CIVGEEK : HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!! My best wishes !! what a nice wife !!! ..................................................................................................

jazzzzy, thanks for checkin out the music bro! I don't know why it's slow.....maybe cause it's sunday? I have a slow connection anyway, but I always find it criminally slow on a sunday....the rest of the world has f*ck-all-else to do! hehe. Cool, thanks for your kind remarks, I'm glad you're diggin Shining Light! I reeeaaalllly need to get my new system built so I get on with recording stuff again.

I forgot to tell you, I checked out the rest of your soundclick tunes. Very good covers amigo, I don't know all of them but the ones I do know sounded spot-on. Your technique sounds very clean, it's enviable.....you should try recording some Paul Gilbert samples!

Master Yoda:

Welcome to the music business.

Sorry to be so sarcastic but, every battle of the bands type production is generally the same. I have been to and performed in many.

Let me ask you, was the band that ultimately won, on stage first or last?

The person from the radio station you mentioned. Was this the same radio station that perhaps sponsored the event?

The bigger picture:

Everytime a battle of the bands happens there is several bands that don't get paid. Yet the venue just made a killing in drink sales, alot of people showed up. As you know well by now, every band wants to be heard. Most of us want to get a contract with a publishing/recording company.

You need real management by a real managing company. For starters you need to know somebody. It is not about who you are or how good you are when it comes to getting the band known and selling CDs etc. Who do you know and what can they do for you?

Ask Joe, would he be where he is now without Vai getting teamed with Diamond Dave? I am speculating that Surfing with the Alien came out well after Steve Vai's stint with Dave?

What Joe has set up here is totally awesome for you and me! Think of the potential T2J has in this forum, there has already been the T2J CD project. Whjy stop there, I keep saying. What about information resources. Who do we know here on this site. What is the background of some of these people that post here. It is exactly as it is stated a "mesh of streaming conciousness" I say your biggest asset is this site,..and quit playing around lets develop some shit.

The combined experiences of these people here far exceeds many of the supposed greatest think tanks that have ever existed. We create!! Lets begin creating by committee. Lets survey ourselves for ideas. Using this place as a starting point the follow through and the finish. How many hours do you spend here? Why? What is it you hope to accomplish?

For sake of creative royalties we consult some publishing lawyers and set out designing an agreement we all sign for both legal solidarity and comfort. We begin a brainstorming session create a few guidelines to follow. Determine our strengths and weaknesses, set some goals, begin planning an attack of operations, set the plan to schedule of operations, evaluating the plan on scheduled intervals for progress reports we begin to implement the plan.

Takers?

Chime in please! Who are we, who do we know, what can they do for you / us? This does not mean that have to know someone to be relevant, you could be a person with proper resources, or just want to be involved and help get the stated goals accomplished.

Suzie - It is in fact in the same building as 'Spoons. Which is nice... lol. By the way, the smart money's on either Ireland or Wales to take home the Six Nations win this year, I reckon. Which is fine by me, being Irish!!!! My dad's got tickets to see Ireland v Wales at the Millenium Stadium. I'm so jealous...

XtrChessReal - I'm sure you didn't mean to patronise me, but I know all of that. Talent is just the tip of the iceberg, and many artists don't even possess that. Regarding the event; no bands got paid, it wasn't sponsored, and the winning band played somewhere towards the middle. It was an amateur event staged and organised (albeit badly) by a bunch of students at a local college. Whether or not this stuff happens all the time is irrelevant; whenever it does happen people just shrug you off in a patronising manner saying "welcome to the industry, buddy." They can fuck off as far as I'm concerned. I'm not just gonna sit back and take it because it's "the industry". No fucking way.

Master Yoda- That's very convenient for a quick beer then! When we last went there, I thought there were rather a lot of young guys with guitars dotted about- didn't realise it was actually in the same building though! About the rugby, it's just not England's year this year, that's for sure. Both games against Wales and France sucked (for different reasons- we were crap in the Welsh game and unlucky in the French one I suppose...) Still that's the way it goes. I've got over it now, as Silent Shady reminded me, it's only a game (hmm...........) Have a good day in sunny Guildford- I like that place!

Heh, I've posted this befor, but with the hoard of messages, I doubt you read them all and I really wanna know if you'll EVER tour Australia again.

ATN...how are you & Steven doing?

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civgeek...Happy Birthday + congrats on the new Guitar...she's a beut she is!

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Saxplayer--------I here you've got a big snow storm comin your way....yes.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.?

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Babak86....welcome to the site!

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FabLawyer but he's in Spain - and smaller than me. roflmfao man ;-)

CIVGeek Happy Birthday and congrats on the new guitar man ! Cool present, cool wife!

I've made it ! ............. I've got a Zenfish modified nick - lol :-)

VFRocker, welcome to the "Zenified" or is that "Zenifried" club.... Once you are in, you are in!!!

Hey people, does anyone know where i can get a live vid of Joe performing If I Could Fly or Searching??? Ive looked all over the web for downloads but people always want to trade!

I saw the G3 gig In Birmingham UK last year and Searching blew me away! I need to see it again!

Ive never heard If I Could Fly live and im dying to get a copy of that too, if anyone knows where i can get this stuff please help!

Zenfish

civgeek

Congratulations on the new guitar !!

Enjoy

Dmurdoc

WELCOME TO THE SITE !!