jellisjenius

Improvement - I never get tired of this bassline:

New week will be up in the next few hours - I'll give another warning before I post it.

Agree that this is more of a 7, not 7.5. 

Sorry about the HeXen difficulty, I didn't even get to test that one and I assumed the old rating was reasonably accurate. I've been focused on preparing a new week for Saturday. 

1 hour ago, Mikson said:

If you need help with difficulty rating of guitar paths, add suggestions to the tested songs sheet. I'll try to test it if I have time.

Thanks man, always appreciate that. I'll let you know.

So I had planned to do a theme week but ran out of time to finish the selection...instead, I'm saving that for next week and doing a (mostly) Da Capo week, with a few adjustments and one addition on the Bass path. The Leprous song is D Drop C and the bass doesn't start until like 40 percent through the song, and the Amorphis song is more like difficulty 5.5 to me for bass, so I made those Int Bonus and Int, respectively, and added Jenny Was a Friend of Mine for Advanced...a classic bassline. I don't know if the lead/rhy ratings are accurate since I play bass only. 

Apologies for the low tuning - didn't realize when I picked Week 269 that it would end up that way.

New week is up

Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 476 =-

Da Capo Week 269 

FAQ: => How and Why join the Championships?

=> Rocksmith 2014 Championships rules

Previous' week Winners are:

Lead:
- Beginner: @kayteck (94.73)
- Intermediate: @m_verd (90)
- Advanced: @avastreg (92)
- Masterclass: @nlbsmglsk (95)
- God of Guitar: Leader after week 3 is @Bottledpat12 (97.73), 1 week left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Rhythm:
- Beginner: LOST TROPHY
- Intermediate: @kayteck (84)
- Advanced: @Rodman (91.33)
- Masterclass: @nlbsmglsk (97)
- God of Rhythm: Leader after week 3 is @Alan24 (96), 1 week left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Bass:
- Beginner: @luckyoldme (99.59)
- Intermediate: @rodentwentyten (96.33)
- Intermediate Bonus: @rodentwentyten (93.19)
- Advanced: @jellisjenius (99.22)
- Masterclass: @IBOE555666 (97)
- God of Bass: Leader after week 3 is @coldrampage (96), 1 week left... KEEP ROCKING!!!
 

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

Rocksmith Championship Leaderboard

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:
Beginner: Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know (3*) selected by Da Capo 269
Intermediate: Leprous - The Cloak (4) (D Drop C) selected by Da Capo 269
Advanced: Amorphis - Brother and Sister (7*) (D standard) selected by Da Capo 269
Masterclass: HeXen - Desolate Horizons (9*) (Eb standard) selected by Da Capo 269
God of Guitar: Death - The Sound of Perseverance Full Album (10) (D standard) selected by Mikson [Week 4 of 4]

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know (2) selected by Da Capo 269
Intermediate: Leprous - The Cloak (4) (D Drop C) selected by Da Capo 269
Advanced: Amorphis - Brother and Sister (6) (D standard) selected by Da Capo 269
Masterclass: HeXen - Desolate Horizons (8) (Eb standard) selected by Da Capo 269
God of Rhythm: Death - The Sound of Perseverance Full Album (10) (D standard) selected by Mikson [Week 4 of 4]

Bass Path:
Beginner: Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know (3.5) selected by Da Capo 269
Intermediate: Amorphis - Brother and Sister (6*) (D standard) selected by Da Capo 269
Intermediate Bonus: Leprous - The Cloak (4) (D Drop C) selected by Da Capo 269
Advanced: The Killers - Jenny Was a Friend of Mine (7.5) (Eb standard) selected by jellisjenius
Masterclass: HeXen - Desolate Horizons (7) (Eb standard) selected by Da Capo 269
God of Bass: Death - The Sound of Perseverance Full Album (10) (D standard) selected by Mikson [Week 4 of 4]
 

You can submit your song suggestions for the championship here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HzgY90kLwyGqzJ-R64v8lmpeQMMhhxwGwUlenepIgms/edit#gid=6

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Let us know your opinions on the accuracy of the difficulty scores (1-10) for this weeks songs.

Posting the new week in a few minutes... in case anyone is still wrapping up their scores.

My final run:

I won't be posting the new week for a while yet (evening EST) so keep working on those scores.

Cool song, not sure how I missed the note(s) at the end:

The game design for B-K is nice but I've always hated the music and sound design and this was like torture to play (also the tone is maybe the worst I've ever heard):

This is...not a 5 difficulty. I have a 5 string so no issues tuning down. It's a challenging chart, at least a 7 IMO and probably more like a 7.5:

Love me some Mastodon, and the outro to this one is fantastic:

Wish I had more time to improve my Seabeast score and maybe get plays of the MC song and the Death album in...but I'm doing a lot more World Cup watching than practicing these days.

13 minutes ago, cacahuate51 said:

*sigh* what did you get me into @ jellisjenius  haha
i think these next weeks will be tough for me but ig in the long term itll be better for me.
 

It's good for you

I felt the same way when I first moved into Advanced. Glad I pushed myself. 

@ cacahuate51 should really be MC for bass. 2 tries to get a nearly perfect score on that Riverside track is a level above the rest of us competing on Adv, if we're being honest. Well done, now move up to MC please. 

First tries:

This band has some really intricate basslines:

Lots of good runs but kept choking at the end...

And finally got it up over 99%:

Enjoying this...I think I can get it up over 99%:

I guess since it's Tuesday we're sticking with the original selection. That's fine with me as I really enjoy the Toto song. My first takes:

Probably a 4.5ish but I don't think it's too crazy for beginner:

Not the finest of The Cure's catalog  (note: @ cacahuate51  The Cure's best album IMO is Disintegration if you want to give them a proper chance). Also possibly easier to play than Sleazy Bed Track, but it's overall solid:

I'm relatively familiar with Toto's music but somehow hadn't heard or played this before. I really like it:

Glad to see this picked as I had just added it and a few other Blu DeTiger tracks to the bass only tab. There are a fair number of songs in my library that still kick my ass, but only a select few remain fun while doing so. Great example here:

Cool, unique bassline, and even better with the solo (thanks @ cacahuate51 !). Definitely not beginner level IMO, it's repetitive but very challenging to keep a streak going on the main riff:

I love what I've heard and played from the new Muse album. This is no exception:

Second run was better:

And I'll post my Bigmouth score with a high probability that I'll do better with the new version:

On 10/31/2022 at 6:26 PM, Mikson said:

@ coldrampage @ cacahuate51 @ nlbsmglsk

You are right about The Smiths song. This is a bit of my neglect, because I added this suggestion a long time ago and forgot about it later. Yes it's an old CDLC that needs improvement, so today I improved the old version by adding Bass path according to the official tabs.

I tested it and it's a bit easier, but I think it's 8 and still a masterclass.

Download here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZadrRP-Yb9r1lYIGPj6NJcjvz9RGW25W?usp=sharing

@ nlbsmglsk or @ Rodman Please update the topic post with this version!

I'll add guitar paths and upload a new CDLC on Ignition, but it needs a little more time.

You have no idea how happy this makes me. Bigmouth is my favorite Smiths song and it pained me to play an old/unrefined version on bass. I look forward to trying your version!

This is more challenging (or at least harder to get a high score) than the Adv track. Cool song though:

These Revocation tracks are odd...mostly enjoyable, crunchy riffs but there's always at least one section of the song that is inexplicably hard to nail and seems unnecessary to the song. This one is overall easier than the previous ones:

Always down for some Joe Dart basslines:

6 hours ago, nlbsmglsk said:

Since the song was my recommendation I just wanna say disagree with everything you wrote, including the underlying premise. So it's a no from me. I won't elaborate further because this is not the place for such discussions.

I don't care if they are a parody band. I'm fine with Spinal Tap, Tenacious D, etc. This is crossing a line IMO:

[Verse 1]
I'm in Tokyo
I'm looking for a ho
I tried to score some blow
But I don't speak Japanese, no
Find a geisha girl
I take her for a whirl
Wrap her tuna roll on my dick
And the bitch is on her knees

[Pre-Chorus]
Sucky fucky, sucky fucky, sucky fucky, sucky fucky
Smells like sushi
Sucky fucky, sucky fucky, sucky fucky, sucky fucky
Smells like sushi

I think the fact that many, many Asian sex workers are in fact sold as slaves is what is triggering me here. Maybe this was funny in 2009 but very much not so now IMO. Especially the "Sucky, fucky" bit.

So I'm all for diverse taste in music but maybe we can avoid blatantly racist and degrading songs like Asian Hooker for the Championship? I mean seriously, I should have known just from the song name but I foolishly decided to give it a shot. 30 seconds in I was scrambling to turn it off with my kids sitting nearby and feeling utterly disgusted. 

Come on let's be better than that. Guess I'll be skipping Adv Bass this week.

This one is a classic:

And this was a lot of fun (IMO more of a 7.5-8, not 8.5):

Mike Mills - one of the most underrated bass players in history. His bass lines are very tasteful:

Not one of the more interesting bass parts for Billy Talent. It's fine but repetitive and a bit weak in difficulty, I'd almost go 5.5:

Wild, epic song...really tricky but fun bass playing from Deac, who happens to be another highly underrated bassist:

Shouldn't Millionaire Waltz be Masterclass for Bass, not MC Bonus?

4 hours ago, Mikson said:

 

 

So @ jellisjenius I think it would be better to move Bread song to advanced and Candlebox to masterclass instead of creating an intermediate class bonus and no masterclass. @ Rodman what do you think, I can see you tested it?

Thanks for the feedback...makes sense to me so I made the switch.