Kinks

599 A Sneaky Pre-programme start session

A quick session before the programme gets underway. Another 23 minutes added to my time logged playing the Rocksmith games, taking my total to 599 hours and 38 minutes.

Songs attempted were:

• 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

599 Waiting for the Cubs to arrive

We have the cubs out on camp this weekend, and I managed to get a good seventy five minutes on the guitar while waiting.

My total time logged playing the Rocksmith games is now up to 599 hours and fifteen minutes.

Songs played were:

• All I Wanna Do by Splash
• American Idiot by Green Day
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Every Breath You Take by The Police
• I Want You Back by Jackson 5
• Losing My Religion by REM
• 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
• Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
• The Trooper by Iron Maiden
• Walk This Way by Aerosmith
• Machinehead by Bush
• No More Mr Nice Guy by Alice Cooper
• You Really Got Me by The Kinks
• Say It Aint So by Weezer
• My Own Summer (Shove It) by Deftones

597 And a sunny Thursday lunchtime

A slightly longer session than normal, lasting for 45 minutes. I am a minute under 598 hours practiced now, and am still struggling with having the fret board diagram the "right" way around.

Songs attempted today were:

• Ultra Soul by B'z
• My Generation by The Who
• Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
• House of the Rising Sun by The Animals
• Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
• Walk This Way by Aerosmith
• We Are The Champions by Queen
• Pinball Wizard by The Who
• Song 2 by Blur
• I Want Some More by Dan Auerbach
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys

597 Hump Day again

And not only that, I'm on leave on Friday too, so I'm well past hump day!

Today's practice lasted for 26 minutes, and comprised:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
• Three Little Birds by Bob Marley
• Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
• Where is My Mind? by Pixies

596 Play Misty for me

I haven't seen Play Misty For Me, starring Clint Eastwood, for ages. What brought it to mind, was the journey into work was through some decidedly foggy conditions.

I played slightly longer than usual this lunchtime, for just under 42 minutes (and seem to have lost track of ten minutes while I was playing). Total logged time is not 596 hours and 55 minutes.

Songs attempted were:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• Do You Remember by The Horrors
• Every Breath You Take by The Police
• Gobbledigook by Sigur Ros
• My Generation by The Who
• Next Girl by The Black Keys
• Pinball Wizard by The Who
• Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
• Satch Boogie by Joe Satriani
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand

596 Monday lunchtime

A short session this lunchtime, lasting for 24 minutes. 

• Walk This Way by Aerosmith
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• American Idiot by Green Day
• (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
• GO FURTHER by Tak Matsumoto

Total time logged on the Rocksmith games is now 596 hours and sixteen minutes. I'm still struggling with flipping the fretboard to match the way that tabs are commonly drawn. I'll get there. Eventually.