Hey Joe, Big time fan here. Caught you at G3 this year, Tower Records and have recently bought a lot of your DVDs (Satch Tapes, G3: Live In Denver, and Live in San Fransisco). I was just curious, how you get that great tone. I know you have a new amp out, can't afford it right now, wish I could. I've heard you use below normal mids, and you use the DS-1 for your leads. I own a DS-1 and I can't get any of your tones. I've tried everything with an equalizer....just can't get it as smooth. Could you tell me how you get such smooth tones as in Always With Me, Always With You, Love Thing, The Extremist, or Satch Boogie for that matter. I'd appreciate it. Keep up they playin'! Love the music.

Suzie2000, no problem, you don't have to be sorry, I'm just an enthusiastic Joe fan! As I think most everyone here is! I think I've picked up that you may live overseas? It's way cool to be able to talk to people from all over the world, or read their posts. Maybe the world would be better if we all spent time communicating like this and getting to know each other.

Woohoo...I had a Bacon Cheeseburger Feast pizza from Domino's tonight. :-)

So...that means I'll get a score print. That also means that your order confirmation won't say whether or not you'll get a score. So I guess we'll have to assume Mikey or someone will remove the reference to the free score once 2,000 orders have been placed...

Good luck hearing back from MusicToday. ;-) I've emailed them several times (about DMB things), and I've only received a response once. Also...you might want to read all of the details about the score giveaway...I think someone on the Vai.com boards said the giveaway was only open to US residents.

"I think it is better to use selective evidence to make the guilty people look bad"

There's nothing wrong with that...but then, Michael goes one more step and takes something that isn't bad at all (in its proper context) and adds it to the negative evidence to make a bad situation look worse than it actually is.

"he was doing something unfavorable in the face of a bigger moral issue"

The "one more step" I mentioned is unfavorable, but it is also unnecessary. If you're okay with that, this is where we disagree.

I wrote out some instructions that are more detailed than the ones on the site here. Click here...

Good music lovers amongst you!

Good evening (morning) from Guildford...

Neal Morse (ex-Spock's Beard) is soon to release a new album called ONE. I stayed up all night for the listening party the other night, and this album is phenomenal- it features the mighty Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater/Transatlantic/Liquid Tension Experiment/Whatever other band he happens to be playing in this week) on drums amongst some other talented musicians.

I cannot recommend this album strongly enough. Go to http://www.nealmorse.com and check out the samples if you want to know roughly what it sounds like- this album is soooo good.

Ashlee Simpson was caught lip-synching on SNL tonight.

http://www.collegehumor.com/news/ashlee_snl.wmv

Hehehe...

EDIT - I changed the link...this new one is better.

JUST GOT BACK FOR SEEING JOE! MY HEAD NEEDS RECOVERY....AND I AM GOING DEAF BECAUSE OF MR. PEAVEY...

bahduh: I dont like WWF or WWE or whatever it is called now...After I realised the whole thing was staged, I lost interest. I used to be a huge fan when I was 11. My fave was The Undertaker.

cheese101: There is probably nothing left for me to say about Joe's concerts that others have not said! He was on fire all three nights and I was super happy to hear starry night, motorcycle driver and Time.

Optical Studio: I will definitely look for a new home! It needs to find its place in life! Try getting online sometime!

suzie: I hate 13. has always bought me bad luck :(

OpticalStudio- again thanks for the offer to upload stuff. We have to go back to the studio soon to finish the recording, so will get back to you! We don't have our own recording equipment, although would love to one day. The reason we wanted to record it at all is not because we think the kind of material will be popular with too many people, but just for personal goal reasons I suppose. Does that make sense? I'm not explaining myself very well this morning, sorry! You said your hands are small- if you span your hand though as far as possible, can you reach an octave on the piano? You don't come across as being what you said a "limited" person? People have funny attitudes to lots of things I suppose, sometimes you just have to think (in the words of the song) there but for fortune go you or I. I think Joan Baez sang it? Sounds cheesy, but I agree with the sentiment 100%! Apart from the awkward shape of some guitars what bothers me more when choosing them is how heavy they are. Before I got SG I had been told they were top heavy, but I dodn't find that at all I love it! Have a good Sunday!

Cheese101- it's great to meet Joe fans on here! Yes I live in England, so the clock (posting time) is about 8 hours out for me- I don't even know how that varies in different parts of the US!

Do the Stu- 13 is not my favourite number. I don't really know what is though! I do think it a bit dumb though in hotels in England (and maybe elsewhere, I don't know) how they never have a room 13. I mean, houses are still numbered 13 and they don't seem to be struck by lightning and crumble into dust?!!! :-)

Jazzzzzzzy- :-)

Hoiguy79- no, I haven't heard of that, will look it up though as I'm always interested in anything that might possibly help! With our kids I think the benefits music can have are completely underestimated by some. I would love to have done some music therapy training, but you have to train full time and not work, and I can't afford to do that. So I just use it in an amateur kind of way, but so what if it helps the pupils! That's interesting that you're a psychologist, I am looking at possibilities at the moment of re-training as an Ed Psych. Apparently there are some conversion courses you can do over 2 years, whilst still working 3 or 4 days a week, so hopefully soon! My husband is currently doing a post grad qualification, so when he's finished with that it'll be my turn!

Just got in and my God, that concert was great. I mean Thursday show was off the chain, but tonight he shut it down. He was in top form. I was more blown away the second time than the first. My cousin really enjoyed the show. Joe did different totally different improves on some of the songs, which was dope.

Punkdude75: There are no words to describe that concert. Just take every son you've ever heard and combine it all in to one giant song. Then you will have about 1/4 of how one of his songs sounded. Man I wish you could of ben there. Next time...

Jazzzzy: Missed you again. Where where you hidin' htis time? I ran in to Zinc Master. We were pretty damn close to the stage. He was in the first row; I was in the second or third row off the left. Im still stunned. When the concert was over, I was the one who was "tingly" down there. Thanx again, you are a great asset to T2J!

I would also like to say thank you to Mr. John S. Iverson for everything you did for me tonight. You do your job well.

Bless you, Steve the security guy. I'll cover the high ground and you cover the low; everything will be just fine.

JOE: Thank you for blessing us with your "Strange Beautiful Music." Your timeless compositions inspire us all. Oh yeah, save all bears indiginous to Chicago; they are counting on you!

Fretslayer, yeah Africa is on that DVD! That song should give a good representation of the Toto sound, it's a kinda big sound, and the DVD is littered with awesome solos from all of the band. Luke's playing is fantatsic - if you really like his playing then it's probably worth getting the DVD just to see! But hey, if you like Africa then you can't go wrong!

I don't know why Virgil left the Vai band.....I'm personally not into Jeremy much. I mean he's ok, full of energy, but I met him pre-G3 earlier this year and he seemed a little full of himself too, like he was trying to act cool cause he's in the Vai band.

Jeff on the other hand, is an absolute gentleman, he's 1st class!

Achoo: I missed you too but I think I saw you. I was with my "new lady friend" and we jetted out right after the show. The lady enjoyed Satch so much that we may head down to Cali in december to see Joe in SF, his hometown. She plans to pay for the trip so I will just relax. Thanks for your kind words man....

Zinc, how was the Platinum experience?

962: Jeremy Colson has the potential of being full of himself. I met him outside of the venue right after Vai's set and he was smoking a ciggy with his whole family. I was outside with a friend and looking at the pics I took of Vai and Yngwie when this really beautiful girl walks up to me and starts looking at the pictures I took. I asked who she was and she said she was Jeremy's cousin. I asked her for backstage passes and she later came to seat and gave it. She was a sweetie and a hottie! The Vai band is good except for Tony MacAlpine and Jeremy.