I just came home to find ITLIS sticking out of my mailbox. WOOHOOOOO! I'm listening to it now. Smoov like butta! Love the cd booklet pictures too!

godguns - jeez dude.. you make conditioning yourself for guitar playing sound like a full contact fighting sport.. lol..
I've been playing quite a long time.. and I've never done any hand strength stuff.. no grip springs or elastic bands.. nothing.. I just play.. and I use the minimum amount of effort to execute the lick.. I never really have stamina issues.. on the odd time my hands and forearms get tired but that's only after a very long and very intensive session...
in the insterests of experimentation.. try playing as gently as you can with good tone and articulation.. cause and effect.. let me know if it works out well or not..

for good vibrato.. good technique and not strength is required..

Joe, I got the new CD today, what a birthday present! Haven't taken it out of the player yet. Just as I though Searching is my favorite off the album so far. Gratz on the singing. Sounds awesome! I'll have many, MANY more hours of entertainment in this album.....Oh yeah and thank you for signing it. Don't know how cool it is. Take Care man and keep up the phenominal work!

Clarky....happy 1200th !!

Clarky happy 1200 keep posting we all like laughing at the funny stuff you say.

All these people talking about Ted Nugent I think his music is only okay. My fave is Stranglehold but the sad thing is I can play the majority of it just a few mistakes here and there. His other stuff is much more difficult to figure though prob. isn't too difficult to play. As for killing animals and stuff, I eat meat but I don't like to think about killing them I don't like to hunt or stuff like that.

Clarky way to go on the 1200th! ...thanks a bunch, I will get started on the G everywhere as soon as I get a chance and if I have problems you bet I will give ya a holler...

I have no problem with killing animals... I worked in a slaughterhouse for 5 years...and my job was stickin cattle and skinnin their heads.. I also deer hunt...but, I don't kill any animals that I don't eat, unless it is a problem animal......stray dogs, cats, possums, skunks, raccoons gettin in the trash...then I don't mind introducin them to Mr. Winchester...

Hi everybody, Not been listening to Joe for long but today at work my mate bought in Not Of This Earth, Flying in a Blue Dream, one album by Steve Vai, and three albums by Yngwie Malmsteen. I've been having a ball!!!! the cd player has been red hot all day. Joe plays with so much heart soul and compassion I just can't get enough of him now. The man walks on water. I have got the new album on order, have only heard samplers so far I tremble in anticipation.

ONE HAPPY BUNNY!!!!!!

prhygianola dominantola,

Joeman, I ordered mine on 3/29/04 and got it today :)

I'm an old school fan from England whom you met briefly in Birmingham, N.E.C just before the 2nd half of a concert (hi, hope you're well, ect). I'd just like to make a few comments on both your past, and present music.

I think your albums (starting from 'Not of This earth' and ending with 'Crystal planet') adopted a sort of intangible vibe, a glimpse into the laid-back american surf-type culture that lived within your music. It was fun music, and a culture people wanted to be a part of. It was also a glimpse into a small, lost culture, something that will live on like a time-capsule within your music. Thanks for that, through your music I was able to develop dreams that led me to becoming both an accomplished musician, and a university music graduate. Both my brother, and my mother all had a moment while listening to 'Day at the beach..' & 'Rubina', and we all seemed to agree that your music was an embodiment of a particular culture, such as classical music is to germany/europe, Flamenco music is to spain, Taiko music to Japan, ect. We all felt, at that moment, this type of cultural vibe within your music.

Now, a quick note about your new music (if I may give my opinion). I'm a lover of electronic music as well as instrumental-rock (you may be surprised to hear! lol), and I'm very well associated with music such as, well...everything from Satie to Sakamoto. I felt you were trying to capture a unique style and atmosphere at first ('Not of this earth'), which later developed into something more commercial, but just as heart-felt and expressive ('Surfing with the alien' onwards). I feel that your music has changed alot. I really liked 'engines of creation' (though it took me a few years to appreciate it, since it's quality fluctuated from song to song), but I felt something was lacking from 'Strange Beautiful music', it seemed a little too 'choppy' from a compositional point-of-view.

...This new album sounds as if you're solidifying the musical culture which you partly created (I hear this in the excellent 'If I Could Fly'). I think experimenting is extremely important, especially regarding musical aesthetics, styles, and compositional structures (we are in the 21st century after all!), but please don't neglect your roots. In the grander scheme of things, your music will show a glimpse into the spirit of american culture during the 'heady 80s' for future generations to come. Please try and retain some of this spirit in your new music, because nobody plays like you.

Thanks for taking the time out to listen to my comments Mr.Satriani. Best wishes to you and your family.

Just got my copy of 'Is There Love In Space"....thanks Joe for the autographed sleeve!!

See you when you come to Philadelphia..Ok i gotta go throw this cd in a give it a listen, I'm sure its awesome as all of your others are.