Dear Joe Satriani:

I love the way you play your guitar. I am 10 years old and have a guitar that someday I might play as good as you. I am a fan of your's. I saw in concert at Bone Bash.

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ALRIGHT! It's finally time. I'm off to see the wizard. Mike Portnoy's "Hammer Of The Gods", Led Zep tribute band. Time to shuffle off to Montreal!

L8r... John aka =o|-[

Tom Sr Right on man ;-) One of the great things about Chet is that he could play some lightening licks when the music called for it but his melody lines were pure, clean and well orchestrated but simple - all about the song, not the guitar. Thinking about it he probably had some influence on me picking up a guitar, my Dad used to listen to his stuff when i was a kid, along with Sabbath and Purple - lol ;-)

Clarky Good advice dude - think vibes !

IS there any Satch merchandise on the web, I only know of a site with a couple of t-shirts.

juju808-WHat Merchandise of Satch do you have? I found some at a flee market.

Was at G3 last night in Toronto... as compared to other G3s, I have to say that the sound was surprisingly good, very clear & crisp. Mixing could have been a tad better but still great overall. I liked Yngwie's set -- his stuff gets repetitive after a bit, but he was still great to listen to and didn't seem trashed this time, unlike the last time I saw him play! Steve & Joe were phenomenal as always.

I didn't have a backstage pass and was part of the crowd that waited 1-1.5 hrs in the cold to meet them and get stuff signed... Yngwie ran to the bus, but did sign stuff -- you had to give it to a security guy, who sent it into the bus, then you'd get it back. Was debating whether to get an Yngwie signature on my Jem BSB, since it is a Vai guitar after all... I sent it into the bus, it comes back with his signature, and underneath he wrote "Play Fender!"...! He did that to another guy's Jem 10th anniversary. I didn't mind too much, it is sort of funny. Vai signed "Play Anything" in response to that, on the other guys Jem 10th (he just signed his name on mine).

Steve and Joe signed the guitar as well. Steve seemed to be mobbed by more people than Joe for whatever reason, which was great because it gave me the opportunity to shake Joe's hand....!! After listening to their music for so long, and attending so many of their shows, it's really an indescribable feeling to have them standing right there in front of you.

Ovation - Thank for checking out my tunes:) There are a couple of chormatic lines in Changes part 2 which sound a little "out" on purpose. More tunes will come soon.

Thank you Joe.

In Toronto at the meet and greet I was having a picture taken with you and of course the camera acted up. You said take a couple more just in case. Well the first one didnt show up but the next two did. Thank you Mr. Satriani for showing you usual class and grace, it comes through your music and as you are in person. It was a class show and worth every penny.

jimi fender bender - but of course... twice. And it's beautiful.

the whole filesharing thing - i don't do it at all apart from very limited checking out of bands - it is after all how i got into both JS and LTE. But I then delete the files - in my opinion, if the music's not good enough to make want to support the artist behind it, it's not good enough to pollute my musical ear- extreme I know, but bathe in filth and you're going to end up muddy.