Ovation: Thanks again man. And the more I think about it, Paul Gilbert couldn't sound that awful if he was falling down drunk lol. It's all about the groove though man, forever groove lol

tapper5: As far as I know you can't use one of the smart media readers to write anything to the cards, unless there are some type of read/write units that I haven't seen. To put any kind of file onto the GNX3 unit, you'll have to be cabled up in some fashion. And also, thanks for checking out a few of the tunes, I don't take myself very seriously and just like to play along. I just do what I like to do and sometimes I like to make it a little goofy. And yeah, IUMA is free, not always reliable or all that great for support, but you get what you pay for. I like it better than mp3.com because listeners don't have to register and all of that.

ollyno1uk: Great version of Ceremony man, it really rocks, awesome job. I'll check out some more of your stuff as time permits.

mowlie2000: Nice new workable groove you have there, and nice new approach to writing. I've never tried it like that before so let me know how it works out. All of my tunes are solid takes front to back, but none of my tunes sound as cool as yours so there ya go lol.

Yayogakk: Grassy Knoll Technique! That's awesome man. LMAO.

Fusion5000: Congrats on the V man, hope you like it. Sure looks sweet.

Alexandre: I will man, and from what I remember Danger Danger was pretty cool. I have a soft spot for all the old hairbangers myself. Actually, I just cut off all of my hair last week. Security doesn't follow me around the stores anymore lol.

death cube K: Band rehearsal eh? That sounds good. Were you able to record that one project you had mentioned to me yet, or has that happened yet?

JS Clone: Wow, now that's going into the archives a bit! I didn't realize Gilbert was that young when he was starting to get a little bit of recognition.

Ethn: Pudding rocks man, you're just jaded because of your lack of proper tools lol. Especially butterscotch.

r6rocker: LOL man, shatterer of wallets! Congrats on the move man, was wondering about there. As far as the cd, things are getting so very close. Won't be long now at all. As far as my playing, I have this mental hangup that I can't go on to the next idea until I complete the one I'm working on. So I completely folded up the current idea and did an awful solo on a song called Lost Expedition that you can check out here. But now my head is clear again, and the ideas are flowing, and the fingers for a change too.

Quote of the day: Opportunities multiply as they are seized" Lao-Tsu

tapper5 - by 'posting' do you mean putting up the MP3 or posting the scores?

Here's the answer to both:

no the MP3 won't get posted as the accoustic guitar quartet is a track off of the album and I'd be cutting my own throat by giving this stuff away - in fact the throat cutting would most likely be a joint effort by PRMAN [who has a large stake in the album in many ways] and my wife who has put up with so much grief and neglect for so long as I try to get this done..
note that what takes a pro 6 months to produce takes me 4 times as long - 'cos it's not me day job...

posting the scores - now that's not a bad idea.. when the CD is ready for launch, the official band web site will open.. PRMAN is the webmaster for it [amongst many other things he does for this project].. I'll find out if there is a way I can print the score for the quartet and get it up on the site.

The name of the accoustic quartet piece is:

Virtus Juxit Mors non Separabit

and it is very very pretty indeed..

the backing track is all done - wooohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

I did try 'Sloth' [the Washburn accoustic] for the 2nd movement of the Raft but it didn't fit as nicely as a clean electric.. I think that this was due to the sudden dynamic shifts from calm to murder and back again.. the dynamic difference seemed to me to be a little to wide..
In the end I used 'Envy' [RG7470] on the neck pickup [Blaze] with compression, chorus and a pile of reverb..
the piano and clean guitar make for an interesting mix.. the 'verse' sections are in unison and during the bridge sections they each go their own way and harmonise making for a nice contrast..
now it's the fun part - solo time... I am so looking forward to this.. before I start I think I'll take 'Wrath' appart, do a little house work on her and sling on some new strings...
I just can't wait......
I have a mission... and there will be casualties.. lol

It's a nice tune...

X of the Y = two songs and one movement... lol

While My Nose Gently Bleeds - Addam Fox lmao

one more thing

I have (2) tickets to Toronto show for sale that I cannot make, they are in section RCF row H, seats 40 to 41, the total price I paid was 130.50 canadian, I will sell for same. If anyone is interested, please email me at: jclemente@getworknow.com

r6rocker - thanks for checking out my tune and its slowly getting there...........slowly..........

trutina - i will let u know how it turns out. Call me stupid if you like, but what does Trutina mean?????

Hey Guys!

Beezer - what format do you want it in? Midi or MP3???

Beezer - i am currently sending you the backing track. If there is any probs then let me know and I will upload it onto my iuma for you to download instead.

rotwildmen - I'm in row G of section A, which is on the right side if you're facing the stage. We're both in section A, so it should be easy to meet up before the show. I found your email address in your profile, so I'll write you in a few weeks and maybe we can work something out.

Is anyone else going to the 10/18 G3 show in LA?

kevt03 There are now tickets on ebay for the hammersmith DT show.

plabin Do you use your whammy bar a lot?

alexandre Do you mean you were actually sitting in the hard rock cafe chatting with MP and JP?

death cube K: Sounds cool man. Let me know how it turns out.

mowlie 2000: Trutina is latin for balance. I'm ever in search of balance it seems. Between the heart and mind. Between good and evil. Between standing and falling lol.

TRUTINA - lol I´m gonna cut my hair too, but i use since my 16 years of age short hair :-). Danger Danger rules with Andy as Dokken rules with George Lynch :-).