achoo, yeah my Bass student is no problem - I started him with Octaves, Major and Pentatonic scales, but my new guitar student is more tricky......he's really really beginner.....I started by showing him how to tune the guitar from string-to-string, which took about 15 minutes, then gave him E, A and G chords which took the other 45 minutes. As I suspected, teaching a beginner is much harder than teaching somebody with a little experience!

I've been listening out for the Vai bits...they rock, I think I'll probably get the soundtrack!

Oh, as I understand it, any time you hear a guitar in Halo 2, it's Steve playing it.

upelsinka...______welcome!!!!!!! dont yu think russia is too cold for this part of the year for joe to perform there.

962________u r absolutely right about bush,,,he will surely grap the opportunity with both hands,,,,he has the tendency of playing god and now after re election i think his ego is going to increase even more.....i am eagerly looking forward to the end result of arafats death..........

Guy refuses sex for counterstrike. Funny shit...

Guy refuses sex for counterstrike

Will catch up later dudes.

do the stu - my friend got halo 2 yesterday and brought it round, had a good bit of fun playing- didn't get to hear any Vai though...

Claaaaaaaarky, Where can we hear your finished tracks on your new release?

Joe, Any chance of you starting your own label, like your student's Steve Vai did with the Favored Nations label?

Johnny A. & Johnny Hilland can play, but can't even stand on the same stage with you...except if you happened to be in Nashville one day on tour.

Joe, Now that you're off tour for a bit....get some rest...get some family....post a message to your fan's....record a new CD so we can all buy it....stop practicing so we can catch up...only kidding. Luv Ya Jooooooeeeeeeey ; 0 ]...see ya next year in NYC & LI...I hope!

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Slash Rose - I see you're from Guanajuato. My sisiter went down last year and did two terms at the university. It was amazing to hear her almost non-existent Spanish blossom into an easily formulated conversation. She said the city was great with the exception of the altittude sickness. I was just down in Oaxaca. Can't wait to go back. I really want to work with kids more and help with education so that the children can be better off than the parents. Isn't that what every parent wants?

Do the Stu - People that I know at school are into Sim City. I hang with transportation and planning people. I myself have never really got into it. I do play around with the other software called VISSIM. It is a modeling program for trans and planning. It's fun especially since I didn't have to pay the 20 grand for it.

Arafat - It's not surprising that there are many different sides to the feelings on Arafat's life. Was he a hero? To some Was a terrorist? To others. It all comes down to were your perspective. It also comes down to the fact that of all the people in the wolrd the ones that teach tolerence (insert religion here) seem to be the ones that are the most intolerent. The circle of intolerence between the Muslims, Jews and Christians. Many of the problems in the middle east could be solved if there wasn't this underlying hatred for someone else only on the basis of religion. It is truley stupid.

Got to go more later.

Steve T, Travis - This is one of the things that has always made me wonder. People are always saying things about that sweet Marshall tone that Joe used to have, but didn't he use the Boss distortion and the amp for power only. I may be wrong, so someone clear this up for me. I personally would love to get an H&K, but for now I have an old MP-1 that works pretty well. It ,as many solid state products, lacks a bit of the tube warmth. It works out well though because my other guitarist has a Marshall and you can easily hear the difference in the two guitars. I think it helps the songs fill out a bit with different tones.

bahduh

"damn/??????_____ or whatever yu cal yurself. weak low life indeed._______________who you?or arafat.do yu think that arafat was a coward?strange!why,may i ask?coz he does not know that yu exist..........lol. "

I exist he doesn’t

"i personally think that arafat was a revolutionary figure,,,,,,,i dont give a fuck what some of yu people think.............so if yu dont like arafat keep it to yurself and shut the fuck up.

You have some anger management issues here. You should respect others opinions even if you don't agree with them. Otherwise you come off sounding shallow and immature.

Do The Stu

"bahduh - DamIMissNamm's "weak, low-life cowards" comment was referring to the suicide bombers who are linked to Hamas. Strapping explosives to yourself and killing a bunch of innocent people because you disagree with their way of life or their nation's government or military is one of the most cowardly things you can do."

I couldn't agree with you more. How big of a pussy does it take to then blame the other nation’s government for it?

962

"Now that Palestine is minus it's leader, is this going to be the opportunity that Bush takes to flatten Palestine and let his friends in Israel take the West Bank?"

Dude get your crystal ball in for repair. This just isn't going to happen.

Jazzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzy

"Go look for consistency in religion. And speaking' of my friends the Catholics; when Cardinal John O'Connor (RIP) of New York and some of these other Cardinals and Bishops have experienced their first pregnancies and their first labor pains and they've raised a couple of children on minimum wage, then I'll be glad to hear what they have to say about abortion."

Who told these women to have a litter of snot noses when they and the usual dead beat just got hurt at work looking for a handout or a lawsuit liberal dad can't pay for them?

Screw abortion, let's neuter these mindless receptacle units and save the tax payers the expense and society the grief of watching their little lying dick cheese what’s in it for me liberal convicts grow up.

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I think you might be interested in this. Jazz Concert in Chi town

Cuthbert

Yes I have seen it, good flick.

THE PREACHER'S DONKEY

A man bought a donkey from a preacher. The preacher told the man that this donkey had been trained in a very unique way (being the donkey of a preacher). The only way to make the donkey go, is to say, Hallelujah!"

The only way to make the donkey stop, is to say, "Amen!"

The man was pleased with his purchase and immediately got on the animal to try out the preacher's instructions.

"Hallelujah!" shouted the man. The donkey began to trot. "Amen!" shouted the man. The donkey stopped immediately.

"This is great!" said the man. With a "Hallelujah" he rode off, very proud of his new purchase.

The man traveled for a long time through the mountains. As he headed towards a cliff, he tried to remember the word to make the donkey stop.

Stop," said the man. "Halt!" he cried. The donkey just kept going. Oh, no...

"Bible...Church!...Please! Stop!!," shouted the man. The donkey just began to trot faster. He was getting closer and closer to the edge of the cliff.

Finally, in desperation, the man said a prayer..."Please, dear Lord. Please make this donkey stop before I go off the end of this mountain, In Jesus name, AMEN."

The donkey came to an abrupt stop just one step from the edge of the cliff.