9456 A Lunchtime Bass session

Today I played for 26 minutes taking my total logged time to 612:01. All together, I have played 9456 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Six AM Salvation by VsThem
• Burnished by White Denim
• California Brain by RapScallions
• Go With the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age
• Gobbledigook by Sigur Ros
• Good Enough by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
• Higher Ground by Red Hot Chilli Peppers

9400 A second session of the day

Today I played for 53 minutes taking my total logged time to 611 and 35 minutes. All together, I have played 9400 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
• American Idiot by Green Day
• Angela by Jarvis Cocker
• Black Magic by Magic Wands
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• Brand New Kind of Blue by Gold Motel
• California Brain by RapScallions
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• For A Fool by The Shins
• High and Dry by Radiohead
• (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction by The Rolling Stones
• I Can't Hear You by The Dead Weather
• I Got Mine by The Black Keys

9434 Monday.

I survived the wedding, and made it to the band's gig just in time to get the sound check done.

Today I played for 28 minutes taking my total logged time to 610 hours and 41 minutes. All together, I have played 9434 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Where is My Mind? by Pixies
• R U Mine by Arctic Monkeys
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
• Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
• Behind Blue Eyes by The Who
• Heart Shaped Box by Nirvana
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones

9427 Thursday

The panto last night went well, we got compliments that the sound was better this time than last year. The main difference is that we'd set up the main speakers at the back of the hall instead of on the stage.

Today I played for 22 minutes taking my total logged time to 610:14. All together, I have played 9427 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Rebel Rebel by David Bowie
• 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

Depression seems to have got a hold of me again, there is a family (in-laws) event coming up to that I'm really not looking forward to, and it means I mess a charity gig with the band on Saturday and some, if not all, of the gig on Saturday night.

C'est la vie.

9421 and counting on a Wednesday lunchtime

Tonight I am driving a sound desk for a pantomime. I'll admit to feeling fairly stressed out about it, as there are three stage mikes, four radio mikes and the effects tracks to control. Thankfully I don't have to cue the effects tracks and follow the script to play them in the right order.

Today I played for 31 minutes taking my total logged time to 609 hours and 51 minutes. All together, I have played 9421 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Do You Remember by The Horrors
• Paint It, Black by The Rolling Stones
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Me and the Bean by Spoon
• Use Somebody by Kings of Leon
• Who Are You by The Who

609 And a catch up entry from Yesterday

This is a catch up entry from yesterday, when I played for 27 minutes taking my total logged time to 609:20. All together, I have played 9371 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• American Idiot by Green Day
• Blitzkrieg Bop by Ramones
• Boys Don't Cry by The Cure
• California Dreaming by The Mamas and the Papas
• Drops of Jupiter by Train
• Go With the Flow by Queens of the Stone Age
• High and Dry by Radiohead
• Higher Ground by Red Hot Chilli Peppers

608 Tuesday

Today I played for 27 minutes taking my total logged time to 608:53. All together, I have played 9405 songs, mainly on the Rocksmith games although some have been either solo practice or with friends.

Songs attempted were:

• Surf Hell by Little Barrie
• I Got Mine by The Black Keys
• Number Thirteen by Red Fang
• Take Me Out by Franz Ferdinand
• Unnatural Selection by Muse
• Me and the Bean by Spoon