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Trying to win, but just got back last night. I think I could have taken the crown if I had all this past week to really work it. Unfortunately I just have today and my fingers are getting shredded Thank you for the kind words @ Rodman and thanks to the championship for forcing me to improve and picking some stellar tracks this week even though I may not have had a chance to immerse myself in them as much as I would like (I'll probably still be playing this one next week, just too good). Also I completely missed It Never Rains in Southern California! Great song.

Wow, great selections this week. Unfortunately I'll be out of town and won't be able to compete much

These last few weeks I've managed to win Intermediate and be at least somewhat competitive in advanced, I've been flirting with the idea of stepping up and it's probably time. I want to thank everyone for this competition, it has forced me to improve as a player and I think I'm ready for that next bracket. I'll go advanced bracket from here on out.

By and large I enjoyed the new Iron Maiden album.

Great week, Mayonaise is perhaps my favorite Pumpkins song. It's tough to pick one! Otherwise I'd only heard Porch and Cast No Shadow.

Whoops. That might be me, my bad! Didn't know lol. I'll keep that in mind in the future.

Classic from my childhood. Super fun song to play, thanks for picking it! Glad some of you enjoyed it. Had a pretty good time with this riff, what'd you guys do for those super fast slides from 20th to 10th fret on the e string? I didn't have much luck with recognition on that stretch.

ELO is a phenomenal band. Bought this album when I was like 13/14. Thought it was great, this caused me to check out their most recent stuff. I haven't listened to them since this album, honestly their new stuff isn't half-bad.Both Metallica and BOC are excellent. No surprise there. BOC is particular is an underappreciated band deserving of more recognition.