Monthly Archives: December 2011

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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Rocksmith Events

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Freejack

That was great fun. I’ve been mostly playing sitting down and now I’m practicing at least an hour a day and several hours over the week. Perhaps not on the lesson plan provided by Zack but hopefully he’ll understand 🙂 … Continue reading →

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Rocksmith Listing

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Freejack

This is a listing of the three main lists I can get from the main menu. I don’t have a list of Venues yet but I’ve only been to two. Games Ducks – Ok so far. Just pluck the note … Continue reading →

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VisualDNA

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Freejack

Another one of the personality exploration sites out there. You view an array of pictures and pick the one that represents your answer to the question. I’m not sure that it’s the best way of getting your personality information though. … Continue reading →

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More Rocksmith

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Freejack

So doing more practice tonight. I was told what the > is on the wireless controller. See in the menu, you can go forward A, back B, quit Y, or go to the main menu >. But there isn’t a … Continue reading →

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More Learning Guitar

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Freejack

So Zack has been teaching fingerpicking this quarter and altering chords. So I play a Fm chord and drop my pinky to get a different tone from the fingerpicking. I just need to coordinate the transitions so I don’t stop … Continue reading →

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Rocksmith Day Two

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Freejack

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!

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Freejack

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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