Rocksmith 2014 Championship Week 610

Mikson · June 28

Welcome to the CF Rocksmith 2014 Championship!

-= Week 610 =-

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Previous' week Winners are:

Lead:
- Beginner: @ AndreCardoso (97.57)
- Intermediate: @ Daz40 (92)
- Advanced: @ cacahuate51 (93.98)
- Masterclass: @ shaggy_malagy (98)
- God of Guitar: Leader after week 1 is @ shaggy_malagy (92), 3 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Rhythm:
- Beginner: @ AndreCardoso (77)
- Intermediate: @ Vodka (97.71)
- Advanced: @Mikson (94.8)
- Masterclass: @ cacahuate51 (98)
- God of Rhythm: Leader after week 1 is @ Vodka (75), 3 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Bass:
- Beginner: @ Vodka (99)
- Intermediate: @ drand (100)
- Advanced: @Mikson (99)
- Masterclass: @ rosefog (99.61)
- God of Bass: Leader after week 1 is @ cacahuate51 (97.7), 3 weeks left... KEEP ROCKING!!!

Congrats to all winners. Well done!

More great news. There are players to be promoted to higher rank this week.

- @ drand is promoted to Advanced class in Bass path.

Congratulations and good luck with new challenges!
In case the above players do not accept promotion, please advise accordingly in the post so we can revert back to previous Class.

This week's songs are:

Lead Path:
Beginner: The Bangles - In Your Room (3*) (E Standard) selected by @ Hameron
Intermediate: Duran Duran - The Wild Boys (4) (E Standard) selected by @ Daz40
Advanced: Lordi - I'm So Excited (6.5) (E Standard) selected by @ Rodman
Advanced Bonus: Vulfpeck - Dean Town (7*) (E Standard) selected by @ rosefog
Masterclass: Gary Moore - Spanish Guitar (8) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
God of Guitar: Machine Head - Unto The Locust Full Album (10) (C# Drop B) selected by @ Nacholede [Week 2 of 4]

Rhythm Path:
Beginner: The Bangles - In Your Room (3*) (E Standard) selected by Hameron
Intermediate: Lordi - I'm So Excited (5.5^) (E Standard) selected by Rodman
Advanced: Gary Moore - Spanish Guitar (7.5^) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
Masterclass: Gary Moore - Spanish Guitar (7.5) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
God of Rhythm: Machine Head - Unto The Locust Full Album (10) (C# Drop B) selected by Nacholede [Week 2 of 4]

Bass Path:
Beginner: The Bangles - In Your Room (3*) (E Standard) selected by Hameron
Intermediate: Duran Duran - The Wild Boys (4.5) (E Standard) selected by Daz40
Advanced: Lordi - I'm So Excited (6) (E Standard) selected by Rodman
Advanced Bonus: Gary Moore - Spanish Guitar (6) (E Standard) selected by Mikson
Masterclass: Vulfpeck - Dean Town (8) (E Standard) selected by rosefog
God of Bass: Machine Head - Unto The Locust Full Album (6) (C# Drop B) selected by Nacholede [Week 2 of 4]

(N) - difficulty rating
(N*) - highest difficulty rating for the class (promotion to higher class possible)
(N^) - difficulty rating higher than the highest for the class (promotion possible)

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MaltaSoron · June 29

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@ drand is promoted to Advanced class in Bass path.

Congrats!

Daz40 · June 29

Bass no more than a 2 here maybe

Hammer on - straight 8th notes - finger roll

wild boys seems maybe a unfinished chart but does the job
one question those are finger pops not slaps right ?? though I suppose you could use what you like 4.5 seems good

Techniques
pops - muted/ghost notes - slides - hammer on

Daz40 · June 29

Hand cramps!!
Speed gives this a 6 real fun to play

hmm pointer sisters had to look It up but knew I had heard this before

AndreCardoso · June 29

BASS
First results of the week (great week). Overall I think the difficulty ratings are good:

I had already played this, but a long time ago, so it was good to see the improvement in the score

Good version and pretty fast pace.

Rodman · June 29

LORDI party, aye!!!!!

Rodman · June 29

Sooo....

Made it to Vienna, 600km, 4100hm, 28:07h, 35°.... right to see the

What a ride, what a show.

If you ever get the chance to spend a week on a bike to reach a destination i highly highly recommend that.
If you get a chance to see the Nails.... also,

Rod

but there is more.....

Rodman · June 29

... the week before i was at

seen 25 full shows and a few half (all marked green or half green)

Oh boy.... good good music... and one thing that already smelled the taste of last year when seing Palaye Royale then... there is a front if new bands kicking the old masters hard... all have one thing in common - perfectly, almost model-like frontmen (or woman in the case of Poppy) all real rolemodels, styled as hell, real beautiful people.....

Rolemodels for the 10000s standing there singing along every word not only visually but carying the spirits of 90s punk - life is pure pain, we against them all etc. conecting massively with the younger crowd.....

And then the music begins.... hardest hardest possible metal in any way possible.... and i am in heaven

It´s described as Deathcore and more sophisticated new nonsense genrenames.... for me oldschooler it´s esp. in the case of Lorna Shore pure Black Metal partly with Death vocals. But that´s not important. It´s insane to see hordes of 20year olds standing there singing every word of that very special kind of music i have always loved ..... fun times.

But in the end almost only great performances .... except Linkin Park - they were there to earn money.... no that´s too harsh - problem is - when evry band after the other performs as if it was to save all our lives ..... just singing the songs is not enough.... sorry Mrs. Armstrong - yes you are to blame first, sorry Mr. Shinoda - good album - subpar live performance, i´d love it the other way around.....
But who were the absolute killers?

Well.... the old guys still kickin hard at the podiums (i always go with to friends . so here are our best overall performances)

Tamara
3. Idles
2. Jerry Cantrell
1. Knocked Loose

@ emu
3. Powerwolf
2. Heaven Shall Burn (feat. Britta Görtz)
1. Apocalyptica

@ Rodman
3. Knocked Loose
2. Dragonforce
1. Dream Theatre

here are some impressions

best time of a big festival - afternoon session sitting in the sun, drinking beer listening to hard metal

the boot of death?

the dragonforce boys kicked so hard

some seem to get tired on day 4 ... how can you when Petrucci is there on stage... i was there at row 1

and some just know how to do it....

Can´t wait for NR 2026

Rodman · June 29

nice (4) cool song with a lot of airtime

Rodman · June 29

ahhh... bangles, nice (4)ish also, not the easiest rhythm and add chords... maybe a tad over DuranDuran?

Rodman · June 29

Hah - did i miss my guitar - so much fun there, glad this was chosen now i have time to compete

Rodman · June 29

Oh yes what a run! Seems my guitar missed me too

Rodman · June 29

what a cool GM song (8)

Rodman · June 29

lil +

Rodman · June 29

ar-brrrrrrr-eggios all the way

Rodman · June 29

a lot better

cacahuate51 · June 29

@ Rodman Damn what an epic lineup!! Thats the main thing i miss bout living in Europe, Epic Festival lineups! If those bands ever appeared here in mexico id go in a heart beat. Lvndmarks, Polaris and knocked loose are bands that would be a dream to see! Really surprised boston manor became a headliner! glad they got the recognition cause they have a BUNCH of good songs imo, and surprised skillet is still touring (havent heard them in ages but they were in my top 10 for a long time)

And aaah! that's right i remembered you mentioned you were going to watch NIN when it was the nin cover week! Its great that he still has the touch cause i also really enjoyed the concert i went to.

I am honestly surprised you had the energy to do all of that, riding the bycicle and then 3 days of a festival+nin. When I buy just one day of a festival I usually end up completley exhausted xD Much respect to be able to do that.

Willyam · June 29

15 hours ago, MaltaSoron said:

Congrats!

Congratulations @ drand

Rodman · June 29

4 hours ago, cacahuate51 said:

@ Rodman Damn what an epic lineup!! Thats the main thing i miss bout living in Europe, Epic Festival lineups! If those bands ever appeared here in mexico id go in a heart beat. Lvndmarks, Polaris and knocked loose are bands that would be a dream to see! Really surprised boston manor became a headliner! glad they got the recognition cause they have a BUNCH of good songs imo, and surprised skillet is still touring (havent heard them in ages but they were in my top 10 for a long time)

And aaah! that's right i remembered you mentioned you were going to watch NIN when it was the nin cover week! Its great that he still has the touch cause i also really enjoyed the concert i went to.

I am honestly surprised you had the energy to do all of that, riding the bycicle and then 3 days of a festival+nin. When I buy just one day of a festival I usually end up completley exhausted xD Much respect to be able to do that.

Actually it was way way worse

I was there at the festival the full 4 days, back to a more than full workweek and friday 1pm on the bike for a week and then NIN

Yolo they say.

Rod.

AndreCardoso · June 29

Guitar
First results:

rosefog · June 30

eh pretty good ill do guitar l8r both of these kill me

drand · June 30

These are so frustrating lol tatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatata not for me

shaggy_malagy · June 30

love this song

AndreCardoso · June 30

Improvements:

Mikson · June 30

Lead scores

Easy and nice to play for beginners, I don't think this is more than 3-3.5. The only difficulty is the quick chord change in a few places but these are basically basic chords.