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prezzy - nu metal crap? last year was awesome! manson, korn, chevelle, disturbed, cradle of filth are nu metal in some way or the other, but they were defitely the show! they kicked ass. Shadows fall Jon Donais had some killer solos. Sadly, Zakk Wylde was rubbish. You like Zakk more than Kirk?

This year the only worthwhile bands on ozzfest are Judas priest and dimmu borgir. Nonetheless, it will be good minus BLS and Superjoint.

dang! I must have just missed Joe last night.

ovation 1 that is the problem. now I am gonna have to be careful and worry all the time. no more hot rodding for me for a while. that is what sucks. I love hot rodding in cars, its on fo the coolest things besisdes guitar and stuff. its gonna suck. oh well, when I'm 18 I can do whatever I want to my car. I am not gonna trash it but I can do "stupid" stuff and hav fun without having to worry about my folks or whatever. unless of course I still live with them at 18. bu7t yeah, thanks for the concern.

Joeman9 yes it doesn. I know I will earn their trust eventually. just a matter of time. but I am gonna have to be safe now. boring. lol.

Moogz I dont konw but I like that song. I am listening to it right now. cool

My wife dragged me to a Diana Krall concert last night zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Seriously, Diana's current guitar player Anthony Wilson has got game and it was an additional reminder that we who are serious about guitar should always take time to listen to what good players of other genres are doing.

Info about Anthony here

JoeApestrociani - Why don't you like ITLIS?...?

"My point of the argument was you can't give the total credit to Jimi, and at times I think that there should be other musicians that are looked into more."

I agree with you on both points, and I doubt people here want to give all of the credit to Jimi. There's a difference between you saying "He shouldn't get all of the credit." now and you saying "No one would give a hoot about him." or his albums would have "sucked beyond imagination" earlier, though.

"A lot of people listen to hendrix, but I think they should take the time to listen to other guitarists, who also have had a big infleunce on music."

I also agree with you there, and I'm sure others do as well. Still, though, the fact that people may not listen to other musicians does not make Jimi any less influential as a guitarist.

LOL! You can thank mikesb for that one. ;-) I figured if he made me look at it, I might as well make everyone else look at it too. Haha...

Mari thanks how have you been?

JS_JS well don't be upset. Hate to be a cliche'd person but better safe than sorry man. best of wishes

Dear Joe (or anybody that would like to chance an answer),

Have you played in Australia, ever?

I'm one of those who claim to be your biggest fans and so (likes to think) would know if you had indeed played live here. I notice Nestle there complaining about having to travel 700 miles to catch one of your shows, and asking you to play in Salt Lake City. Nestle claims to be a long-time fan, in the US, who has never seen you in his home town. If Nestle's complaining about having to travel within the US to see you live, what chance to us Aussies have? I'm not justifying Nestle's gripe, but it brings one to reconsider whether holding one's breath waiting for you to visit Australia, is going to bear any fruit in the end. Joe - don't be like every other American muso that only decides to share their gift with those south of the equator way after he has grown ear hair long enough to plait past his neckline. We want to see you in your prime, too!

I've held you with such high esteem, Joe, since when I read about you and "Surfing..." - friends thought I was MAD to order it from overseas and pay $28 for Surfing - on tape mind you - when it was just released because it was classed a "rare import". I've bought all your albums - most multiple times because I love your music so much, if I play it to someone and they just have to have it too, I say "have mine so you can start listening to Joe right now!" and I go buy it again. Your music means so much to me I love to share it - it feels like I'm sharing a bigger part of me. You have literally been the theme music for my life.

But the signals I'm receiving is that you won't come out here to share your music with Australia, live.

If this is so, "Why?"

MIKE B - A tip from married man to married man. The D. Krall is good to have in the "Mood" stack.

As far as listening to other genres of guitar players, of course! That is what moves you forward. and not only guitarists but other instruments as well. Sax playesr are great for long legato lines. Charlie Parker, Kenny G aaagghh just kidding!!! Piano players are good for learning new voicings and new ways to get from one chord to another.

JS_JS - the first thing you have to do to be able drive at 18 is make to 18!!! The roads on the Olympic aren't the straightest. Take it easy.

Clarky, Monster Zero, and all others who are interested,

I posted my thesis on my web server so you can take a look at my incomprehensible ramblings if you so desire. The address is:

http://mail.rochester.edu/~jp010k/thesis/Prince2004_final.pdf

I'll try this fancy technique explained in the posting page to see if it works...

Jon's thesis

Let me know if it isn't working, but I tested the page and it should be fine. Again, the title is "Perception of Western musical harmony: Effects of perceptual stability and experience." Thanks for your interest!

So, it's ten to five in the morning and I'm still awake. I love being a student!

Eva, all but 2 songs on the set list you posted are KILLER! They could leave out Frantic and St. Anger, but I guess they have to play something from that cd. It will kick ass either way. I'm just grateful their not playing ALL St. Anger songs! *Thank ya Jesus!* I'm REALLY looking foreward to seeing Godsmack again. They kick an incredible amount of ass!! I haven't seen Metallica since '98 - the ReLoad Tour - or as it was called - the ReWah Tour. lol! P.S. - "962 umm, so... scrote = fucky-fucky?" I laughed for about 5 minutes straight this afternoon when I read that. Your too funny! lol!

I watched the VH1 Metal Moments thing again tonight. Best part - SKID ROW! lol! They showed Sebastian doing the most bad-ass vocals ever recorded! Those first 2 albums were killer!

THE MOON is absolutely fantastic tonight. All of you should poke your head outside tonight and take a look. It's amazing! I came home from work tonight and sat outside for about 10 minutes just taking it in, saying prayers, and giving thanks. Moments like that are what it's all about.

civgeek, love the greatest hits from Sly and the Family Stone. I remember catching them on t.v. a few times when I was a kid. They were some far out cats back in the day! lol! They are part of my "life soundtrack" if you will.

CIVGEEK--sounds like you have the bases covered. The RG's are nice. I mostly run my 112 bandit, but when I need to remove the wildlife from the area I use a Peavey supreme 160 on a Crate 1/2.(its F^@(#&^@$ loud)! The axe line is JS4 rainbow (obviously), PRS standard 22, Ibanez ex365 (rodded with a screamin demon, noise-maker) a Peavey "acoustic" (electric), Dauphin classical and a peavey bass. That reminds me, I should go make some noise.

Somebody go come into chat - I need somehting to keep me awake for the next two hours!