Benny, I'm 7 pages behind myself, but I just saw your post. Glad gun crime isn't a regular thing. Today my mom told me that at a club they go to, less than a block away from their home, a guy was shot when he went outside to leave. I'm not sure of the all the details, but she said the guy was about 65 yrs. old and stopped in for a beer. On his way out, a few kids outside started calling him names and harrassing him because of whatever his baseball cap said. They wanted his hat, but he kept walking. They shot him in the back, and he is now paralized and can't walk.

No, guns aren't for hunters; they're for kids! Just kidding, but it's serious.

DelfinoPie - Linguistic comedy? That sounds like a fun essay...LOL. :-)

Tell us about yourself... How did you get into Satch's music? What are some of your favorite Satch songs? What other bands do you like?

Some fans might like other things about the music though...and it doesn't make them lesser fans. I get what you're saying, though...

Let me know when your website is up and running...

If you don't want to pay more than $40, only put $40 in your wallet. Put the rest of your money in your pocket for the time being... That way, when you approach a scalper, you can show that you only have $40 that you want to spend on a ticket. If it gets closer to show time, the scalper might get nervous and just give you the ticket for the price you want...

Hey Michelle, thanks for the otep link. Thats exactly how I feel too. I think they have nailed it right to the point, and it isnt surprising that I am not the only one feeling as strongly about it. Thanks again.

ok anybody that can answer this... what is the difference between the old Surfing With The Alien and the remastered version?, i am on a hunt to getting all the original albums of Joe's instead of burnt copies from my brother thanks!

The Bob.

I dont know.

DamnIMissNamm, I somewhere have the tab for the arpeggiated section. I'll dig it up this evening. Also, check out www.ibanez-guitar-players.com I think you'll find some useful stuff there about it, but I culd be mistaken.

Aparrently GTA Sand Andreas is the daddy......You have to go to restaraunts to eat and work out at the gymn. If you eat too much you get fat. If you smoke too much dope you can't run very far before you get outta breath. Awesome, can't wait for it on x-box!

Last night was The Sopranos Season 4 finale....

Pastafarian, I reckon you're gonna love season 4 when you get round to it.....it's nuts.....everything kinda changes and gets a little darker, but there's some bitter-sweet resolution for Tony at the end. It's great. Sorry, I'm trying not to give away the storyline.....it's so good tho!

Jazzzy, Would you explain why you have this under your name?(Listen to 100.3 Minnesota's only smooth jazz station).

42 Years of Guitar playing?

2297 Where you at!!

Off to school.

Jazzy - interesting that you listen to stuff but it don't influence you...
my take is that in some small way, it may well infuence you when it comes to note selection, the vibes of the track etc..
I personally don't play along with Pink Floyd.. as a player it just don't rock my boat...
however, I really enjoy listening to them....
although I don't play along to their music, they have definately influenced me in some way...
my best guess is that their song writing approaches, moodiness and soulfull elements have penetrated my sense of creativity...
so their influence although indirect is still in some way present

all that being the case, I personally don't believe that there is any such thing as "100% original"...
it's all a matter of the combinations of your influences under the guidence of your imagination...
a powerful imagination coupled with very diverse influences will definately create some very unique stuff...

Pitch Axis, or Parallel Modulation [which is the correct term] is where you change the key centre over a common bass note... it creates lots of great tonal colouration and can be a very expressive tool when it comes to creating and resolving tension simply by note selection alone....
I do it all they tme in all my music.. it's a large part of my creative style... and yes.. Our Blood [the t2j track] is riddled with it...

me? insanely fast?... lol... I've never really thought of myself as being that fast... fast enough to cover most of my needs... but not crazy fast like the Petrucci types....
in truth, I never really practiced it... not in the "sitting with a metro playing scales" manner....
I learned the scales to provide me with a means to visualise the neck.. so that I 'know' where everything is...
but mostly I studied real licks.... broke them down.. learned them real slow.. and gradually sped them up until I could play along with the track..... eventually, and without me really noticing... the speed came.... followed by accuracy [although I am in truth a bit of a scruffy player.. especially when compared to the Petrucci types..]

technique aside though... I always aim at being an exciting and passionate player... so for me... speed is an effect... like a delay or a phaser... I just turn it on and off / mess with 'note densities' to create an effect...

Zen - I agree completely...

there is a huge difference between being influenced by someone and ripping them off...

Clarky: Good advice there. About the influence, I probably am influenced by a bunch of guitarists, just not aware probably. Most of the stuff I came up with though, I dont find it correlating with any of the guitarists I listen to in particular. But all together, maybe I built something from various guitarists. I fully agree about Pink Floyd's ability to hit moods really well. I think David Gilmour plays the right notes at the right places. It not excess or little. I am impressed that I did pick up on the pitch axis because knowledge of theory is pretty bad. I play smooth jazz for 80% of the time, because its got a lot of feel to it. But my goal is to become a damn good metal guitarist (Megadeth, Dimmu Borgir, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Pantera...). You see the contrast here. So sometimes I feel like I do not know where to start while practicing. I am not very tolerant with books, but I do not mind reading tabs. I have this book called Metal Lead Guitar vol. 2 by Troy Stetina. Do you think it is any good? Maybe you should write a book sometime :)

SteeveT: I have been playing guitar for 34 years. I started playing air guitar in 1982. Then I switched to a toy guitar (with buttons only) in 1986. I started playing an acoustic in 1992 and then switched to an electric in 1994. But you can still count on me sucking :) About the mp3.com files, I did have some files up but then they restructred the entire website so they took my stuff down. I am planning to get my stuff up there again but I am also looking at soundclick or other websites. If you have contact with Ollyno1uk, he has some of my files. You could ask him.

edit: btw, I am 22. I used to play guitar in hell before 1982.

Cuthbert: 59% americans are dumb...lol I belong to the 41%...lmao

Hey!!!!!

What do u think is Satch's best album- I mean I know theyre ALL AMAZING, but whats the best? I reckon its either Flying In Blue Dream or Crystal Planet or The Extremist. Just wonderin-c ya!!

i vowted for tad nugant dawn in texaas.