evbro- hope your birthday was a good one... I understand about the 22 thing... i was bummed out when i turned 22 too, no more good birthdays.... but i will tell you i had more fun when i was 22 than any other age :)

Not sure if anyone else here listens to Cake but i got their new cd pressure chief and it sucks! whats up with that? got tickets for my favorite local band on the 27th... anyone in the area should come to the Gothic and check out The Films (formerly known as Tinkers Punishment)

Snowing here at the moment and supposed to continue all day and night... kind of fun for the first few times each year...

Well off to go take my dog for a walk and play in the snow, Anyone up for a snowball fight?:) Hope all in Satchland have a good weekend....

I don't like stevet, I think he's a no good evul duer!!

Stace - "All.............. Bets.................. Are................. Off....."

lol..

and......
thanx for everything....
thanx more than words can say....

the music on my new album................
all instrumental, mostly pretty heavy with a few softer moments..
mix a metal band with a choir, orchestra and church organ.. and plenty of tasteless shredding on top...
the influencies are wide and varied from Slipknot to Malmsteen, Bach to Wagner.... Mozart to Vai....

I really hope everyone enjoys listening to it as much as I've enjoyed writing and recording it..

so how would I describe it....???? lol.. grab an instrumental [karaoki] Slipknot CD...
play that at the same time as the sound track to the movie "The Oman"..
and then shred over the top with no class, no taste, no style and a complete disregard for your personal safety...
it sounds something like that.... lol..

Stevee T I would get the 1200 or one of the other JS's but unfortunately my pocket doesn't reach that far.=-(

962 actually most of the places I've looked at didn't list the RGT42, but I'm sure I just didn't notice it(tunnel-vision!). yea I've been thinking about upgrading my current guitar,but then with all I'd wanna do it wouldn't be the same guitar. And I couldn't afford it. It's just too bad 7 strings cost so much cuz I'd really want one of those(mind storm, hands in the air...)

ocps - the soreness could be down to a number of things:
too much pressure when playing?
playing almost flat out for long periods of time will tire you out.. hands.. tendons.. muscles.... they cannot be used indefinately at their limits.... and if they can't recover before they're used like that again then you'll be back in pain every time you play....

ever thought of mixing up the way you practice????

session 1: technique [learn a song / experiment with licks]
session 2: write / experminent with music [write a song / mess with chords and licks, experiment with a new theoretical idea, screw with effects etc]
session 3: write / experminent with music
session 4: write / experminent with music

as you can see... I personally prefer to spend more time working the creative / experimental elements...
I work on technique just to cope with my own music...
if you want to be more technique centric.. make session 3 a technique one.... so you alternate.....
this way you have heal, rest and repair and still work on your music...

Zenfish, I thank France anyway...just trying to show some love & suppoet!

Peace, Love & Happiness...I'll never use that fckn' search engine again!

dubya,

FUCK YOU, AND YOU'RE RIGHT I AM A EVIL DOOER...if you only knew!

Clarky,

There are two major Satellite Radio stations to the best of my knowledge & they share the same satellite. XM & Sirius...have you ever heard of Opie & Anthony, or Howard Stern...they're Rude Radio Talkshow host's over here, and they broadcast over these 2 Satellite Radio stations.

Anyway, Stern just signed with Sirius Satellite Radio, cause he's too vile for public radio...so he's going to a pay radio station Sirius.

Both of these Satellite Stations must have about 200 multiple genre's...several of which are for NEW UNSIGNED TALENT.

The Company I work for has been working with them for about a year, and I've spoken with people on the inside about UNSIGNED ARTIST'S like many of us here.

They said they DO....play unsigned artists....just thought I'd offer you some info to aid in your cause.

When I was there last week, I brought my new CD to hand to them...they will screen it, and if it's good enough they will contact me to discuss an arrangement so it can be put into rotation in the appropriate Genre'.

If you'd like anymore info, I'd be happy to offer it to you...but they're on the web if you want to do some research of your own...you've put in the time with you music...now you gotta get it heard.

Sounds like your music will definitely make it there based on what I've heard....congrats & keep up the GREAT work!

joeman 9,

Money can be a bitch....mostly the lack of it...as you said...

=8(

HAppy belated evbro!

Noppa - Okay, I thought of a few other songs. Some Robert Plant ones were already named, though, so that leaves me with one song.

Dave Matthews Band - Halloween

Dave wrote the song in 1992 about an old girlfriend...he asked her to marry him three times and she said no three times. You can hear the pain / anger / love / hate in his voice as he screams throughout the song.

I'm thinking of this one version in particular...it's from 1993 or 1994. Dave is strumming his guitar like crazy as he's screaming the lyrics... He's playing so hard that the guitar goes out of tune, but he's still screaming over the music. So the music and the lyrics aren't "together" at this point, but it sounds so awesome...

If anyone is interested in hearing this version of the song, let me know. I'll dig through my concerts from that time period, find the correct date, and then give you a link so you can download it...

optical - ah.. that'd explain then why Kirshner would have the tabs to Sponge Bob as recommended earlier...

or would it????..... lmao...

please make a mental note of this station for me....
when I shout that my album is done we'll talk more on this..
any airplay I can get would be awesome....

thanx bro..

it is possible to 'over learn'....
if you try to take in too much it will simply not stick...
so... be specific... choose the subject of the session..
be very specific... focus upon it... and don't be distracted..

Hi everyone!
A little Satch story today, it's a sunny day in Madrid and I went some shopping. Well, in a shoe store located in the plain center of Madrid, they were putting The Electric Joe Satriani - An Anthology!!!!! I couldn't help the emotion :-)

Noppa, 'Child in Time' by Deep Purple, Ian Gillan's spiral of screams... I specially love the version with Joe following the screams on the guitar, amazing.

bahduh, hi, that incident at the friendly Spain-England football or soccer match last wednesday, well, the fact is that because of four dumbs that are always putting their foot in it, they all get covered in.
The great majority of Spanish football fans are not racist at all, the same as English football fans are all not hooligans. I think English press in particular has exaggerated the matter describing Spanish football fans as 'racists'. Perhaps they are using this to discredit the country because we are direct rivals for the Olympics 2012 celebration, I don't know.
Anyway, that stupid part of the crowd that were making the monkey noises uh uh every time a black player touched the ball don't know that there are things we can't play with.
Ah, talking about football, precisely today takes place the biggest derby match in the national football league here in Spain: Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona!!!! What's the most popular sport in India? best wishes

Ya Yo Gakk - How do you know Eric Clapton is to blame? Maybe Jeff Beck didn't want to be on the DVD.

EDIT - I forgot the word "know"...LOL.

Suzie, I agree whole-heartedly, and have to really bite my tongue (in a metaphoric sense) to not get mad at "dubyah" for saying "i think foxhunting is good. kill those dam foxes".

but yeah, the people that really bug me are those, like you said, who come up with some bullshit justification for it. I'm amused by the way theyre saying that they will keep on hunting regardless of it being illegal. That's great, cause it means I can go out looking for a chance to carry out a citizens arrest! I've been wanting permission to beat these heartless bastards for years. And they have the cheek to claim they are the "voice of the countryside"! ARRRGGGHHH! Ok i'm done ranting now too! hehe

Noppa, I'd say the opening vocal on Monkey Business by Skid Row. If that isn't passionate, I don't know what it. lol! As for the fight at the Pacers/Pistons game, I have one word - pathetic. If you can't control your emotions, you shouldn't be in the game. ~ "The NBA suspended Ron Artest, Jermaine O'Neal and Stephen Jackson of Indiana and Ben Wallace of Detroit on Saturday for taking part in one of the ugliest brawls in U.S. sports history. " I bet the owners and coaches were mortified.

YaYo, I just saw a commercial for the Clapton DVD. They started naming off the players with their names underneath their pictures. They said Eric Johnson and showed a pic of Vai with E.J.'s name under the pic, then they said Steve Vai and showed an older guy (it went so quick I didn't catch it but it looked like Joe Walsh). I was like WTF?? lol! I bought the DVD for my husband for Christmas, but keep it on the DL ;-)

962, the march against the war was a good one. To bad it didn't help :( My peeping Toms were painters, not roofers like I first said. They're finally fixing up the place next door. The paint is literally falling off the woodwork. lol!

Alex, I hope you're feeling better soon honey. Yes, I like heavy music. It gets the blood flowing. lol! I like all different kinds of music, but I like when it's crunchy, yet satisfying :) lol!

Ooooohhhh, pizza's here - gotta run !!!