Huck's World

First off...clocked 150 minutes this week (3285). I tried not playing covers atall and just jamming, and all it seems to've done is made me crap at the covers i do again...i need to find a decent prqctice system. I have next week off so i will set myself a target of 500 minutes for next week. That very doable, and i also need to change the strings on my guitar as they're starting to sound extra shit and dull.

Still haven't written a song, but i hit on an idea that i fancy trying out. I was watching "American" the story of Bill Hicks, and i thought about recording a weekly free-form piece and calling them "It's just a ride" in his honour. I tried to record a few minutes while playing live on my blogtv but the whole live show was shit and the free form part was well....just as shit as the rest. I'm still going to do it though. I need to start producing music and recording it migh t just be the way forward. A weekly piece would give me something to shoot for and as long as i don't ... Read more »

Got a cold...nothing to do with my music per se, but it is the reason i haven't preacticed for the past couple of days. I clocked up 150 minutes last week, which puts me up to 3135 minutes since i started this 10,000 clock up...i might zero this in the new year, not sure yet. Maybe i'll just log the year and keep it going.


I haven't learned any new songs, or written one for ages (i wish i could). Not sure why i can't write any stuff, i think i can jam a bit of a tune, but recording one is a different thing...making it interesting even more so. There's not much to write a song about at the moment. I usually get a buzz around something and finish it in a day, but i can't be arsed these days with anything i come up with. I will try this week not to play covers till sunday, that way i might find a few riffs i can put something together. I've worked out how to make drum riffs with cubase, but i need to work on it a bit. Playing to click tracks is so boring, and layering a song ov ... Read more »

I've been sober nearly two weeks now, and this is supposed to be beer night....bugge bugger bugger bugger...god i need a freaking beer.

I managed 375 minutes practice this week, so that's 2985 since i began the count (i really should check the date for reference, would take me two freaking minutes aswell). i wil set another 400 target for this week.

My playing was kinda crap. I remembered a few songs from back when and played them as if they were gig ready (blogtv gig, anyway), and they weren't. I had virtually nobosy watching me until i started playing the old songs i usually do, then i hads a few stayers and even a friend invite. I doubt whether i will ever get above 6 people watching at one time, but as i am making mistakes still i don't mind.
I've noticed however, that trolls have started appearing on my shows...usually to say something like "guitarists are shit" then they leave...I laughed at my first troll...it was like a feeling of accomplishment getting my "fir ... Read more »

Nov 7th and i had a reasonably good session on blogtv. Two people chatted (which is 2 more than last week...just lurkers then), i had at least someone listening pretty much all the way through it, and i think i had a good time playing...which is the most important thing, i think. I recorded most of the show for people to see and added an intro explaining what i'm about, i then proceeded to make mistakes in nearly every song i played-Sod's Law.

I played for 270 minutes this week...not exactly the 500 i was going for but better than last weekand most weeks to be honest. So,i will be attempting to hit 400 this week to make it attainable.(2610)

Gothatfunk asked people to pwn him as part of his subscriber drive to 5000 on youtube My youtube pwnage attempt is on my videos page...enjoy.

I only learned one song this week that i could take to the live show so i want to try and learn another this week,maybe two. I want to be realistic so i'llsay one,but two would be nice. I ... Read more »

A few things to say today.

I got myself a new cover song posted up, Pink Floyd's "Wot's...uh the deal?". I played it through the zoom and also recorded it with the yeti when i recorded the video. When i tried to synch the zoom audio up (with the intention to delete the other audio), the slightly out of synch audios made an effect that was quite similar to the original song...so i kept it....score.

I played on BlogTV.com instead of Livevideo.com. Live video went down for some reason, and so i embedded the blog tv instead. There are a lot more people there and i saw a lot of people jumping in and out of my show. I know i'm shit (i'm playing the recorded show bakc and it's dodgy at best), but i know i can improve and this "trial by fire" i am doing by playing can only be good for my confidence...it's embarassing making mistakes but i know i will endevour to be better knowing i have to play each week.

I made a joke intro for my songs using toon boom animation which y ... Read more »

120 minutes down (2090). This sucks big time, as i'm not getting decent practice at the moment. So, i've decided to set myself a few weekly goals to get me back on track. As it's Wednesday, this week it's going to be an easy one...300 minutes by Sunday night.

I will try and write a new song this week, and if i can post it up before Sunday all the better. I've no time what with work an all to make a video, so we'll have to see how that goes.

That is all for now, i'm off to try and bite into that 300 minutes now. If i can make a decent hole in it, it will make it easier for me to get a video up :)....any ideas for songs or vids are appreciated.

....Oh, and i was thinking of making a standard intro to my songs with an animation and a bit of music. It will be something like "Huck's world Huck's world...Subscribe to my youtube channel and maybe google will give me some money". It has a ring to it, i think.


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I just finished playing for 35 mintues on livevideo.com and my lack of practise was really apparent. My playing was shit...ier.

I don't mind really, i'dve been more unhappy if i'd not played atall. As it is i've just playd crap accoustic songs to one or two passrs by rather than being a quiter. I'll need to get myself back into practise and set aside some time for myself to play. I know i played quite a lot Friday night of the barbeque, but everyone was drunk from start time to end....i could've played horse manure and they wouldn'tve given a crap. My kind of audience ;)

I'm trying to add Hotel Yorba to my repertoire (it's just the lyrics that are stopping me). I'll play it every day for a while, that'll drum it into my brain.

Clocked a mere 125 minutes since i last recorded it. I haven't counted any playing i did in America because...well because i cant remember how long i played for really, so i'll just count what i've done since my return and try to get a decen ... Read more »