BAHDUH- only 4 more weeks ! Then 2 weeks off..... can't wait, it's keeping me going at the moment; I've seen a job advertised that I may go for, not sure yet though... btw BLOOODY FREEZING already.....

GUITARMIESTER - saw Yngwie in May- fantastic show.... you asked about cover bands, well it was supposed to be Michael Schenker, but he and Yngwie had a "tiny" falling out so... a band called "Dragon Land" supported instead. I thought they were great, although I think they must have been handed the script of "nice things I MUST say about Yngwie in between introducing songs..."... also at the end of the gig when they were all lined up to take the bow, the singer was in the middle, Yngwie at the edge... Yngwie soon re-shuffled the line up so HE was in the middle LMAO!!!!!!!! You've gotta love Yngwie. I do anyway!

waterproof soap: haha, lol man, I love that t-shirt!!.... Yngwie rules!!....

Big congrats to all the contest winners, and BIG CONGRATS to Mr. and Mrs. Jon Luini and their new arrival!! :-) BTW, Jon, what is the new ones name....

Werd right back atcha' michelle girl!!.... Sweet sweet karma :-)

962: I'm praying it will happen bro.... The guitar world needs that lineup for G3, lol....

JOE: You need Andy for the next G3 incarnation!....

hello Joe how was your day? Mine was good i played guitar all day long! It was fun! So I was thinking about getting an Ovation, any advise on those guitars? I would really like to know what you think! Thanks. lots of love. have a great night.

whats every one up to?

have a great night

hey satchland, who here has heard of or watched the show Extrem makeover the home edition? Well they are in my beautiful town of Sandpoint Idaho, and tomorrow they are having the reveal!!! I am going and I will be on tv. Yippy. lol. I will give a shot out to you Joe! If I get there on time! lol. But is that cool or what? I mean that they are in my town not that I am going to be on t.v. some of you could care less.lol. But yeah just wanted to say that. Nighty night all.

kayla

Kayla, that's my favorite show! What will you be wearing so I know what to look for. Hold up a sigh that says "KEEP IT SATCHURATED!" lol! We'll see you for sure. Have fun, and let me know if Ty is really that cute in person. lol!

Chester, my sniffles are still snifflin'. As for the party, well, you can't really trust me or al to be the bartender, so we'll have to hire out, cause nobody responsible like that comes in the chat. lol! I'll bring the nuts! LOL!!! Yeah, there's a stretch. lol!

hey satch do you really think you can do better than the strange beautiful music album as a whole? so as the extremist... wish u luck from all of my heart

congrats Mr. Luini :)

mari the words in blood & tears r in sanskrit .... i'm not too good at that language .... i'll see how best i can translate it (or get it translated) as soon as i figure out wat ALL the words r. :)

Congrats to webmaster and family, waiting for number3

zenfish. dunno about a sinfonie (spell) wouildnt know how to do one

Hey Joe, I missed your posts but read them thru the link and I would like to welcome you guys to Canada, its great that you guys are recording here in our wonderful country. I hope you are being treated well in Vancouver. Catching any snowboarding yet or are you planning on doing some? I have a serious question for you though, what are your plans for the next G3 tour and who are you considering as your next candidate. I hope you pick either Paul Gilbert or Eric Johnson, remember that its coming up on the 10th anniversary of the G3 so it would be awesome if you and Steve played with Eric once again as a reunion sort of thing. What were your final thoughts on the G3 Live in Tokyo sessions? I, to be honest wasnt all that impressed with it as I was with G3 Live or G3 Live in Denver. I must admit im not a huge fan of Petrucci but I respect him as a guitarist though. I am looking forward to your next album Joe and seeing you again on another concert tour, you totally blew me away at the concert you last did in Toronto in 2004 on tour with Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple.

Hey Joe, Yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Just watched G3 in Tokyo...there are no words to describe the greatness of all of you, fantastic fingerwork - loved it. I was wondering though, either you or Steve mentioned the fact that you grew up together, what are the odds of you being on stage together at this point, so it got me thinking, do you ever see any of your other guitar students from your early years? Do they still play guitar?

Blue Moon - Thought of you as I was driving home yesterday - the moon was huge and right in front of me, georgeous it was, so orange too - I'm not infuring that you are huge or orange by the way lol, just remembered your pics!

Zenfish - You must have missed the post where I said that most of what I say is with humour attached. But I get your point, I wouldn't be able to express my thoughts in French..similar kinda thing.

Michelle - Love the Keep it Saturated idea

js1200js1000 - Thanks for the hello, boy do I need every bit of encouragement I can get at the moment, it all helps. I don't understand something though? If you can get stuff on Ebay, why don't you just buy stuff from this site eh? This is where I got my DVD and it was really quick too. It's soooooooooo Gr8! People who see me type on the computer say they don't know how I can do it so fast and I think well its just natural and easy, I guess that's the way it is on the guitar too for those guys, but they make much better sounds than me - all I get is tap tap tap tap tap tap click clunk tap tap tap - just not the same is it - I know which I would prefer to be good at! G3 EH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RockChild

You don't need Joe to tell you how to become a "Guitar God" :)

Practise, Learn your Theory (scales etc), Make up excercises. get lessons. These few things will help you, If you want to be the best you can be it helps if you can practise alot.

Also use a Metronome and play with other people, It helps with timing and makes for fun practise sessions.

Also a passion for the instrument is the main thing you need, or at least should have.

For free lessions try http://www.cyberfret.com Thats your basic theory, scales, arps, chords etc. Also teaches some nice licks.

oh yeah and hi everyone hope your all well, i would make this post longer but its 9am and i need sllllleepy. Sleep well everyone *yawn*

To Zenfish: Thank you for your response to my message posted.

I appriciate you pointing out the dogmatism I conveyed pertaining to "subjectivism". Sometimes my words are not quite as well presented as I would like. But, non-the-less, thanks for pointing it out. I will try to be more clear.

The unspoken message I was asking: Do people even care about the message I want to convey through music? You see, I have difficulty expressing myself verbally and I know this because people misunderstand what I am communicating. This is frustrating to me. I do not want to have this problem musically. Musical instruments have been the only safe haven for me to really convey what I need to communicate. It has been this way since I was five years old. I just do not want to be misunderstood.

gotta have joe: Yup... like 962 said.... Ovation' are great gits.... The closest you will get to electric IMO, and they are well made, and are easy to play....

Man, I is f*cked up!!.... Me and the neighbors had a party like it's 1999!!!!.... Yo.... I feel good!! :-)