JS JP 41 Do you know JS_JS in real life? Like in person?

ANyone check out Vai's acoustic model, supposed to come out later this year, a vai signature model, it's green, so it's offbeat just from the look of it.

Does anyone have any joe autographs or posters there trying to get rid off? Unlikely but I was just wondering.

alexandrecaetano: Again, congrat's my friend, to all you guy's!!.... Your hard work and passion have paid off, and Gonçalo will be heard by millions!! :-).... I have Luis Moreno's site saved also, and he is amazing!!.... That's kuul you got to meet him and the drummer!!.... Stay kuul my friend, and enjoy the trip to Lisbon :-)....
btw, I've heard the name Sensei Funakoshi, he is famous in Shotokan, which is a style from "Mainland" Japan :-).... I used to take Shorin-Ryu and Uechi-Ryu, one a speed style and the other power.... Naha is our capital city, and I live in Okinawa City, North of Naha.... Yes, we have beautiful beaches, but there is also a large tourist presence and hotels, so we go to the more secluded ones :-).... Champuru is delicious and great for you, I love it!! :-).... It is nice to know we both live in Paradise, lol, we have many things in common!! Óbidos Lagoon is beautiful!!.... I love Portugal's rich culture too, and I can hear it in Gonçalo' music!! :-)

The Prez: From what I gather reading the article, that Ultra Zone Guitar is playable (has pup's in it), and it was the only one made in the World and debuted at NAMM last year.... I'm sure it will stay the only one made, and I wonder if Steve wont play it on stage someday.... Of course, hell have to make a getup to match it (like the cover of The Ultra Zone, lol), and that guitar would sell for over 5 grand easy....

mick87: lol man, great story there, I'll bet that story is similar to what Dr. VAI has racked up on his shelf to release at a later date, lol!!.... Great concept, and I'd love to watch the movie, hehe ;-)
You should check out the Kiyoshi Nagata Ensemble (there are lot's of them w/ different names), and they are fun to watch!!.... There are usually a goup of people in front w/ small taiko drums and they start the beat (sitting down), and in the background are the larger taiko and the players are standing up.... In the rear are the huge taiko and it is on a stand held by it's shell and the guy's pound those standing up and swinging over their head!!.... It takes lot's of stamina to do that and they play for a long time in that position.... Great stuff, lemme' know if you go....Oh, and thank's for the link to Scott Landers, and Justin King is superhuman, lol!!!!....

zonin: Wow, that would be kuul, JOE play's Hendrix with Jimi's band!!....

Clarky: I can picture Dr. VAI playing that with the Ultra Zone getup and all, lol!!....

....Welcome back Bil!!.... Glad you came home (ya, yer home there too, hehe), and I'm glad your getting back into the swing of things!!.... We're pulling for ya, and I hope they are easy on ya with the treatment, THAT is your FIRST priority man, F the T2J project right now, get yourself squared away first!! :-) Keep us posted, and stop by when you can.... Godspeed dude!! :-)....

JS JP 41: lol man, it's because I love Ovation Acoustic's ;-).... When I first signed in here way back when it seemed like every name was taken!!.... Everything I tried was no good, lol, that's why you see so many numbers attatched to people names.... Now that I think of it, Paradigm Shift would have been a great name in honor of Dr. Petrucci!! ;-)

death cube K: lol /\/\/\R|<, I loved the way you jumped all over that, hehe, when I saw Bil's post, I read it the same way, lmao!! ;-)

zonin, I didn't have time to post earlier, but I did check out your post/link. VERY COOL!! I would love to see that show!! Buddy Guy is great, and with Joe and all the other folks all playing Jimi's songs...it doesn't get any better than that!! It's a shame I'm on the wrong coast...

OH MY GOD!!! IS THAT TRUTINA I SEE!!!!!! HEY DUDE, WELCOME BACK! WE MISSED YOU! You've been in our prayers and on our minds for a while now. Great to see you post again. We all want invitations to that wedding too!! lol! *cyber hug*

Wow.Meant to hit mark all read.I wonder if god uses an operating system like this."Mark all dead"

Anybody else really into Chopin?I have to say he is my favorite glassical type guy,(He was a romantic composer, but anyways)

/\/\/\R|<: hehe, I see what you mean, lol, but the U.S. does have some quality beer.... Samuel Adams comes to mind.... Not many can beat that one, lol.... I'm from New England, and back in the day it was Moosehead that ruled....

Ovation-I like pretty much the whole the romantic gang, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and even Liszt, although he usually plays too over the top.Take a look at the score for the transcendetal etudes sometime, it looks like someone took a drop of the shade white and just sprinkled it lightly over a black piece of paper.Just silly.

Baroque stuff never really did it for me.I like beethoven, who was classical, but I always considered him to be the father of the romantic style.

beyond that Im not into enough composers.I like Stravinsky and Zappa.ESPECIALLY Zappa.

ovation1 - its a great instrument to play but it does start to hurt the knuckles after a while (....Aarren's log....look into washboard playing to see if you are supposed to use something to play it with........)

alexandrecaetano - I am really looking forward to going to Prague. I cant wait......

trutina - so good to have you back bro......

Thanks to everyone for the happy 300s. To be honest I didnt even know that I had reached it yet!!! Duh!!!!!

Aarren