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BADMAMAJAMA & DC Slater ...hey cud u give me that link which got me to the page where the four full songs of yours were?? i lost it. my hard drive got corrupted so i lost some files....

DC SLATER: isnt ur music downloadable??? i think u shud do that coz its difficult to logon each time and play it online u know ... thanks ... i hope ull implement it!!

bye

hey satch lovers,

this is a hi to all the members of the site coz i am a newbie here. Everyone here seems very peaceful and friendly so i just wanna say HI and convey my regards to those who love SATCH as much as i do!!!

Satriella : ure right dude SEARCHING FOR WAR must change his name....

Rob310...great (2 full days of guitar playing)...how goes it with you?

tracie...what's with the name change...?

civgeek...best of luck with the aggggghhhhdition, and with your SIL....

civgeek....sounds like in order for your sister in law to "be the best person she can be" she needs to grow up and find her own place to live. It's a hidden blessing...trust me...now she's directly out of your hair...lol. Good luck auditioning guitarists...wish I could audition for ya !

Satch-heads....I'm playing at a coming home party tonight for a guy who got hurt by a roadside bomb in Iraq. I guess he was riding lookout in a convoy and spotted something on the road. As he ducked his head inside to tell the driver to stop, a bomb went off !! According to the shrapnel found in his helmet, if he had'nt ducked at that exact moment he would have been mortally wounded...lucky guy.

Al baby, it's only 8:45. Better check yer watch. Miss yer face. Be bop a lula baby what I say!

vptonya, nice talking with you in the chat last night. Your project sounds great. Good luck!

Civgeek, you evil lying prick! lmmfao!! Gotta love family, eh? Maybe yer guitar player can take yer sis in law with him? Just a suggestion :)

SupaaDave, yer a supaaguy. Give that soldier a hug fer us, would ya.

Satriella, I agree with you - searching for war is a bad name.

Rick, good luck man. Chin up.

Tracie aka Cheese 101, you'll always be chee to me :-) Chee-toes, Chee-Tard, Cheebobalulababywhatisay....

michelle: I hear ya girl, and yup, the Denver defense will be a big challenge for them, but I believe Ben Roethlisberger (wow, that was the right spell, lol!) will lead them to victory!.... Denver has got to lose after last week michelle ;-) BTW, I gave cookie (and the girls) a hug for you :-) and by god, if cookie isnt human, lmao, I think she is, haha!!.... She talks to me, lol, and also, I know Moey will guide you guys to the right kitty!! :-) :-)

DC Slater: I'm sure everyone will be happy with your release news bro, we IS kuul, lol!....

Keniko: Beer is good for you, lmmfao!!!! ;-)

FabLawyer of SBM: Right on man, JOE needs Roy' cd!!!!....

Master Yoda: We are doing fine my man, and we are looking forward to the 2nd edition of the T2J cd!!.... BTW, thanks for the update on Clarky, lol, I wouldnt want to have to play self defense to find out, gimme a sword, lmao!!.... Stay kuul bro....

alexandrecaetano: My friend, you and Portugal ROCK!! :-)

962: Amen my brotha!!.... I've got the album too, and it is the absolute best I've heard in a long time, and hell yeah.... There is a lot of unexpected shred as well as the kuulest grooves I've heard in a long time!!!!.... The drummer is the best thing about the band (besides Nuno of course, lol) because his groove is the closest thing to John Bonham I think I've ever heard!!.... AWESOME band!!....

alter_ego_of_joe, yeah I'll see if I can help you out. As a general rule I would highly recommend that you always start off your practice with 1-octave major and minor scales. Play them in different positions, preferably every key going from the first fret to the 12th. Then do some longer scales, ie. modal scales. If you want more info on modal scale exercises just let me know and I'll explain it.

After this, which takes about 10 minutes, I choose to spend another 5 or 10 doing technical warmup exercises. These are not scales, they are just patterns designed to improve dexterity, coordination and independence. Let me know your e-mail address and I'll mail you a document of the independence/warmup exercises that I teach all of my students. If you don't want to put your mail address up here, just mail me - airman_siro@yahoo.co.uk

Another good basic thing to get sorted is left-hand shape. Make sure your hand is relaxed all the time, keep your thumb loosely planted in the middle of the back of the neck. Most of the time it's best with it aligned between your first and middle fingers.

With the end of your thumb in the middle of the back of the neck it increases your reach across the fretboard and improves your hand shape - your fingers should be relaxed and nicely curved over so it's the very tips of your fingers that are contacting the fretboard. Basically, the straighter your fingers are, the more messy and more difficult your playing will be.

Even if you prefer to play in a mostly legato style like Joe, picking exercises are still hugely important. I prefer legato playing but use my 20 minutes of scales and warmups as picking exercises too.

Hope that's of some help to you! Peace

Mikey, with Troy Polamalu and The Bus ~ hell yeah!!! lol!!

GO STEELERS!

Hell yeah michelle!!!!.... The Bus will be on a nonstop schedule in mile high Denver baby!!!!.... Wohoo, bring on the game, yeah!!.... GO STEELERS!!....

WEBMASTER----- Please could you send me the competiton Prize's from when I won it back on the 3rd of November when I emeil you, you told me that you where still waiting on some posters. why advertise a new comp when we have not recieved the prize'z from the last one???????

If you still have not got the posters please could you just send me the DVD and CD, as you can imagen being a BIG BIG Satch fan and not being able to see or hear somthing Joe has done, and it has been out for a long time now......is highley Frustrating.......Please I am on my hands and knees typing this. all these lovely fans that have seen it and taking about it, is starting to get to me................

OTHER WINNERS----- Have you guys got any of your Prize's yet???????????

JOE----- just been listerning to Wookstock Jam again,,,, you guys must have been out of your tree when recording that man.... its crazy..... any chance of playing that live....ha ha ha ha......Time machine / All Along would be cool.

PHRYDON---- Thanks for your reply on the Forum, I have been taking pics every step of the way, Just been taking the finnishing touches to the paint and stuff not long now Its been crazy as I am giging next week and have not even decided what I am doing yet.......I have got a lot of playing to be done...

Catch you later,

Stay Safe Dave

alter_ego_of_joe - First of all, thanks for your feedback mate. I see 962 has already given some great ideas for you, so I just say play scales and modes, in different keys in different positions. And then do it again. And again. Speed comes in time. Just remember, world is full of guitarists who are faster than light, but only a very few (like our mr.Satch) who can ALSO write great music. Speed shouldn't be #1 thing in anyone's playing.

hallo satchland good to be back here let me see satriella i live in greenwhich and is a very very good place bealive me i love it during the weekends it get very busy,are you plaine to come back to london some time?

mthead101 i'm sorry for you bro maybe on the ibanez is just the action that is wrongh try to check the tension on the nek.

hiya t, wat's wit the name change? y was it cheese 101 in the first place?

Hey Joe,Hey people,

I'm a new members of this website and i'm french so maybe my english will be bad. ;) Just want to say , Mr Satriani, i love your songs....but it's so hard to play!!! ahahah Your a really great guitar player!!! Thanks JOE!!

Oh , and i've got one question: When and Where will be the next G3? Is there Steve Vai again?? I love him too!!

SuppaDave...what a great cause to entertain....best of luck!

Rob310...great news...will you be able to post them for us?

fretrider ...thanks for looking....

Satriella ,

wot i didnt plan 4 was 4 the resolvement with the person 2 come rite bak and bite me in the ass . Still i dont care that much am gona bite my lip & get on wid it . Hope i didnt worry u las nite by not posting , had a bit of a nite out with the lads !

Fretrider ,

O dear me , whoops CCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW come bak where hav u gon CCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW . I cracked a joke hardly an insult . I wudnt b worried he/she will come back if they wonna talk2joe !!! dont worry , cccccccccccccchhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllll ouuuuuuuuuuuttttttttttt !!!!!!!!!

Elmi