Matt, bite my hiney!! lol!

Cheese - Mr Klamatucky Falls 2004

Heya Joe, (SURPRISE!)

Just a quick note, haven't been in touch for years. I only even found out about the OZ tour today, shows you how out of it I have been. Anyway, Sydney and Melbourne look sold out. I was hoping to catch up and give you that pack I have been holding on to. Are you planning a show on the 15th (between Bris and Syd?) I really want to try and get to one of them at least, but Sydney and Melbourne were my best bet. Thanks mate, keep up the awesome work.

OH, the fat lady is singing! Game over.

Joe I just wanna thank you for always putting on a great show...and always putting out great cds....and I just wanna say that one day I hope I can actually talk to you...I hvae seen you in person at concerts....but you just seem to be like a normal person, and that you don't think your better than anyone else, all though your the greatest guitarist in this universe.......I have one question...was Steve Vai a fast learner....my teacher says I learn really fast......and I'm curious......

As always Jam on

civgeek, I found one up on the mullet - the skullet!!

The Eagles LOST!! knew it....now I have to cook dinner for a friend! Oh well, I'm not a great cook....haha! Jokes on him! LMAO!

Estrella: JS and SV left and I didn't get to talk to them..but the story's not over. I will see Steve Vai in MArch and it's just a matter od time before I see Joe! It's OK to feel sad and allow the songs to carry our souls to that place...other times the songs bring our spirit to a higher plane...it's the ying and yang of life. Long as we don't dwell at the bottom for too long, we will rise above once again! ;-)) I've been there with you....

Steven Wilde: Thanks for your kind and beautiful words! You are my Shining Star....you should write some of those words down, great lyrics / poetry!! It was great talking to you this weekend, always a pleasure and losts of fun! Read my post above....drinking won't make your problems go away or make u feel better! It may create another problem in your life and we are trying to have God take away some of those troubles....don't need to add to it right? Things Will get better!!

PunkDude75: Yes, I was very happy to see NUNO there! He deserves to have his name in capital letters. I had to miss his only show in my area wit Population 1 because I had another show that night. I had just started working for the magazine and had a really busy schedule from the get go. I'm sorry I missed him...hopefully he'll be around soon!!

Scheize, 3 superbowls with a grand total of 9 points margin over three games!!!

Why the h was Philly taking sooo long on their last drives???

Word of advice Michelle (from a civil engineer)

Slanshroom: Hey Roy's in da house!! How are you? Is it that obvious....my beaming? It was a great trip even though things didn't work out like I planned....maybe it will be even better! Next year I'll have much more t tell you about NAMM. Maybe we can get you and Clarky there?! hmmm....That'd b so kuul! It was amazing to read about the inspiration and story behind a few of your song. I'd love to hear more...keep making your beautiful music. You are simply amazing! ;-)) growing up in Scotland wasn't all bad ......you became a master of the guitar by trying to escape the bleak weather. Getting lost in playing the music....n a few shrooms. hehe It's all good now Roy, I know I can appreciate life more having been through the tough times in my life. I thought it was going to kill me, or me kill myself (kinda self distructive when I was young) it only makes you stronger.

Mari

So civil engineers are hiney biters?

ROTF!!!

I'm 4 pages behind. I'll catch up tomorrow.

Good game guys *smacks on the bums* lol!

Roo, are you the legendary roo who disapeared oh so long ago from the list?? How ya been?

Mari, once again, we'll have to hear those famous words..."next year". ugh! lol! At least the Eagles chants will stop now. It was a close game. They should have had it. Only 3 fans arrested so far in Philly according to abc news. It would have been MANY more had they won. The fans have been drunk for 2 weeks now. lol!

Ever heard the joke about God being a civil engineer when it came to designing the human body?

MrNick: For a beginner, the first thing is to show them the proper posture for playing: Thumb on the back of the neck, arched fingers, right forarm planted on body of guitar, with strumming hand and arm parrallel to the strings. Show the student the string names, then work on a simple open chord...like Eminor, this will allow the student to try out the chord to attempt to get it to ring clear with no muffled notes, and practice a simple down, up, down, up etc. strumming to learn the mechanics of strumming from the wrist. Usually that's a good first lesson. Actually, from my experience, it's better not to show that student anything flashy, because while it's a nice idea to expand their idea of wht guitar playing can be, you don't want them jumping from point A to point Y, and spoil their foundations. That's why I've always been firmly against teaching kids with single notes before chords. Single note playing requires a leval of dexterity and attention to detail (such as string damping etc) that a beginner doesn't have the patience or experince to execute fully. Learning the chords helps make the movements of both hands feel more confident. I've been teaching now for almost 8 years, so if you've got some real speacific questions about how to do a lesson plan for a student (the big picture: a plan of 3 years or more) or anything else, I'd be happy to give you some advice. believe me, I made my share of mistakes teaching in the beginning, so I'd be happy to help you side step those haha! I hope this helped.