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More Internet Self-Diagnosis

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Freejack

Yea yea, take everything with a grain of salt of course. It’s interesting to check out these quizzes from time to time as long as you don’t take them as 100% spot on. I recently took an Asperger’s quiz over … Continue reading →

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Observations on Rocksmith!

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Freejack

Couple of updates here. There are over 150 versions of the 72 or so songs. Since each song can possibly reach 100,000 points, you’re talking 150,000,000 points. I’m only just reaching 4,000,000 points so I have lots and lots of … Continue reading →

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List of YouTube plays I’ve uploaded

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Freejack

I do have a few other videos up of me practicing and playing but Rocksmith has been a load of fun. I should have a nice one of me fumbling along up on stage in February (OMG!) 😀 Anywhere, here’s … Continue reading →

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With Drop-D tuning figured out

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Freejack

I started getting better with the two songs I have for the next event. Soundgarden and Muse. They’re both sorta fast but with my initial not understanding of hitting the E too hard, they’re both starting out quite simple. Heck, … Continue reading →

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Drop D Tuning and Rocksmith!

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Freejack

I’m on the next set of songs for the event and three of the songs are tuned to Drop D. Normally your strings are tuned EADGBe. In these songs, you have to retune your low E string to D so … Continue reading →

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Practicing and Rocksmith!

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Freejack

Woot!! Broke my first string on the guitar. I was practicing In Bloom by Nirvana and there is a fret 12 bend that is a whole note or better. I was really pushing it when “twang” and it was broken. … Continue reading →

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More Rocksmith Details

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Freejack

This is something I realized a couple of weeks ago but I finally went ahead and gathered all the details and will update the listing posting. But a majority of the songs in Rocksmith have more than one method for … Continue reading →

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New Guitar Day

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Freejack

In my capacity as a sometimes computer troubleshooter when not at work, one of my IBM friends recommended me to a Lawyer friend of his for some computer help. Over the past 3 or 4 years, I’ve done some simple … Continue reading →

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Rocksmith Live Downloads

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Freejack

I activated the 3 month free Gold MS Live membership in part to see what was available on line for Rocksmith and to see if there are any patches. From the Ubisoft forums, I think the patch is scheduled for … Continue reading →

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Rocksmith Updates

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Freejack

I purposefully went back to learn more of Nirvana’s In Bloom. I did pretty well; the rhythm section is somewhat straightforward. I keep going back in order to try and master the lead though. You play one rhythm bit 8 … Continue reading →

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