Mr T.

Well Stevee, not only a talented musician but a cunning linguist as well!

gotta have Joe: One might be how the smart of a hacker there ever can be... but in this forum there's always The webmaster; mr. Luini. So even if anyone could make a false message as mr. Satriani, it would be deleted and corrected pretty fast!

...Go tell your father...and his friend!

...and tell also, that you heard this from an adult.

Ovation1: Hi, Mikey! I missed mr. Vai's gig here in Finland...once again. We'll see if I'll ever see him live with his own band...damn!

Zenfish (and all you T2J-symphony creators): Damn! ... Your idea is simply beautiful. I've been pondering for a couple of days if there could be a way for me to participate..............but no. During my three decades lasting journey in music (mostly rock, but only good music, which is not a subjective consept) I have composed several pieces of art which I'd love to share with for example someone like you people in this community......but them are only in my head and fingers...and I don't have the equipment to record...or proper knowledge of making notes or tablatures (besides they come from deep down of my soul and I've practised and put the finishing touches to them for years, so I'm not sure if even Joe the Man himself or anyone else could play them like I do; like they are supposed to! <= anybody disagreeing...don't! I'm sure that Joe as an artist doesn't question that.) ...and even if I'd have the time (which I don't at the moment) I don't want to be a delay for your project saying: "Wait for a couple of months while I solve my problems."

One day, people...... one sunny day I'll do it! Until that, I wish you a productive and rewarding journey!

SUP JOE!

Hey anyone that answers for Joe, Joe, or anyone that knows the answer to the question....

AussieGman- Well done for caring for your parents, there are so many who don't even care about there parents. it must be hard if your not appreciated (know the feeling there, no matter how hard you try it's always wrong eh) Why not try writing your feelings about it down in a nice letter to them, explain how you feel, how they make you feel, that a little appreciation would go a long way - put the right way, it might make them stop and think about what you actually do for them? Try and let stuff that is not your arguement wash over you, you've got enough on your mind. Best to get yourself over the married woman though, just think how much guilt and bad feeling you would have if you split up a marriage? You really would be playin the blues!

CLARKY - clarky, clarky you should be playin and sellin outWembly stadium oooooorrrrrrsum! Space Time and Curvature Exotic - Fantastic finger-work - love the complexity and versitility. Our Blood in their Hands - There is so much passion and feelin in that! You can really feel what you said in the write up - Mutha of Muthas - done in a hotel roome eh (i'm just gonna have to move to Canada)? Did you trash it and have to get out quick before you could finish the song, just gettin into it and it stopped ooohhh. Best till last - PRM Boxter - what can I say -- if that's got warts in it then warts are beautiful things in music, scratching the surface? If that's scratching the surface then give my a full on gash to the core!!!! I have listened to that so many times now I've amost lost the pattern on the plate, figuratively speaking. you should be up there showing Joe how it's done, Ok maybe that's a bit over the top, but at least playing up there with him. You can tell can't you? I am BLOWN AWAY BY YOUR OOOOORRRRSUM TALENT. What's this about a second album? Does this mean I could get an album of your stuff somewhere - pleeeease tell me where?????

Hugs and Hello to all you others.

Thanks so much to SteveeT and 962 - Two more fantastic, talented people!!!

Good Afternoon Satchland.....

Pink Malloy...... I don't know of Joe's practice schedule or if he has one with his busy day to day schedule that he keeps. I do know that he practiced what Joe called the boring stuff before he went to school so when returned he'd be ready to practice the stuff that he liked. If you're looking for something to jump start your practicing I'd suggest picking up a copy of Guitar One's October issue on Monster Chops. There's over a 100 picking excercises designed to increase your picking technique and to develope left and right hand coordination. It has helped me tremendously. The first time practicing from this mag after about 4 hrs. I could feel the difference right away. I haven't put the mag down since Oct. and strongly suggest checkin' it out. It works for me and it should for anyone else. Let me know if you pick up a copy. I'm curious to see your progress or at least if you think it will help you. Good luck.....

OCPS470 Rowashburn: I suppose that maybe the Marshall 6100 is more of a perfect fit with the DS1 than the fender is. I do understand that at some point Vai was using a Keeley modded DS1 and sent one to Joe, but that Joe prefers the stock Japanese DS1 from the 80's. As far as getting Joe's tone, if you really want to do that.....you probably need to start by getting every piece of gear in his signal chain (guitar, pickups, amp, etc etc). Then you need to study where he picks the guitar, what type of pick, and how he attacks etc etc. All of this can be really futile though, because you will still sound more like You than Joe, because you don't have Joe's hands or mind etc etc. This isn't a bad thing btw. For example, I go for a very smooth tone, but most of it is how I use the pick....when I hand the guitar to someone else it usually sounds rough or harsh. It's all in the hands.  

I Know, I know...and I'm not trying to get Joe's tone...far from it!!!!

...nobody sounds like nobody, I'm tryng to get MY tone, I'm just using his tone as a inspiration...just like Steve Vai's tone , and Eddie Van Halen's tone.

...These three are awesome!!! And they use diferents sets...but both Steve Vai and Joe use the DS-1 Boss...so I'm trying to understand how they use it. I know Steve Vai use it as a boost for the amp, but Joe gets so much distortion just by using it as main distortion...of course his hands have the bigger part in it, but still makes me thinking...

...well, I suppose the Soldano Slo100 is the best choice for me...

...I just don't want to have so much distortion...but also don't want it to get to weak...

Satriella, re. your question - when I was a kid I was an air cadet (awwww. hehe) and really wanted to fly planes. My granny used to refer to me as "the airman" and it kinda stuck with me for a while and I used it when I first signed up to yahoo 8 years ago or however long ago it was!

The siro part is stolen from Vai - it's his middle name - 'cause, at the time, I was a Vai loyalist and thoght it was a cool name too. I would love to change my e-mail address, but I've had the same one for so long it would take me for ever to distribute revised contact details! Oh well :-P

Captain Steve..watch it with that language...there's ladies around...lol

Satriella...thank you...

off to play in a big honkin Lan Party all weekend gang...

wish me luck... have a good weekend dudes....

peace

Hiya Joe...gotta say, I believe strongly in supporting the artist by buying their material from licensed vendors. I have friends ask me all the time if they can make copies of my cd's and I don't allow it. I tell them to please buy their own so the artist will hopefully keep putting out new material.

Hi Guys, still 4 pages behind but my bed is calling............

Clarky Thanks bro I picked up the soundclick addy on my second run through - lol. I'll check it out over the weekend.

Alexandre ....and its nice to be back bro', life is busy but the call of the 'online family' keeps bringing me back :-) How are things with you?

Anybody want to know where you can pick up new vintage FIABD tour (1990) t shirts for $42 ?

This is Chris, just letting people know what I'm up to if anyone cares, working on 4 songs I am writing for my senior project, that I am very happy with so far. Have a good day everyone in satchland.

Hey Joe, when you're composing on the guitar, do you sit down and write everything down, or do you record yourself, or do you just remember everything? Thanks for everything Joe, You are the greatest, see ya on tour next spring. thanks, chris

A picture of me playing:

Chris

and of some of my gear:

Joe...it's so common place for someone to borrow a CD & copy it...then their friends copy it, and so on...certainly not fair to the artist...when they're trying to survive, and make more music as a way of living...Greg Howe didn't even have a copy of the Jordan Rudess CD you both worked on so instead of giving him mine to copy...I gave him mine to keep...crazy I know, but true!

guitarmeister2005...looks like a nice bunch o'gear ya got there...when can we hear your tunes?

Speaking of copying music for free...you're all free to download mine if you want to...Remix - Chromeboy And The Lava Lamp