962 - yeah... I've not been around here much.... I've been really busy at work with a couple of very large projects..
and outside of work I have football training 3 nights per week, two matches on Saturday and another on Sunday..
also the mixing of the album, studying sound engineering
at least I don't have the math thing any more [wife was studying for her GCSE so I was helping her with her homework and revision] - she ended up getting a C which she's well please with
and me.. I'm studying to take my CCNA exam which I need to pass so that I can take my CCVP...

I simply have too much to do...

I've cracked my frequency masking problems.. just a few more mixes to go to fine tune things and I'll be there..

Hello all, Just signed up to this site and I have to ask a question, Does anybody know where a good site is for tips on playing satriani`s style. Other than learing form the god him self.

BeNnels, Why not the G3 events? Have I missed something?

Yeah, there's a limit to how much information can be written on a DVD. The file size of the footage taken at the show would have far outweighed the capacity of the disc, so they have to choose a selection from their set.

PhryDom

I hit 2000 posts yesterday morning and have continued on. I am like the traveling man.

PhryDom...hopes yer's feels better's mate!

hoiguy...coil tap splits the Humbucker to single coil...kinda like a Fender Stratocaster...thinner & edgier...great for a piercing lead w/ some gain, or maybe a light strum w/o gain...it's all a matter of taste. As for which songs...I could guess, but maybe, Joe was actually using a Strat anyway...?

michelle

My deepest sympathies . . .

Hey guys. My first low level lurk recon in a coupla weeks ;-) and if the pace of life at the moment is anything to go by probably won't be back in for another couple.

962 Hope you're well dude, I did start to reply to your mail and saved it in draft but that has gone somewhere. Keep in touch I will try to mail you soon.

Michelle Really sorry to hear about Moey. Hope you feel better soon.

Cube, Dave, Slansh, Fab, Alex, Mikey,Mari, Stace, Clarky, Zen and all the rest of you guys hope you're doing well.

Is a Kinks reunion in the cards?

Suzie - Thanks!! Most helpful...

Thanks peeps, love you all.

:-(

Funny Stuff:

HOW TO PLAY AND SING THE BLUES

1. Most Blues begin with: "Woke up this morning..."

2. "I got a good woman" is a bad way to begin the Blues unless you stick something nasty in the next line like "I got a good woman with the meanest face in town."

3. The Blues is simple. After you get the first line right, repeat it. Then find something that rhymes, sort of: "Got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Yes, I got a good woman with the meanest face in town. Got teeth like Margaret Thatcher, and she weigh 500 pound."

4. The Blues is not about choice. You stuck in a ditch, you stuck in a ditch. There ain't no way out.

5. Blues cars: Chevys, Fords, Cadillacs and broken-down trucks. Blues don't travel in Volvos, BMWs, or SUVs. Most Blues transportation is a Greyhound bus or a southbound train. Jet aircraft and state-sponsored motor pools ain't even in the running. Walkin' plays a major part in the blues lifestyle. So does fixin' to die.

6. Teenagers can't sing the Blues. They ain't fixin' to die yet. Adults sing the Blues. In Blues, "adulthood" means being old enough to get the electric chair if you shoot a man in Memphis.

7. Blues can take place in New York City but not in Hawaii or anyplace in Canada. Hard times in Minneapolis or Seattle is probably just clinical depression. Chicago, St. Louis, and Kansas City are still great places to have the Blues. You cannot have the blues anyplace that don't get rain.

8. A man with male pattern baldness ain't the Blues. A woman with male pattern baldness is. Breaking your leg 'cause you were skiing is not the blues. Breaking your leg 'cause a alligator be chomping on it is.

9. You can't have no Blues in a office or a shopping mall. The lighting is wrong. Go out to the parking lot or sit by the dumpster.

10. Good places for the Blues: a. highway b. jailhouse c. empty bed d. bottom of a whiskey glass

Bad places for the Blues: a. Nordstrom's b. gallery openings c. Ivy League colleges d. golf courses

11. No one will believe it's the Blues if you wear a suit, 'less you happen to be an old ethnic person, and you slept in it.

12. Do you have the right to sing the Blues?

Yes, if: a. you older than dirt b. you blind c. you shot a man in Memphis d. you can't be satisfied

No, if: a. you have all your teeth b. you were once blind but now can see c. the man in Memphis lived d. you have a 401K or trust fund

13. Blues is not a matter of color. It's a matter of bad luck. Tiger Woods cannot sing the blues. Sonny Liston could. Ugly white people also got a leg upon the blues.

14. If you ask for water and your darlin' give you gasoline, it's the Blues. Other acceptable Blues beverages are: a. cheap wine b. whiskey or bourbon c. muddy water d. nasty black coffee

The following are NOT Blues beverages: a. Perrier b. Chardonnay c. Snapple d. Slim Fast

15. If death occurs in a cheap motel or a shotgun shack, it's a Blues death. Stabbed in the back by a jealous lover is another Blues way to die. So are the electric chair, substance abuse and dying lonely on a broken-down cot. You can't have a Blues death if you die during a tennis match or while getting liposuction.

16. Some Blues names for women: a. Sadie b. Big Mama c. Bessie d. Fat River Dumpling

17. Some Blues names for men: a. Joe b. Willie c. Little Willie d. Big Willie

18. Persons with names like Amber, Jennifer, Tiffany, Debbie, and Heather can't sing the Blues no matter how many men they shoot in Memphis.

19. Make your own Blues name Starter Kit: a. name of physical infirmity (Blind, Cripple, Lame, etc.) b. first name (see above) plus name of fruit (Lemon, Lime, etc..) c. last name of President (Jefferson, Johnson, Fillmore, etc.) Examples: Blind Lime Jefferson, Jackleg Lemon Johnson.

Good Morning Satchland......

Did anybody watch the Airbus emergency landing last night live? Whew ! ! ! ! I was on the edge of my seat. The pilot that landed that plane is a hero along with the crew and passengers. A text book landing......The pilot joked that he was mad at himself for stopping the plane 6 inches from the center line. Man that's a great story with a happy ending.

Framus Camarillo...... Welcome to the site. Check this site http://www.worldsgreatestguitarist.com There you'll find a good start on Satriani techniques. They have a brief study on Pitch Axis Theory( the site will explain this) Also downloadable jam tracks. Plus the most important reason to go.....Vote for Satch as the World's Greatest Guitarist....cause he is. I hope this helps.

mikesb.....If you mean the link.....I fixed it. Sorry

Mari..... This is for you. I thought you might like this. Take care.

Peers Pay Tribute to Peter Jennings Wed Sep 21, 7:00 AM

After a lifetime of reporting the news, Peter Jennings became the story Tuesday, as a who's-who of telejournalists turned out at New York's Carnegie Hall to memorialize the late ABC News anchor.

Jennings, who died of lung cancer on Aug. 7 at the age of 67, had been the last of the big three broadcast network anchors following the recent retirements of rivals Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather.

News: Cancer claims Peter Jennings News: ABC's Jennings has lung cancer E! Online's fact sheet for Peter Jennings E! Online There were also dozens of news vets from rival networks, including Rather, Walter Cronkite, Brian Williams, Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, Mike Wallace, Larry King, Andy Rooney, Bob Schieffer, Christiane Amanpour, Judy Woodruff and even fake newsman Jon Stewart. Also filling the seats: Alan Alda, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former Mayor Rudi Giuliani, Tom Wolfe, Al Sharpton and Robert Iger, president of the Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC.

Jennings was recalled as not only a tenacious journalist who anchored ABC News for more 20 years, but also as a devoted family man, avid music lover and a loyal citizen to both his native Canada and adopted U.S. (Jennings was said to carry a copy of the U.S. Constitution with him wherever he went).

"An anchor is what keeps a ship from drifting into dangerous waters," ABC News President David Westin told the audience. "It keeps us steady and secure during the night, and that's what Peter was to ABC News."

Nightline anchor Ted Koppel drew laughs throughout his remarks when he recounted how at the beginning of their four-decade friendship, he was known as "the smart one" while Jennings was "the handsome anchor." Within a few years, Koppel said, Jennings "was both the handsome one and the smart one."

"I felt a thrill whenever I saw him," Koppel said. "Not many people had that genuine charisma, that sort of animal magnetism that makes it difficult to focus on anyone else in the room.

"Peter was famously, at times notoriously attractive to women. Even so, he only married four of them," Koppel continued, amid chuckles.

Recalling his friend towards the end, Koppel said: "Even in his last days, he still filled a room."

The service included performances by Wynton Marsalis and Yo Yo Ma. Bagpipers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police played as pictures of Jennings with friends and family flashed above the ornate stage.

Reflecting how much Jennings will be sorely missed by ABC News staffers, World News Tonight producer Tom Nagorski said that employees now sport plastic blue bracelets asking "What would Peter do?"

Alda, menawhile, praised Jennings' inimitable style as well as his impact on the millions of Americans who watched him every night. "We're left now with just a little bit of snow at the bottom of the screen," said the actor, adding that Jennings was a "truly authentic person."

Mary Brosnahan Sullivan, executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless, spoke of how Jennings often delivering meals to the homeless after getting off work at World News Tonight. "The Peter I knew was somebody of concrete action," she said.

Jennings' two children, Chris and Elizabeth, were the last to speak during the nearly two-hour program.

"There is no way to express how much I miss my father," his son said. "Each day is, above all else, a day without him."

How About some comedy ?

No Spikka English...

A bus stops and two Italian men get on. They sit down and engage in an animated conversation. The lady sitting behind them ignores them at first, but her attention is galvanized when she hears one of the men say the following:

"Emma come first. Den I come. Den two asses come together. I come once-a-more. Two asses, they come together again. I come again and pee twice. Then I come one lasta time."

"You foul-mouthed sex obsessed swine," retorted the lady indignantly. "In this Country, we don't speak aloud in public places about our sex lives...... "

"Hey, coola down lady," said one of the men. "Who talkin' abouta sexa? I'm a justa tellin' my frienda how to spella 'Mississippi'."