Please, donīt talk about Religion or food, because Iīm starvinī..

Galen looks cool,!!!!!!!!!

Clarky ...your comments regarding learning the guitar sound as if they could have come from Joe himself...well spoken...and oh so true...

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Happy belated MOWLIE-200o and POWERSLAVE (Maiden is my Fav. Aces High for G3!!)

ALL ENGLISH FOOTIE FANS - Sorry for the loss: of all the people to loose to.

ALL FRENCH FOOTIE FANS - Congrats: I assume victory over the English is always nice.

BRO AL - Nice hat!!!

THEBOB - The PAF Joe is availible at Dimarzio's website www.dimarzio.com I don't know if they are availible in stores or not. Hope that helps. I have also found their tech dept very helpfull.

SMALLDUDE - Welcome in

MARI MARI - Tall and blonde. You should be an EASY spot in Sweden. LOL

STILLGOT THE BLUES - Thanks for the heads up on the Monsters DVD. What was it that you felt was off. I know that he was having problems with his hands and evetually had to put the guitar on the shelf for a while. Do you think that anything to do with the quality?

Hi! I'm getting confused about the scales and diagrams in my guitar book. I would ask my Dad but he is in Iraq. But does anyone know how to read diagrams? Thanks

AAGGH - DITIONS ROUND THREE DING - DING!!

The aaagghhh- ditions this weeek were quite fruitfull and fulfilling. The singer begged off for another week, he wanted to be more prepared. Point in the merit column. The bass player that came in was good. was solid on the songs he learned and picked up the ones he didn't know w/o too much hassle. All an all a very rewarding day . The only downside was breaking my last .009 and and having had a tech be the last person to string my guitar there was no slack at the head stock. Went to the music store right before practice and some tech had bought all the .009s in the store. So, I bought a .010 cuz I only hade a buck on me (college budget). Then, of course, I get to practice and string up the .010 and I have to retune the whole thing to adjust for the extra tension but it never really works so I played the five hours about 10 cents flat. The horror.

Aaahhh all caught up. nighty night.

BEAT LA

Stace, it's a damn shame they're off school for the summer. lol! I'd probably spend the afternoon trying to play along with various cd's! lol! But noooo, now I have the share! hmpff!

Tonight I was playing along with AC/DC's Who Made Who cd. My son was playing SOCOM: US Navy SEALs on PS2 on the internet (on T.V.), and he kept yelling at me because I was making to much noise and he couldn't hear the other players in his ear piece. lol! One of the kids he was playing with said he kept hearing drums every time my son talked and asked my son what the noise was. My son was annoyed and said "It's my mom playing the drums with AC/DC". The dude was like "Cool! I wish my mom played the drums!". lmao! Then my son had to laugh. lol! Hey, I might be annoying, but I'm fun as shit! LOL!

Mikey, I got this beat I like to do that I can change up and add beats with my right hand, or keep it simple. I keep a steady beat on the snare with my left hand, and go back and forth to the toms & snare with my right. I'm constantly doing left/right hits, but the right is taking turns, so every other hit with my right hand is on a different drum (snare, tom, snare, tom, snare, floor tom). It sounds pretty cool, and surprisingly I can get it going pretty fast too! lol! That's when the DRUM FACE comes on! lmao! I hit one beat per tom, or I can stay on one tom for 2 or 3, then change to the next tom for 2 or 3, then go to the floor tom and do the same - snare tom, snare, tom. The problem is, both nights I've found this groove, it was 10:00 p.m. or later, so my husband makes me stop before my neighbors freak out. He said I actually sounded pretty good for being so bad. lmao! He meant that in a newbie loving way. lol!

Mick, my son got a strap for his bass today. He was looking for one with spiders on it, but had to settle for skulls :) lol!

Helloooo Bil! Nice you could come out to play again :)

Stace, "There's something wrong with my dick," is the perfect joke to put between all those posts on religion. lmao!!! You're so funny sometimes!!! lmao!!

ToneCapone, welcome back!

Benny, we got the Sabian 14" XS-20 hi hat. What a huge difference it makes compared to the ratty hi-hat we borrowed that kept chewing up the sticks because it was so bent up. lol!

Eh, Religious talk....boring......Protestants did this, Catholics did this, Methodists did this.......Getting to me! Lets tell dirty jokes instead......

Do the Stu: Congrats on the purchase of Vn'R cd. I agree the album is a strong and kick ass album. Catch them on tour sometime. Dont forget the poppies for scott!

Eh, Religious talk....boring......Protestants did this, Catholics did this, Methodists did this.......Getting to me! Lets tell dirty jokes instead......

Do the Stu: Congrats on the purchase of Vn'R cd. I agree the album is a strong and kick ass album. Catch them on tour sometime. Dont forget the poppies for scott!

Eh, Religious talk....boring......Protestants did this, Catholics did this, Methodists did this.......Getting to me! Lets tell dirty jokes instead......

Do the Stu: Congrats on the purchase of Vn'R cd. I agree the album is a strong and kick ass album. Catch them on tour sometime. Dont forget the poppies for scott!

Don, our Discover card is squealin' like a hungry pig at suppertime. Not only don't kids come with instructions, they don't come with any money either!! lol!

Ahhh, here comes the storm. Thunder & lightning are a' brewin'!

later taters!

OCPS470 - Gnaahh is pronounced "guh-naahh".

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Who told you I have JSX clips on my site? ;-) Hehehe... I have a radio interview and a jam with Andy Timmons up there, but I don't have the JSX demo. I'll be glad to host it if someone can email it to me, though. Go to http://www.csulb.edu/~alewis4/stuff/stuff.html for all of my Satch stuff.

You'll be able to buy hats, tshirts, sweatshirts, keychains, posters, etc...

Hehehe... I like your denial. ;-) "I'm lurking...I'm only here for a minute...this is a drive-by post..."

You're here on a regular basis, and you always will be...just admit it! ;-)

Yes, I was talking about "the money and mistress thing". It was an example of how the Catholic Church sold indulgences... They basically said if you had enough money, you could pay the Catholic Church and certain specific past or future sins would be forgiven. The example (money and mistresses) was from me, but the act of selling indulgences was something that really happened (and I bet they sold indulgences like the one I mentioned). Check out the link that cuthbert1776 posted (click here) for more info about Martin Luther's thoughts on indulgences and some other stuff.

Make up a crazy new rule in your house, accuse your daughter of breaking it, and ground her from the drums whenever you want to play. ;-)

The Bob: haha sorry, it's not supposed to work straight away. Should have warned you. Listen to it millions of times and hear the beat. Do that with all music. Listen to the beat (ignore the trickier stuff) and it may take a long time to get it, but any time you're listening to something just try to tap along. The coordination thing is the end goal, not the immediate goal. The immediate goal is timing. As Austin said, the 1-2-3-4 counting kind of thing.

Nick: haha that story is funny. I agree with your thoughts about scale shapes. I personally would rather know the notes in a scale and know the notes on the guitar. That's how I play bass. I learn the notes I can (or should) play and I find them on the fretboard, all the time learning what notes are where. That way when I play a note I know exactly what value it is, and because I know what notes are in which key transposition is not an issue here either.

Michelle: most cymbals are made of bronze alloys (unless they're the super cheap ones made of brass). You should use cymbal cleaning spray (definitely not soap and water!) stuff if you wish to clean them. I don't, since the only real difference it makes is visual (and they can get dirty very quickly). Try to avoid touching them with your hands as the chemicals cause the cymbals to corrode. Again, this only affects the look of them, not the sound.

In regard to the drums, Pearl Exports are a good choice. Well done there! If I recall correctly, the Sabian XS20s are a sheet bronze type of cymbal, (as opposed to the more expensive to produce cast bronze) and very comparable to the Zildjian ZBTs (which I have). As I said yesterday, these kinds are the cheapest ones that sound any good. If you aren't made of money, these are by far the best choice. They're about a third to half the price of the decent cast bronze ones but as much as two thirds of the quality. Just read you got those ones. Good choice.

Tastey: the dart didn't go right in, only about a centimetre. It drew blood (obviously) but not copious amounts.

Ovation: I had (still have) a 5 piece Pearl kit I bought brand new for super super cheap and got some el crappo brass hats and crash (which I finally broke last year) which was all I had for years. Pretty boring after a while. Can't do much in the way of multi-crashing! And it's one at a time too! None of that two cymbals at a time business! Ah, memories of Mum and Dad's garage! (And the old lady next door...)

Sammy: yep that's right. Guh-naah (those of you who pronounce "r"s lightly could spell it guh-nahr)...

Cuthbert/JS JS: I didn't find anything you've said that I disagree with (in regards to Delfino's thing) so you have my agreement there.

Oh yeah, just remembered (I don't want to edit my previous post, as I couldn't see any errors in it) to say hi to everyone, and that includes you, Joe. I've been watching the old G3 DVD lately (again) and hopefully Thursday I'll get to watch the new one start to finish.

My typing has been horrendous today. If you notice any typos, then I wouldn't be surprised. I reckon I've used the "backspace" key as much as I've used the " " key.

Attempt to post message: in case I mucked up something this message will be removed in edit. Otherwise, it will forever remain.