The concert was excellent last night! We had a great time. One of the guys I was with had never been to JS concert and needless to say he loved it. We all really loved it.

I must admit that I've never seen a more dead crowd up front at perhaps any concert I've ever been to though. It was hard to believe! I wish we could have been closer...but still we all thoroughly enjoyed the show. I'll be talking about this one for quite a while.

I hadn't been to a show since the first G3. I have most of the newer cd's though. I'm loving the "strange" songs y'all are playing. Those are the ones we want to hear. Thanks so much!

I also liked seeing the rhythm parts of your songs played-great playing by Galen. That was a real treat. Matt was excellent on bass too. But I want to know if he's making up words to the songs (the ones without lyrics that is) LOL!

y'all y'all y'all.........

"y'all know wtf ma redneck aayus is tokin baut"...Lynard Skynard sux y'all.....ooooooh that smell....y'all

zen fizzzzle: nice tokin 2 yaur french toasted brain today...remember one thing mon frere,...jaques chirac loves french toast and caviar (avec vine du fromage)/////my fnech sux like a cow searchin for its milk........

me switchin postin mode offff..

Hi, this is a message, from chris, at cheese101 I was wondering if anyone out there who plays guitar know the song SMF, and could tell me Joes Approximate settings on a basic amp. IE: Eq, dist level, reverb, etc. I would appreciate it so much, thanks.

Clarky, mongolized is ok but.....

When the inhabitants of Bab edh-Dhra in the Valley of Siddim south of the Dead Sea start invading look out!!!

I can't wait for this election to be done with. It permeates even your escapes. I'm refering to this sacred place! If winter wasn't coming I'd cancel my damn Cable TV! I never turn the damn thing on since I don't have my DVD Player yet to watch all my great DVD"S. Very soon I will have that DVD Player...

Hello to my friends! I'll talk to yah all soon......Clarky, Michelle, dragonchild, Alexandre, Ovation, Slansroom, JBlaze, 962, Jazzy, Jared Presley,Joeman9, OpticalStudio, Mick87, Do The Stu, VF Rocker, Zenfish and I all my other peeps. I know I;m forgetting some but I need to sleep!! I'm really tired! I'll talk to yah soon!! Miss yah baby! You are always in my thoughts.

Peace on Earth........Joe Satriani Rocks the Universe!!!

Sorry! I hit that too quick! Double post but I spared you! I saw the movie "Hero" last week and it was awesome! I loved it!! I knew I would. The cinematography and the fight scenes were just beautiful. I'm so glad I got to see it on the big screen. Mikey, did you get to see it? I know it came out 2 years ago in Europe. I'm just so glad to finally be able to see it.

Cuthbert: Check out "Trouble Is..." by KWS it is a great album....KWS is a bout to put out a new very rocked up album which he will sing on for the first time....I'm not too crazy about his singing, kind of sounds like a white Lenny Kravitz and nasally. He should get back to letting Noah sing vocals again.

steven,,,,,,,,,,,,,i guess yu r very busy with the shifting thing,,,,i am eagerly waiting for yur mail, hey bro our son will be named very soon and i shall definitely let yu know as soon as we christen him,,,btw,michelle suggested the name''joe''..i think it is cool ,however it is not upto me alone to name him,,so i will try my best to convince my folks...ultimately the baby might be named ''joe''...lol....as for spreading news about yu and atn,,,c'mon bro..it is nothing...yu r dear to me and i will do anything to enhance yur reputation,,,yu and atn are good and so i am not raising the bar un necessarily....u guys have the talent to go far...so carry on and i will be spreading the news of yu guys all over this side...steven do yu have a new apartment..have yu shifted yet,,,,,i think yu are completely hooked up with the movement...all the best .....may yu find peace and joy anywhere yu settle down.steven,yur nephew told me to say hi to yu......lol.....,,,,,prayers always,,,,please mail back soon...regards to yur folks and randell.

suzie2000.....thank yu for the kind words and concern.

zenny....now to yu...thank you....hey bro',,,where have yu been ,,,welcome back,,,are yu ok????thanks anyway...take care.

michelle,,,,,,,first of all...prayers and best wishes to yur indian friend,,,have faith in god and he will do the rest,,,no illness is strong enough in front of him.......thank yu for the suggestion on the name...i think it is cool......however,i have certain norms and there is a culture we have to follow,,,i am a christian but we do have a tradition to follow,,,i will try to convince my folks and see what comes out of it,,,,joe is a cool name.....i cannot play the guitar but his work has been inspiring me since the early 90's...so he automatically become s my idol........btw...i am trying my best to learn how to hold the baby..scary though coz it is still very tender ,,,however the moment i carry it ,all the fears disappears and the baby seems to rest gently on me....i am loving every second of fatherhood .........btw,,the baby says hi to yu.......lol......god bless.....got to go...take care.....all the best to yur indian friend....

jazzy.....yur signs are puzzling me.......be real bro'........i am confused.....take care...

austin..........sorry man,,,i got it all wrong coz this part of the world 100% is maximum,,,,,,sorry......anyway...all the best for yur finals,,,,,,,i guess the 111 helps reduce the workload for yur finals,,,,,,keep me updated on new developments of dream theater.......btw,,,do yu have indian friend in yur university,,,,just curious.....silly me,,..hey bro'''got to go.....prayers always,,,,,

Hi Joe, Has your "Is There Love on Another Planet" been released in New Zealand? I have tried several record stores for months and seen no sign of it. My fault I guess for not asking for an autographed copy :(

Cheers

Hi again Joe, OK, so I boo-booed in my last message. The album title should have been "Is There Love in Space?". My humble apologies.

Zinc Master - Kenny Wayne Shepherd is a very cool blues guitarist...his new album is not really a true representation of his sound. I bought the album when it came out three weeks ago, but I didn't get around to listening to it until tonight (and only because you mentioned Kenny Wayne Shepherd here).

Part of the reason for that delay is the fact that I've bought around two dozen CDs and DVDs in the past few weeks...so it's taking me a long time to get through everything. But still, I haven't really been looking forward to Kenny's album...mainly because Marti Frederickson worked on it. Marti slowly ruined Aerosmith over the past seven years, and it looks like he's in the process of trying to turn Jonny Lang from a young blues guitarist into a John Mayer-ish singer / guitarist... It sucks.

Kenny's situation with Marti isn't nearly as bad as the two situations I just mentioned, and I'm actually pleasantly surprised by this album. It's better than I thought it would be, but it's my least favorite of his four releases.

Go here to listen to sound clips. I rank his albums in this order (check out clips of the songs listed in parentheses):

- Trouble Is... (Blue On Black; Somehow, Somewhere, Someway; Trouble Is...)
- Ledbetter Heights (Deja Voodoo; Aberdeen; While We Cry; Ledbetter Heights)
- Live On (In 2 Deep; Them Changes; Oh Well)
- The Place You're In

Most of Kenny's songs have vocals, but there are also one or two instrumental tracks on each of his albums...

EDIT - You probably already know this, but Kenny Wayne Shepherd was the opening band on the first G3 tour. He was also the third "G" on the second G3 tour.

Also, I highly recommend the two albums from the Liquid Tension Experiment (3/5 of Dream Theater + Tony Levin). Click here...

That album, The Place Your In, was released on 10/5. Kenny sings on most of the tracks, but Noah is on the album as well.

LOL...100% is usually the maximum here, too. I just got some extra points on the test for writing answers that were more specific than what the teacher was expecting.

"do yu have indian friend in yur university"

I've had a few Indian friends in the past (I lived in several different parts of the US when I was younger), but I don't actually have any at school right now. There are a lot of Chinese and Japanese students here, but not many Indian students...

Cheese101- hope you both enjoy the show! :-)

optical - ah.. so if you don't have the funds to improve your rig.. then improve the stuff that really counts..

your playing ability and you soul...

a lil' story.....
me.. I'm a leftie.. I never had the luxury of being able to choose the finest instruments... even if I had the money, the top models are simply not available to me.. in fact, nothing has changed much...
so.. I always played mid to low end models... still do.. mostly RG470s..
anyway, I was playing as a demonstrator for Laney Amps in the British Music fair.. at the time I was playing a Westone Spectrum SX... it was the only l/h guitar that came with anything remotely like a Floyd Rose... so it was my only choice... and personally, I thought it played really well and sounded great too... but it was only £250 [in the late 80s I think]..
so... I was on a one hour break and decided to go walk about around the exhibition with a session player pal [who's one fucking mean guitarist].. we were at the Marshall stand.. there was this American guy.. tan, long blonde hair, red pants, white bikers jacket and a really expensive looking red Jackson.. he was an ok player... solid riffer.. moderately quick.. knew a few lil' tricks with the whammie and harmonics etc.. a very proficient player out of the Bon Jovi / Journey / Sabu style of things.... and knew all the poses too... the crowd watching were like "ooooo... aaaaahh".. and totally blown away...
after he'd finished his little stint, he said to the crowd "anyone want to try.." a guy steps forward... novice to intermediate...playing his best.. sounding ok to a little less than ok here and there... he was obviously very nervous playing in front of people.. and our 'rock star' made fun of him a little... nothing too harsh... but still.. it was not nice..
my pal shoved me in the back and I ended up out in the front.. the guy looks at me and says "so you wanna go too?".. I said "ok thanx.. but I'm a leftie, I'll need to use my own bat"..
I got out my guitar.. he looked at the head stock and said "West-fucking-what?".. and laughed at me...
I asked him if he could shred..he says.. "yeah man.. why.. can you?.. naah... ain't no such thing as a shredder outside of Cali man... so you wanna cut heads?.." still laughing at me...
I said "ok.. sounds like fun to me.."

and I ripped that ass-hole to bits.... and then some...

after 10 minutes he'd run out of he best 'intimidation licks' and just stopped trying "enough enough.. you made ya point man.."
I shook his hand.. and he appologised....
something like "fuck man.. you're quick.. smart player too.. like I'm sorry ya know.. I really am.. I was just being stupid.."

so.. it all ended well... and he decided to like me.. and then ask questions about technique.. lol

the moral?