Category Archives: Colorado

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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Removing the Rear Seat

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Freejack

Last year I did something silly and put the rear seat back on the back of the ‘busa but forgot to connect up the lock cable. So I haven’t been able to get in for almost a year. So far … Continue reading →

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Sold a motorcycle, bought a guitar

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Freejack

We finally got the ad up on craigslist for my 2001 Suzuki SV650S, exactly the same time as someone was looking for just the bike. I posted the ad early Friday for what I thought was a fair price. I … Continue reading →

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Lessons

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Freejack

I let Zack (my teacher) know about the upcoming jam session and he shifted the lesson a bit to help me play better with a group. In this case, he showed me the 12 bar blues and a couple of … Continue reading →

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More practice

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Freejack

The previous session with Zack, he gave me a Mode sheet with scales. I’ve learned the Blues flat 3, flat 5 and flat 7 scales. The mode sheet has several extra scales to practice with. Aeolian Mode Dorian Mode Ionian … Continue reading →

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Hearing Test

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Freejack

I’ve had a ringing in my ears for as long as I can remember. I remember when I joined The Marines, hoping that the ringing wouldn’t keep me from joining. Later, in The Army, I was stationed in Erlangen Germany. … Continue reading →

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Guitar Class

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Freejack

So learning has been progressing. Zack gives me lots of encouragement and tonight he even invited me to the student concert (I think as a spectator though 🙂 ). On the positive notes, Zack’s starting to compare me with his … Continue reading →

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Taking Niki to the Vet

Posted on March 20, 2011 by Freejack

This is a post about my cat, Niki. About two weeks ago after returning from a trip to California for computer training, I noticed that Niki’s left ear wasn’t symmetrical with her right. It was as if her ear had … Continue reading →

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