I was just driving home when this commercial came out on radio (on a rock and sports channel in Southern Finland): "Dis and dat (wadever) proudly presents; the legendary guitar-wizard Joe Satriani brings his G3-show with Steve Vai and Robert Fripp to Helsinki Icehall on the 18th of June. Come hear some serious bending!". On the backround they played "Voodoo Child" from Live In Denver -> cool, never thought they'd advertise it on Finnish radio (not to say on TV). Just wondering where are they gonna find tickets for those about to wake only now? ...well, that ain't my problem.

...And a few seconds ago I had a telephone call: my "The spoken & The unspoken" by Andy Timmons has arrived to the record store. -> Ain't life grand!?!

Frenchy LMAO......am in a quiet sort of place and i just got looked @ funny for laughin by a few people!!!! Nice one dude. Used to live in Texas, funny as hell man. MAYHEM

SHY SAX GIRL speak to us a bit more hunnie........we like new comers here :0)

Ariamac Hey up dude. Still enjoyin ur axe???? I know i would if I had an "S" series.......he he l8er man

Dragonchild Eva, how ya doin hunn???? Lookin 4ward to Satch I'll bet. Good luck on the job scene darlin....I know how tuff it can be. P.S. good luck on the man hunt scene as well......Remember I'll b here if no 1 else is! lol l8er babe

Olly - Place the eq pedal last (as in the last thing before your amp). For example, guitar > wah > distortion > eq > amp. Funny you asked this as I had to experiment with an eq pedal at a gig a couple of weeks ago ( footswitch stopped working) and that is the best place that I found for it.

Aarren - Cheers man. I will try this. It arrived today so havent had a chance to experiment with it yet!

How are you anyhow? I havent seen you online in a while. Been busy?

Anybody want to join me in the chat?

My soundclick stuff

Anybody who wants to listen to me attempting to play the guitar then go ahead lol, But i warn you...its not that good.

Good morning Summer Mystical Luminous Cool Friends :-)))) !!!! Another warm day here in Lisbon, lots of forigners visiting the city, the monuments are smiling and i can feel the energy behind his faces :-))) !!!

OVATION1 - i love MIKAN too :-))). Glad that you liked the name of my tune :-))). Amen to you my friend, Joe has wonderful friends here, what a great community :-)) !!! HAPPY 2000 :-) !!!!

DANNY K - No problem, you are welcome :-) !!!

DCK - Thank you very much to know that, YOU RULE MAN!!!

MICHELLE - Sorry baby to hear that about your dad and cat Lumpy, yeah there`s hard days sometimes :-/ . My day was cool yesterday, i did photos to Blister, whole band was excited. Gonçalo Pereira is a funny guy, very insane sometimes, a monster of a guitar player :-)). Whole band was happy and funny, all young people below of 30 years of age :-). I know that you are young too :-)). Dear Michelle who have 3 fathers, you are a winner ;-), have a good day and don`t worry, be happy :-)) !!!

TRUTINA - yeah, the mothers nature have much life to expend in strange ways. here in Portugal we have fires(Summer) and sometimes citys with floods. But we have much luck because we don`t have other natural disasters (by now). Regards for you and a bone for your dog lol :-)

QUITO - lol :-)

JAZZY_BOY - Please friend, be cool :-). c`mon !!!!!

JOE - Thanks a lot :-)), nice to see you :-)) !!!!

CLARKY - lol, just a silly question, how are you ? lol

DRAGONCHILD - lol on SOTD :-)) WEEE weeeeeeee weeeee

A good day to all :-), see you later :-)) !!!!

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Hey guys.......... back in after the long weekend :-) Loads to read so I've rushed through and stopped occassionally.

Delfino Lol, I'm not sure where I am at NIA but I think it was Block D (?), Just off to the right of centre and maybe, 10 - 12 rows back.

Phydeaux Dude that's a beautiful little person you got there. Nice to see you and Mom with that 'I'm so happy and proud I could burst' look on your faces as well. It's a gift and no mistaking.

Michelle Big $$$ on music gear for the kids is the only way to end up broke - lol.

Mikey Congrats on the 2000 bro' not bad for a reformed 'lurker' - lmao ;-) Hope you and the family are all good man. I must get round to mailing you soon.

Trutina Tornadoes - cool man, I'd love to check one of those beasts out, I reckon I'd be like you, more intrigued than scared. Good to know that you acknowledge that the dog has more sense than you, as well- lmao. Best piece of advice you could give a new comer as well -'Don't be afraid to suck!' -lol - so true once you get past the laugh factor of the statement. Deep man. :-)

Do The Stu Congrats on the GPA man, just goes to show that the revision routine does work - lol ;-)

neil - £64 on CDs that you like? Which will influence your playing to come and turn you into a better musician/guitar player?

civgeek You said "I would have to say the big point is that most people don't say they play because of beck or johnson or guy. They play 'cause they heard jimi."

The Prez

I am from Northwestern Indiana (Merrillville/Crown Point/Gary area).

Joe typically comes though Chicago (but not with DP this time).

I know that would be a hike for you, but it would be worth the trip.

is it just me or is there a lot more posting going on! it jus takes more time to catch up

PREZ - (long sigh) Ok , i'v come to realize that we are not going to agree on this nor is this going to go away. So, I understand your point on Vai crediting Frank. That makes sense they were two peas in a pod. - strange birds. However Vai doesn't play any Zappa covers in his set. He does play Hendrix. Coincidence?

Obviously Johnson, through chronology alone, couldn't have been influenced by Hendrix. My point was that if you trace influences back more people, not just big names, give credit to Hendrix than the others. Including people outside of rock.

Tonni Iomi is going to influence any play who likes that darker sound whether they realize it or not, but Tonni doesn't cross genres as much as Hendrix does.

And Page, well we don't want to start that aguement. Suffice it to say ..He was a good songwriter. I personally never got the whole Zepplin thing. That's my dad. I definately wouldn't put Page down as a great PLAYER, but a very good writer.

I hope that clarifies. It's good to see you sticking to your guns, but let's move on to something new like Meatloaf's influence or the influence of the BeeGees.

Have a good day.

Matt

The Prez - I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU MAN!, Guitarists, artists, nobody can say that one person is better than the other because there are an infinate ways of comparing people. Like you couldn't just say... This guitarist was better than that guitarist cause he had a better time and was richer. It's all good!

Mikesb - Thanx for the band budgie! My girlfriends pop knows the drummer... they play down my way sometimes... check out DoGZuKi if you get the time.

The Prez

The trip between Chicago and Cincy is about 6 hours or so - granted, that is a long way to go for a concert - but it would be worth it.

Joe regularly makes a stop in Chicago. My sister is in Indy and couldn't make it to his guitar clinic (even though I begged her to go to get a few pictures and an autograph - apparently someone needed to work).

hey all... hope all is gong well with everyone this morning... i have a special favor to ask of you if you dont mind... today my grandfather is going in for surgery in ft wayne indiana and i cant be there, which is tearing me up! I am not sure what you are into but could you send good thoughts/vibes whatever his way?!?!?!? i am hoping all goes well, no more colon cancer, no colostomy, no more transfusions, and hopefully more of his pissy strength, defiance, and attitude will come back to help him get through all of this...

thanks...

JUJU: good thoughts headed your way...good luck to gramps....

phy3: beautiful baby....

ovation: PIZZA, beach pizza....its like baseball, you either like tripolis or christies....lol

frenchy du rock: roflmfao!

michelle: nope, as of right now im straight...lol...

clarky: nice, was she cursin you in dutch?

JuJu- I pray for you man...

another stupid joke from gramps:

The Juggler --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Pennsylvania State Trooper pulled a car over on I-81 about 2 miles North of the PA/MD State line. When the Trooper asked the driver why he was speeding, the driver answered that he was a magician and a juggler and he was on his way to Harrisburg to do a show that night at the Zembo Shrine Circus and didn't want to be late. The Trooper told the driver he was fascinated by juggling, and if the driver would do a little juggling for him that he wouldn't give him a ticket. The driver told the Trooper that he had sent all of his equipment on ahead and didn't have anything to juggle. The Trooper told him that he had some flares in the trunk of his patrol car and asked if he could juggle them. The juggler stated that he could, so the Trooper got three flares, lit them and handed them to the juggler. While the man was doing his juggling act, a car pulled in behind the patrol car, a drunk got out and watched the performance briefly, he then went over to the patrol car, opened the rear door and got in. The Trooper observed him doing this and went over to the patrol car, opened the door and asked the drunk what he thought he was doing. The drunk replied, You might as well take my ass to jail, cause there's no way in hell I can pass that test"

Hey Joe (or anyone else important),

Hope you guys produce a live DVD from the 'Evening with Joe Satriani' tour later this year. The G3 DVDs are OK but not enough if you're looking for a 2hr satch fest. I need to hear more live SBM and ITLIS- Starry Night from the Denver G3 DVD really kicked my ass hard and made it straight onto my personal 'best of' compilation.