supraharmonic
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Found this crappy post at Circuit City. Laughable !
What's a guitar hero to do now that the masses prefer electronic beats and rap-metal to killer scale runs? Joe Satriani seeks that answer on Strange Beautiful Music. Satriani set himself apart from other would-be kings of the six-string in the 1980s by combining impeccable technique with great feel and pop hooks. With those qualities, he produced great guitar-driven albums like Surfing With the Alien and Flying in a Blue Dream. On his 2002 release, Satriani tries to make his music fresh by incorporating world music influences and a bit of techno flava. To his credit, he succeeds more than he fails. "Belly Dancer" combines straight-up rock riffs with Middle Eastern-twinged melodies and faster-than-sound runs up and down the fretboard. On "Oriental Melody," Satch's world music sensibility shines with the help of ping-pong delay and keyboards. He still has a knack for great hooks, too, as is evident on "New Last Jam," which features a melody that bounces around in your head for days. But none of these tracks approach the pop brilliance of his Surfing With the Alien songs. In many ways, the experimental nature of songs like "What Breaks a Heart" hark back to his Not of This Earth release. But Strange Beautiful Music suffers from inconsistency. While the mix-and-match approach works on "Belly Dancer," it can also result in the bland discontinuity of "Chords of Life," which at times sounds like "All Along the Watchtower" and at others resembles scale and chord exercises from Yngwie Malmsteen -- not an enticing combo. And "Starry Night," while a nice ballad, feels like an attempt to rewrite his masterful ballad "Always With You, Always With Me." ~ Michael Gowan, All Music Guide
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Sun Jun 23 '02 8:41:57 pm
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Do The Stu
Austin Lewis, III
Costa Mesa, CA
United States
Plays: Bass (25 years)
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Sweep Pick - You can buy it online from a US store (cdnow.com or amazon.com) and have it shipped to Canada.
...Austin...
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Sun Jun 23 '02 9:00:30 pm
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carina
Carina Alfie
buenos aires, capital
Argentina
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Hello dear Joe,it was great to see you again in Mexico at G3 concerts,you´re great!!I´m Carina,a guitar player from Argentina,a friend of Steve!Congratulations for the new website,also I´ve my website,I´ve added your link in it!I hope that you like it!!
I send to you regards and the best wishes!!
peace,Carina!
CARINA ALFIE-website(guitar player,heavy/rock style)
http://www.carinaalfie.cjb.net
www.mp3.com/carina_alfie_songs
Enjoy!!
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Sun Jun 23 '02 9:46:36 pm
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granttheking98
Grant Marshall
Mairangi Bay, North Shore
New Zealand
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Hey This is for Joe....(duh) I dont think i will post too often as i'm pretty busy, but i will post often enough to get you to come and play in NEW ZEALAND !!!! I know you got done in byt the promoter last time, but come on dont ruin it for all us Satch Fans, We'd LOVE TO SEE YOU. So please please come and play in New Zealand, especially auckland......
Thanks Man....
Grant
(New Zealands Biggest Satch Fan)
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Sun Jun 23 '02 10:44:36 pm
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Kda
Kyle Davia
Las Vegas, NV
USA
Plays: Guitar (26 years)
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Can you believe Target doesn't have any of Joe's CD's? That's like my favorite store. Is that a Joe decision or a target decision? Oh well....
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Sun Jun 23 '02 11:55:27 pm
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jofdm
Olivier
PARIS,
FRANCE
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In the DVD , Joe says (speaking about Stuart Hamm) : "They stoo (I don't know if it's the good way to write this word) him 'cause they love him !"
Can someone give me a synonym of this verb and explain the reaction of the audience ?
Thanks
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Sun Jun 23 '02 11:57:37 pm
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Kda
Kyle Davia
Las Vegas, NV
USA
Plays: Guitar (26 years)
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Ok, I admit it. Im downloading some songs off of Joe's new album. Shame shame. Im going to buy the cd anyway so i don't think this really counts. Joe deserves his money.
Edited Mon Jun 24 '02 1:05 am
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Mon Jun 24 '02 1:03:14 am
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Do The Stu
Austin Lewis, III
Costa Mesa, CA
United States
Plays: Bass (25 years)
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Kda - That's a Target decision. They usually only have the newest album by most artists. Most Target stores only have 2 or 3 isles of CDs...they can't afford to have older stuff take up shelf space.
jofdm - If someone does something good, you cheer them on. If someone does something bad, you usually shout "booo" at them...that's what we do in the US, anyway. If we (in the US) like someone whose name rhymes with "booo", we cheer them on by chanting their name instead of just yelling randomly. We're weird like that. So, following what I just said, on the Live In San Francisco DVD the crowd yells "Stuuu" at Stu Hamm. To the average person that doesn't know what's going on, they might think the crowd is booing Stu. So Joe's comment is letting the crowd know that we're actually cheering for Stu ("Stuuu-ing" him)...we're not booing him. "They Stu him cuz they love him..." = "They chant his name because they love him..."... Make sense? Sorry for the very long explanation...
Well...goodnight, everyone...
...Austin...
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Mon Jun 24 '02 1:35:41 am
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tekoi
Te Koi Smith
sandy, UT
USA
Plays: Guitar (28 years)
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Joe,
So I'm on a vacation/business trip in SIngapore, and yesterday as I'm leaving my apartment to see the sites and whatnot, I close my door and I hear "The Crush of Love". I had my discman with me, and I thought it had turned on, and so I put my head next to my back to see that was the case. It wasn't. What it was is the next door neighbour blarring the LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO DVD!!!!! I knocked on his door and he answered, and we started talking about the music and whatnot. I told him I would be seeing you in Arizona (since you won't be doing Vegas, which would save about 8 hours of driving time, but Salt Lake City is a no go :( ) and this guy was SO jealous!!! So I'm sending a little note to say that from Salt Lake City, UTAH to SINGAPORE, people love your music enough to travel long distances. Hopefully something can happen in the future and we won't have to travel so much. Hopefully I'll be able to get a copy of a bonus track while I'm over here in this part of the world before I head back to reality. Have a great day!!!!!!!!
TE KOI SMITH
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Mon Jun 24 '02 1:43:26 am
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anibur
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SHELL.....do you notice that jofdm has made a big effort to spell all those long words correctly ? DESERT SUN.. i have the cd & agree with a lot of that. Some of it does lack the Power-------- BUT i have only had one listen....... i will give it time. Thanks for your message Joe , how can you not have FUN working with Guitars/Music LOL ? Always with me Joe...........luv anibur***
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Mon Jun 24 '02 2:18:05 am
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Quantum
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tekoi --- i'm from Singapore and i blast my Live in San Fran DVD quite often but i never get no Satch fans introducing themselves to me!!! hahahahaha!!! Anyway, it's cool to see that there are fans of Joe's music all around the world..
I'm hoping that SBM will have arrived in stores here by tomorrow..i'll keep my fingers crossed!!
How about all you guys? any special SBM celebration??
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Mon Jun 24 '02 2:47:18 am
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peter mulas
pete mulas
sydney, nsw
australia
Plays: Guitar (-9979 years)
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hey joe, i know where you can stick 'Slick'.....put it on the australian release to pay us back for years of non-touring!
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Mon Jun 24 '02 2:49:02 am
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Major Tom
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<=> VOTE FOR JOE <=> VOTE FOR JOE < =>
GO TO THE WEBSITE: HTTP://GITARISTEN.PAGINA.NL ,
THEN GO TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT PAGE AND LOOK FOR THE ITEM " TOP 20 GITARISTEN "
(WHICH IS UNDERLINED) AND CLICK ON IT.
WHEN YOU HAVE ENTERED THE POLL, THEN LOOK FOR
JOE SATRIANI AND CLICK THE ROUND BUTTON ON THE LEFT OF JOE'S NAME.
THEN SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT PAGE
AND CLICK ON THE BUTTON WHICH IS NAMED " STEM "
( IT MEANS VOTE IN ENGLISH).
PLEASE DO SO AND JOE WIL REACH THE FIRST PLACE IN THAT POLL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
<=> VOTE FOR JOE <=> VOTE FOR JOE <=>
JOHN SAELMANS A.K.A. MAJOR TOM
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Jonnyt6
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Joe Satriani,
the song "Tears in the Rain" is really amazing and i love playing it although i was wondereing how u do that so fast??
can you please send me a few tabs from other songs thanks Joe!!!
Jonny (15)
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