Just finished doing another tune (well cover) of Surfing which you can hear over at My IUMA. Its not the best in the world as my fingers wouldnt do as they were told and I wasnt satisfied with my sound but check it out anyway and leave me some comments.

hey satch, Do you or anybody for that matter, have any advice for a frusterated 14 year old guitarist (been playing since I was 7) who has nobody to play with, a mom who doesnt support it, and a dad who recently discontinued support of it?

hey joe, hey guys

as far as i know eric johnson has released five solo studio albums and one solo live album. they are all on amazon to buy except his latest album souvenier. does anyone know where i can get it from.

BANDCAMP(JACKIE)-how does it feel to be related to the worlds greatest guitarist?

FUSED9-oh man im sorry to hear about your frustration and your folks not supporting you. just stick to playing guitar and have fun, music is always the best way to releave stress and to express your feelings. i also play guitar. what guitar have you got?can you play any satch songs?

Mike...............son of smithers

For Sale: Ibanez P-540

I hate to spam the list, but obviously there are lots of guitar players here, and I really need to sell this guitar. It's the same model Ibanez (but different color) that Joe is pictured with on the new cover of "Not of This Earth". Please email me if you are interested and want to see pics. The guitar is in very good shape. email: jcshirke@midway.uchicago.edu

Also FS: Mega Boogie MK II C+ combo. Hey, you never know who might want one...can't hurt to mention it here also.

one jug of coffee, half a packet of Marlbro and a few hours later..... Clarky cracked Erotomania...... wooooohoooooo ! ! !

I haven't quite got it note perfect from start to finish as there's just too much to remember..... but at least the mistakes I make never occur in the same places which tells me that I basically have it down.... I'm sure that if I scurtinised it closer that I'd find that I'd made a few errors here and there.. but then some of it is very very quick some I'm just making my best guess at what's going on.. maybe some day I'll rip the track to bits with a sampler and find out 100% what's really going on in there... and see if Clarky's ear'oles are as good as he thinks they are.. lol lol

so what's the verdicit???

it's really hard.... playable, but really tough none the less...

if you've never screwed your tendons then this track is a great candidate to do so...

eye protection and a safety harness must be worn....

oh yeah... so that means Paulus Clarkus Maximus Erectus deserves lots of beers....

if the bar's empty I'll just down a few quickies and jump back in here see if anyone is around in the hat place....

Clarky - Just wondered if you could have a listen to a track that I am working on that is on My IUMA. Its called Blowout and, as I said, its not finished yet. Any comments welcomed.

stu - hhhmmmmm vastly unfair comment...

I didn't really struggle with any of it technically - although it's a very advanced piece and quite challenging in places [especially towards the end]... it's just a whole lot to take in at a single sitting....

yes the riffs and time changes are a piece of piss... but the chord voicings are surprisingly tricky in places....

and the bass don't exactly go charging around the neck at mach 2.2 like the lead guitar now does it..... lol lol

so.... slap on the wrist to you matey boy for stating the obvious.. "well the bass bits ain't that bad.." roflmao

Smithers - You can buy it at His Site...

Death Cube K - Haha, thanks for the funk recomendations... James Brown is awesome.

Clarky - Lol... Yeah, I can see how that would freak you out... I spoke to the guys you met today at ACM. Turns out it was Adam, Sam and Danny. Danny's a scary fucker on the axe, man. Holy shit... Erotomania, huh? I did a full analysis of that track for Composition and Arrangement Studies. We were meant to pick "any contemporary top 40 hit", but I wanted to challenge myself. Have a beer on me. Kronenbourg is it?

Aarren Nice cover of Surfing, it's one of my fav Satch songs to cover. Again, I like that you don't regurgitate Satch note for note when you cover him - I play that song note for note except on the fast passages where I play my own variation (cuz I didn't feel like memorizing those parts!!). Keep 'em rollin!

Cubasis - looks good on paper but most users who've bought it seem to have major things to complain about (4.0)...

Does anyone here have it? Any comments? I'm considering the Magix Deluxe package, which I have an older version of.

mick87 I thought cubase was originally for mac anyway?

clarky It really depresses me when people post back after a few hours saying "I've learned erotomania" or something like that. " Wow," I think, "I am so bad."

matt king I've downloaded your SB cover. Now I just need to put it on cd and transfer it onto my computer to listen before the uni ban me for downloading mp3s.

QUITO - muito obrigado pelos teus comentários irmão :-) !! Espero que esteja tudo bem contigo!! É com muito gosto que pertences à minha mailing list :-). O EP sai no próximo ano. Ainda há muito trabalho pela frente. Um grande abraço!