Category Archives: Music

Rocksmith Day Two

Just finished playing it again and have some more observations. I can see that it’ll be a big help with speed but also with transitions. If I’m on a specific position, I can get some speed out of it, but … Continue reading

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Rocksmith!

Rocksmith is a new “game” from Ubisoft. It lets you plug your electric guitar into a game console or (eventually) your PC in order to learn how to play guitar. I heard about this months ago and started paying attention … Continue reading

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Guitar Time

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve updated the blog. I have a couple of updates I’ll be adding in over the next couple of evenings. First off, I did stop lessons back in August. I wanted to take a … Continue reading

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Guitar Cables

Found a good post on understanding guitar cables: Well, there are two factors to think about in terms of cable–tone and construction. The primary reason for tonal differences between cables results from a cable’s capacitance. Cable capacitance, together with pickup … Continue reading

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Guitar Lessons

Ok, it’s been a few weeks since last I blogged about this. Zack’s been having me learning new techniques and focusing especially on 12 bar blues and embellishments and on breaking out of the rut of the single location on … Continue reading

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Awards from Work

I have a couple of traits that work well in a Unix management job. I’m pretty organized. I like to have and create documentation. I don’t like surprises so I’m very proactive in identifying and resolving problems before they become … Continue reading

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Guitar Tuning

Not really the kind where you take an electronic tuner and check the strings to make sure they’re EADGBE (the notes of each open string) but more like a yearly or so tune up of the guitar itself. Back in … Continue reading

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