Pete - I believe that post should've replaced my name with yours and it should've been posted by me.

Hey Joe...

dshapp9 - Try contacting the venue where the show is taking place.

Tim thanks for listening! Bil Sultans of Swing is a very difficult song to sing and play especially if you're the only guitar player doing both the leads and the rhythm. I'm not much of a singer and I never used to be able to sing and play at the same time. I have a CD player in my rack so I practiced for months just along with the CD track. Eventually, I learned and when I got it mostly down, I turned off the CD and grabbed the band and started working on it without the CD safety net. Still not perfected...but once you've learned one reasonably hard song, you can move on to others with less work.

Hope you all have a great day, enjoy the snow!

Jelly Man Welcome to the realm of name-shifting.

Leanna Sorry, but what do you mean by a prep? Where I come from, a prep is a private school for 4-11 year olds, or sometimes homework

hi Joe i just thought I would update you on my music project... i've just completed our cd this week and both me and matt are very pleased with it... however theres one song I need to splice in half and I will save you a copy and hopefully someday youl give it listen.. im looking into doing background music in moviea and I want somday to be able to go to a movie and see our names in the credit list... and maybe get some suggestions from you.... anyway- keep on playing guitar...

Philaka Basically the GRIPMASTER is a machine that helps to strengthen the hands and fingers. I personally wouldn't use it to warm up with as there is no replacement for warming up on a guitar. Think of it like a piece of gym equipment - the more you use it the stronger you become. However, I wouldn't use it for more than ten minutes a day because you can overdo it and end up with an injury to your hands, fingers or wrists. For example, a weight-trainer wouldn't train all day every day would they?!? My advice to you is to use it little and often but DON'T think that it will miraculously make you a better player as only guitar practice will do that!!!

Hope this helps,

Hmmmm i just had a lush beef curry but its gunna catch up wid me later!

greg m - "Prep" or "preppy" is a certain style of clothing. Click here for some outdated information. The "cool" brand names and colors are different now but the style is the same as what's on that website. People here in America always have to be in their own little category...preppy/skater/gothic/etc. I was never into that stuff, and I actually think it's kinda dumb. I just wear what I want to wear and do what I want to do.

Clarky, I'll certainly try harder next time around. You have to meet a certain criteria to get into those nut-houses. For example : Beating your head against the wall until you pass out, or creating a masterpiece, like a Picasso or a Rembrandt with your own feces. LOL...gross !!

My "Satch" newsletters always show up in my junk mail, so y'all should check that before you feel left out ;)

Hey all, I just wanted to say I'm still in shock after meeting Joe in back of the Crest Theater after the show! It was an awesome show, I was in front the whole time just groovin to the beats.

Heh, I'm 21 and I've got into Joe right when Crystal Planet came out. I got so into his stuff its all I played for a long time, and my style and skill became more defined. The only problem now was, everybody just wants to hear Papa Roach, Chevelle, Disturbed etc etc... And I wat to actually PLAY my instrument for a living cuz its so much fun. So following advice from my high school music teacher (mr. Abigana your a stud!) He told me to find an audience first, then bring the music to them...I thought long and hard on this one, hhhmmm...

Ok, I'm gonna admit it, I'm a huge video gamer... I love to game. My girl loves to game, she works a game store, so games are a huge part of my life, and I've loved the music from them for years. So, I now play video game music, and distribute it on the web, I now work for Project Majestic mix, run by a really cool dude, who is looking at the possibility of a huge grant to fund a massive project. For those of you who might care even just a little bit, I'm going to record all the tracks from a game called Final Fantasy IV composed by Nobuo Uematsu (another huge stud) all on guitar, bass and drums, exactly how the music was written. I ebow all the string instruments, play all the crazy arrpeggios kick out all the fat grooves and melodies. Its 44 tracks of great music.

Sorry for the book, but I was first in line to meet Joe after the show, and all I could say was blah blah blah my project blah blah blah, (I just thought It'd be cool to tell Joe, one of my idols what I had goin on!) By the way, for those of you who've never met Joe, he is a super cool dude, shook my hand twice, and told me good luck with my project! After all that, I was bummed, I just watched Joe shred me on stage for like 2 hours! I'm in a bad woodshed period now, (thanks alot Joe!) Just kiddin :P. So I'm working towards my goal, of shredding and composing music for video games, but I'm in need of guidance I feel like I'm losing my mojo... But! When this project is done, I'm hoping it will be a cool guitar landmark! Thanks for listenin y'all, Joe your a stud, a short little stud, but a stud none the less hehe. Thanks for the wish of luck!

Michael Jackson: And that thing about sleeping with little kids in the same bed...that's really perverted even if they don't do anything. StuNotBoo-Micahel also said that the only plastic surgery that he has had in his nose and the rest was just growing up/adolescense or however you spell it. what a joke. I know I'm not part of a group and I think they're stupid too. I'm not a prep, goth, or skater. I'm just a Joe lover...is there any group like that? I didn't think so :(:(:(

dragonchild - interesting theory... i'm going to walk this way now *points in opposite direction to dragonchild*.

greg m, thank you for the welcome.

crushingday - Where'd you hear that?

LGU - Cute and good body first on the list huh? Haha.

OCPS470 - The S470, that's a Jap right? Are the lessons you are doing full time work? Anything happening with recordings? I'm sure the fret dress won't hurt your guitar man. My dad and I redess and recrown our own frets at home. Can only make things better. As long as you have a competent luthier/tech, he'll/she'll be alright.

Rich who? (for G3?)

Hi everyone... Satch chat tomorrow!

Jelly Man - I like your quote better... "I figure that if I don't have a dress sense, no-one can tell me that my dress sense is apalling."

Hehe...