They should license some Yngwie Malmsteen so that I'd have an excuse to wedge my puffy, middle-aged body into some leather pants.
You don't need an excuse to do that!
Indeed, leather pants are their own reward.
I can play some passable Yngwie to tempo while doing some sloppy 3 and 4 string sweeps, but no way could I do pre-car wreck Yngwie when he alternate picked everything:
I remember rhythm on Summer Song being fun to play. All of Satriani’s lead stuff is still beyond me, though.
I remember how vocal he got about the change in music then is when I first heard him
Now he just complains about how electronic music is
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Man, I'm really enjoying "Christian Woman". The acoustic part has been tough on my fingers since I haven't played much over the past month, but it's coming around. I'm up to 91% now, which with my questionable detection isn't bad. I really want more Type O-Negative now.
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Man, I'm really enjoying "Christian Woman". The acoustic part has been tough on my fingers since I haven't played much over the past month, but it's coming around. I'm up to 91% now, which with my questionable detection isn't bad. I really want more Type O-Negative now.
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I don't know who does the images for the Rocksmith subreddit, but they always crack me up:
“Absolute Zero” – C# Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Say You’ll Haunt Me” – C# Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Bother” – Eb Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
Stone Sour is an American rock band formed in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1992, performing for five years, before disbanding in 1997. They reunited in 2000 and since 2006, the group has consisted of Corey Taylor (lead vocals, guitar), Josh Rand (guitar), and Roy Mayorga (drums). Longtime members Joel Ekman (drums, percussion) and Shawn Economaki (bass guitar) left the band in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Former lead guitarist Jim Root left in 2014.
It doesn't actually look too bad to play, but C# Standard is a bit of a non-starter for me.
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Ooh, Bother. I like that one. Will probably pick it up, even though it's Eb.
Edit: I say probably as I immediately buy it. Will give impressions after lunch.
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Oh man, my barring muscles have atrophied. Bother is pretty simple, but it's pretty much barring the whole time, and my hand hurts. It's definitely good for a workout in that respect.
That's a pretty nice couch, but it's hard to see with that bass in the way.
I do love my couch, to be clear.
The bass is nothing fancy -- just a relatively cheap Ibanez I ordered from Amazon -- but it'll work well enough for plugging into Rocksmith and noodling.
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That's a pretty nice couch, but it's hard to see with that bass in the way.
I do love my couch, to be clear.
The bass is nothing fancy -- just a relatively cheap Ibanez I ordered from Amazon -- but it'll work well enough for plugging into Rocksmith and noodling.
My bass is a cheap Jackson I think I paid $150 for, and while it may not sound amazing (it's good, but it could be much better with some upgrades), it's still designed like a Jackson and plays amazingly.
And having now had a chance to plug it in and run through a couple of songs: The bass is actually a very different instrument to play, physically, than the guitar -- mostly due to the heavier strings and the difference in scale length. And I need to work on not using my thumb.
Also (not that I'm complaining, necessarily), it feels like the RS note detection is more … forgiving when playing bass.
And having now had a chance to plug it in and run through a couple of songs: The bass is actually a very different instrument to play, physically, than the guitar -- mostly due to the heavier strings and the difference in scale length. And I need to work on not using my thumb.
Also (not that I'm complaining, necessarily), it feels like the RS note detection is more … forgiving when playing bass.
Oh, it's definitely more forgiving on bass. It's not even close.
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Ah, I didn't realize that was your first bass. Yeah, it is a whole different beast. I think most people think it's just an easier guitar, and in some ways it is, but those strings take some getting used to and if you're going to be actually good at the instrument, it's a whole different skill set than playing guitar. I've been playing bass almost as long as I've been playing guitar, and pretty much every band I've been in has been as the bassist (I learned long ago that guitarists are a dime a dozen but good bassists are pretty rare). If you're the type of person that enjoys rhythm and groove, the bass can be a lot of fun.
Ah, I didn't realize that was your first bass. Yeah, it is a whole different beast. I think most people think it's just an easier guitar, and in some ways it is, but those strings take some getting used to and if you're going to be actually good at the instrument, it's a whole different skill set than playing guitar. I've been playing bass almost as long as I've been playing guitar, and pretty much every band I've been in has been as the bassist (I learned long ago that guitarists are a dime a dozen but good bassists are pretty rare). If you're the type of person that enjoys rhythm and groove, the bass can be a lot of fun.
Yep -- my brother plays bass, so I've picked up his a couple of times, but this is the first time I've ever sat down with one and tried to play it as an actual instrument and it's going to take some adjustment (which I'm looking forward to).
(Actually, my other brother played drums back in high school, but unfortunately while there were lots of songs that any two of us knew how to play, I don't think there was a single song that all three of us agreed on, so we never really played all three together.)
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“Paradise” by Coldplay – E Standard – Lead/Alt Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Red Eyes” by The War On Drugs – E Standard – Bass; Capo Required – Lead/Rhythm
“Ex’s & Oh’s” by Elle King – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
This has to be the lowest total number of notes released in a pack for a long time. Even on the easier packs, there tends to be at least one song that has very narrow bars on the riff repeater.
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Looks like Rocksmith and a lot of it's DLC (everything before July 2017, it looks like) is on sale for the next week.
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I have a weird relationship with Joy Division. On the one hand, I'm a big New Order fan and I really like the music on the Joy Division stuff. On the other hand, Ian Curtis' vocals were terrible and I just can't get past them.
Also, now that I've spent a couple of weeks messing around on the bass, I'm finding that I'm paying a lot more attention to bass lines when I'm listening to music.
And some groups have surprisingly good bass -- Duran Duran, for example: I played Hungry Like the Wolf today and there's a LOT going on in that bass part.
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Ah, yeah, love me some Duran Duran bass and drum parts.
Nothing like merging the energy and dynamism of punk with prog level musicianship (lets layer a 7/8 groove under 4/4 guitars and a disco vocal melody) and (for the most part) tight, clean structure and orchestration.
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Also, now that I've spent a couple of weeks messing around on the bass, I'm finding that I'm paying a lot more attention to bass lines when I'm listening to music.
And some groups have surprisingly good bass -- Duran Duran, for example: I played Hungry Like the Wolf today and there's a LOT going on in that bass part.
I remember someone/somewhere/something talking about Andy? no, Bass Taylor! Anywho he's a really good bassist and hated the New Wave boring bass lines and instead made them funkaliciously awesome!
Ah, yeah, love me some Duran Duran bass and drum parts.
Nothing like merging the energy and dynamism of punk with prog level musicianship (lets layer a 7/8 groove under 4/4 guitars and a disco vocal melody) and (for the most part) tight, clean structure and orchestration.
One reason I like this game (aside from the obvious stuff where it gives me a reason to play my guitar, and now my bass) is that playing the different parts really lets you see how the song was actually put together.
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Ah, yeah, love me some Duran Duran bass and drum parts.
Nothing like merging the energy and dynamism of punk with prog level musicianship (lets layer a 7/8 groove under 4/4 guitars and a disco vocal melody) and (for the most part) tight, clean structure and orchestration.
One reason I like this game (aside from the obvious stuff where it gives me a reason to play my guitar, and now my bass) is that playing the different parts really lets you see how the song was actually put together.
I've been playing guitar for damn near 30 years, so I'm usually pretty good at picking out guitar parts when listening to songs (I'm decent at playing by ear), but there have been a number of songs I've gotten on Rocksmith that were either a lot harder than I realized, or that had much more interesting guitar parts than I realized and I'm therefore glad I picked it up because it's much more fun to play than I would have thought. I don't need Rocksmith as I was learning songs by tab or watching videos long before it was a thing, but aside from the other good stuff it brings like tones, session mode, and riff repeater, I'm glad I got it because it's shown me songs that I would have otherwise probably avoided, which had ultimately improved my skills.
Though I kinda wish they had a Rocksmith subscription service where you could just pay $10 a month and get access to all of the DLC.
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” – E Standard – Lead/Alt Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Transmission” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Disorder” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
Joy Division's style quickly evolved from their punk roots. Their sound during their early inception as Warsaw was described as generic and "undistinguished punk-inflected hard-rock". Critic Simon Reynolds observed how the band's originality only "really became apparent as the songs got slower", and their music took on a "sparse" quality. According to Reynolds, "Hook's bass carried the melody, Bernard Sumner's guitar left gaps rather than filling up the group's sound with dense riffage and Steve Morris' drums seemed to circle the rim of a crater."According to music critic Jon Savage, "Joy Division were not punk but they were directly inspired by its energy.
I would have preferred a twelve pack, but this is a day one purchase for me. Love Will Tear Us Apart and Transmission would probably be their two most played songs and it's no surprise to find them in the DLC. Maybe I can hold out hope for a Bauhaus pack one of these years...
Tried to get my Rocksmith cable working again last night without success. Hopefully I'll find a post that tells me of the one obscure check box that will allow the game to see it again.
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The weird thing I had with output is that it didn't seem to change anything when setting the output from the start bar. Had to go through the settings menu to make it stick. Still sorting out the input, which Windows claims to know that it's a Rocksmith cable.
So, is it not registering the cable as a Rocksmith cable? I actually struggled with this for a long time, so working off the assumption you have the same problem, hopefully I can help.
For me, it used to occasionally not register the cable correctly when I connected it and I could never figure out why. I eventually upgraded my computer to a Windows 10 machine with usb 3.0 ports, and it got way worse! I looked in to it, and all of the official support on it suggested they believe it to be caused by insufficient power to the usb port. They recommended an external port with a power adapter (or trying other ports on the computer).
That ended up working for me, but only for indirect reasons. At least 75% of the time it still doesn't register the cable correctly when I plug it in. The trick I found, is it seems to retry every time I unplug and replug it. This is obviously a lot easier (and safer on your ports) to do with an external usb port adapter that has mechanical switches to turn the usb port off and on. So what I do is open the sound options, go to the recording devices tab, and plug in the cable. If it shows up as "Rocksmith cable", then I'm set, but most times I have to re-roll. So I flick the switch on that port off and on till it works. Sometimes it registers as a microphone, or a generic recording device, but the game won't recognize the cable with either of those.
It's weird, but it works for me. If you have the same problem, I hope this helps.
The cable shows up in Windows as a mic (Rocksmith...) and I can test it from the Windows audio setting screen and hear it through the speakers. In Rocksmith it shows up as having no cable connected.
Google tells me that it might be a privacy setting in not allowing applications access to the mic. I didn't think to look at the privacy settings and it would explain my issues, so hopefully it will do the trick when I get home.
Wow, I didn't realize that I hadn't played RS in that long.
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I have a weird relationship with Joy Division. On the one hand, I'm a big New Order fan and I really like the music on the Joy Division stuff. On the other hand, Ian Curtis' vocals were terrible and I just can't get past them.
Yeah the vocals are just...
like they're bad to the point where I'm hesitant to even refer to them as vocals
I wrote a lengthy post on steam forums for how to dial everything in. Check it out as a reference. I’m at the park with my daughter and have limited google or I’d link it.
I wrote a lengthy post on steam forums for how to dial everything in. Check it out as a reference. I’m at the park with my daughter and have limited google or I’d link it.
Thanks for the tip. If the privacy checkbox doesn't work, I'll check it out.
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I have a weird relationship with Joy Division. On the one hand, I'm a big New Order fan and I really like the music on the Joy Division stuff. On the other hand, Ian Curtis' vocals were terrible and I just can't get past them.
Yeah the vocals are just...
like they're bad to the point where I'm hesitant to even refer to them as vocals
I keep typing up responses and they all come across meaner than I intend so I'll just go with "I disagree". I've always enjoyed Ian's vocals personally.
I keep typing up responses and they all come across meaner than I intend so I'll just go with "I disagree". I've always enjoyed Ian's vocals personally.
I've always thought his vocals suited the music very well.
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I have a weird relationship with Joy Division. On the one hand, I'm a big New Order fan and I really like the music on the Joy Division stuff. On the other hand, Ian Curtis' vocals were terrible and I just can't get past them.
Yeah the vocals are just...
like they're bad to the point where I'm hesitant to even refer to them as vocals
I keep typing up responses and they all come across meaner than I intend so I'll just go with "I disagree". I've always enjoyed Ian's vocals personally.
That's honestly probably for the best. This strikes me as one of those polarizing things things where people either like it or loathe it.
“Surfin’ Safari” by The Beach Boys – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Stay Together For The Kids” by blink-182 – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Green Grass & High Tides” by The Outlaws – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Gratitude” by Beastie Boys – E Standard – Lead/Alt Lead/Rhythm/Bass
An interesting mix. Surfin' Safari looked a bit more interesting than I would have guessed. Green Grass & High Tides looks like it would hurt to play. The others looked a bit dull
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I can play some passable Yngwie to tempo while doing some sloppy 3 and 4 string sweeps, but no way could I do pre-car wreck Yngwie when he alternate picked everything:
That fast scale run that starts at 2:02 still floors me, 25 years after I first watched it. His right hand is a freaking machine.
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I remember how vocal he got about the change in music then is when I first heard him
Now he just complains about how electronic music is
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“Absolute Zero” – C# Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Say You’ll Haunt Me” – C# Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Bother” – Eb Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
It doesn't actually look too bad to play, but C# Standard is a bit of a non-starter for me.
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Edit: I say probably as I immediately buy it. Will give impressions after lunch.
I do love my couch, to be clear.
The bass is nothing fancy -- just a relatively cheap Ibanez I ordered from Amazon -- but it'll work well enough for plugging into Rocksmith and noodling.
My bass is a cheap Jackson I think I paid $150 for, and while it may not sound amazing (it's good, but it could be much better with some upgrades), it's still designed like a Jackson and plays amazingly.
Also (not that I'm complaining, necessarily), it feels like the RS note detection is more … forgiving when playing bass.
Oh, it's definitely more forgiving on bass. It's not even close.
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Yep -- my brother plays bass, so I've picked up his a couple of times, but this is the first time I've ever sat down with one and tried to play it as an actual instrument and it's going to take some adjustment (which I'm looking forward to).
(Actually, my other brother played drums back in high school, but unfortunately while there were lots of songs that any two of us knew how to play, I don't think there was a single song that all three of us agreed on, so we never really played all three together.)
“Paradise” by Coldplay – E Standard – Lead/Alt Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Red Eyes” by The War On Drugs – E Standard – Bass; Capo Required – Lead/Rhythm
“Ex’s & Oh’s” by Elle King – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
This has to be the lowest total number of notes released in a pack for a long time. Even on the easier packs, there tends to be at least one song that has very narrow bars on the riff repeater.
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The only Joy Division songs I can think of off the top of my head are Love Will Tear Us Apart and Dead Souls.
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And some groups have surprisingly good bass -- Duran Duran, for example: I played Hungry Like the Wolf today and there's a LOT going on in that bass part.
Nothing like merging the energy and dynamism of punk with prog level musicianship (lets layer a 7/8 groove under 4/4 guitars and a disco vocal melody) and (for the most part) tight, clean structure and orchestration.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
I remember someone/somewhere/something talking about Andy? no, Bass Taylor! Anywho he's a really good bassist and hated the New Wave boring bass lines and instead made them funkaliciously awesome!
One reason I like this game (aside from the obvious stuff where it gives me a reason to play my guitar, and now my bass) is that playing the different parts really lets you see how the song was actually put together.
I've been playing guitar for damn near 30 years, so I'm usually pretty good at picking out guitar parts when listening to songs (I'm decent at playing by ear), but there have been a number of songs I've gotten on Rocksmith that were either a lot harder than I realized, or that had much more interesting guitar parts than I realized and I'm therefore glad I picked it up because it's much more fun to play than I would have thought. I don't need Rocksmith as I was learning songs by tab or watching videos long before it was a thing, but aside from the other good stuff it brings like tones, session mode, and riff repeater, I'm glad I got it because it's shown me songs that I would have otherwise probably avoided, which had ultimately improved my skills.
Though I kinda wish they had a Rocksmith subscription service where you could just pay $10 a month and get access to all of the DLC.
“Love Will Tear Us Apart” – E Standard – Lead/Alt Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Transmission” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Disorder” – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
I would have preferred a twelve pack, but this is a day one purchase for me. Love Will Tear Us Apart and Transmission would probably be their two most played songs and it's no surprise to find them in the DLC. Maybe I can hold out hope for a Bauhaus pack one of these years...
Tried to get my Rocksmith cable working again last night without success. Hopefully I'll find a post that tells me of the one obscure check box that will allow the game to see it again.
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So, is it not registering the cable as a Rocksmith cable? I actually struggled with this for a long time, so working off the assumption you have the same problem, hopefully I can help.
For me, it used to occasionally not register the cable correctly when I connected it and I could never figure out why. I eventually upgraded my computer to a Windows 10 machine with usb 3.0 ports, and it got way worse! I looked in to it, and all of the official support on it suggested they believe it to be caused by insufficient power to the usb port. They recommended an external port with a power adapter (or trying other ports on the computer).
That ended up working for me, but only for indirect reasons. At least 75% of the time it still doesn't register the cable correctly when I plug it in. The trick I found, is it seems to retry every time I unplug and replug it. This is obviously a lot easier (and safer on your ports) to do with an external usb port adapter that has mechanical switches to turn the usb port off and on. So what I do is open the sound options, go to the recording devices tab, and plug in the cable. If it shows up as "Rocksmith cable", then I'm set, but most times I have to re-roll. So I flick the switch on that port off and on till it works. Sometimes it registers as a microphone, or a generic recording device, but the game won't recognize the cable with either of those.
It's weird, but it works for me. If you have the same problem, I hope this helps.
Google tells me that it might be a privacy setting in not allowing applications access to the mic. I didn't think to look at the privacy settings and it would explain my issues, so hopefully it will do the trick when I get home.
Wow, I didn't realize that I hadn't played RS in that long.
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Yeah the vocals are just...
like they're bad to the point where I'm hesitant to even refer to them as vocals
I'd also be very happy with Love & Rockets and/or The Church.
Thanks for the tip. If the privacy checkbox doesn't work, I'll check it out.
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I keep typing up responses and they all come across meaner than I intend so I'll just go with "I disagree". I've always enjoyed Ian's vocals personally.
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I've always thought his vocals suited the music very well.
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That's honestly probably for the best. This strikes me as one of those polarizing things things where people either like it or loathe it.
“Surfin’ Safari” by The Beach Boys – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Stay Together For The Kids” by blink-182 – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Green Grass & High Tides” by The Outlaws – E Standard – Lead/Rhythm/Bass
“Gratitude” by Beastie Boys – E Standard – Lead/Alt Lead/Rhythm/Bass
An interesting mix. Surfin' Safari looked a bit more interesting than I would have guessed. Green Grass & High Tides looks like it would hurt to play. The others looked a bit dull
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