Originally Posted by: maggiorAnything new on the band front Kasperow? Your silence either means you've been super busy with your band and don't have time to post, or things are still taking time to develop...

I'd honestly wish the first of those two possibilities was true... but it's not. I haven't had much progress in a while now... I'm hoping to get something going before the end of the year (my expectations have dropped... a lot).

On an unrelated note, not playing with band-mates means I have plenty of time to practice and learn stuff I want to learn, both technical stuff, speed-building exercises and songs... For instance, I recently decided to re-do Christopher's Arena Rock-tutorials, and this time I'm really learning a lot more than the first time I did them. I've only gone through the first part so far, but I can already now say that it's made at least 3 songs on my list of songs to learn ("Nightrain" by GNR, "Peace Of Mind" by Boston and "Four Leaf Clover" by Electric Guitars) much easier to handle, despite "Peace Of Mind" having difficulty 5 here!!! It's really just about getting the triad inversions down. Then the rest of the riffs come somewhat smoothly :) I've got a feeling that once I get "Peace Of Mind" down, I'll do everything I can to make it a staple in my band's setlists. It's hard to explain why, I just love playing it in Rocksmith. "Smoke On The Water" and "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" can be fun to play with others, but this tune just beats both, anytime! It just annoys me that I've played it over 20 times in Rocksmith, and who knows how many times I've used the Riff Repeater function, and I still couldn't get the damn Verse-Riff down. Now, it seems pretty easy :)

Now I just hope people actually want to hear "Peace Of Mind" when I get a band together... Then again, I've noticed that when I go to concerts, people want to hear any cover that the band performing can play properly and look like they enjoy playing, so I should be safe :)