HI all! Brand spankin' new fan here so be gentle lol

I'm a long-time Bowie fan, got into Earl Slick when I saw him with Bowie on the Reality tour, and his work got me interested in so much more (so here I am). I hope that's ok to say on a Satriani site, but why not eh? If you're a music fan, then you eventually get to the good stuff, even if some of us took too long to get there. Thought I'd check out this site and was blown away by some of the stuff I've heard so far... so much more to go.

I dove right in, registered and bought tickets to the Toronto show -looking forward to it.

Any tips for a newbie? Where do I begin? Can't buy all the CDs at once :( any recommendations?

Cool site too, but a lot of stuff here to check out, so any advice on that would be welcome too.

Oh, and I already know "I'm a newbie" posts aren't cool, co you don't have to tell me that one -sorry if I piss anyone off for that.

Fireman-

Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. This too shall pass. My 83 yr old mother had the unilateral 7 or 8 years ago and is still going strong. Don't forget the ancient women of the Amazon tribe underwent this procedure by choice so they could become stronger archers. Wanda will be stronger too. Peace.

Waterproof Soap-

I get where you're comin from. Today IS only yesterday's tomorrow! That's an old Uriah Heap lyric off Demons and Wizards, I think, unless it was Sweet Freedom... 'stealin' when I shoulda been buyin...' nope, definitely off Demons and Wizards. Keep expounding on the subject.

Blue_Moon-

Methinks you've been playin' some harp music down by St. James Gate. Oh, how I crave that creamy goodness... even at 09:00AM. ;-)

SteveeT-

Thanks for the comments on RB. I will look into his currents. I guess this explains why he hates riding in airplanes and likes haunted castles. reminds me, I need to get a new volume pot for my old beater, it's beginning to crackle a bit. Wrong-kind-of-noise gate, indeed.

Satriella-

DEVO has some disabled spin loop lyrics that are, of course, computer-like yet they don't quite compute:

'Remember to do nothing when you don't know what to do The next thing I say to you will be false, the last thing I said was true'

js1200js1000-

Yer on, bro! If we brew it, they will come! Wow .. hydro in a place big enuff to hangar the space shuttle?!?. flippin' sweet! Coulda spent a month or two just grazing... mmMooooooo! ;-)

Cheers & keep on shreddin', yall

CHAD HADLEY!!!

ally, that song sounds great.....you remember the old song lyric that said "I'm just a looooove machine" ??

Well al baby, yer "just a WAH MACHINE".....lol...that came from Chris to U! :D

Alan Mckenna...very nice tune...it's true...you do kick arse...

luvmusicbabe....welcome...how bout Joe's Anthology...covers most of the high points...then you can (in no particluar order) go through his catalog:

Surfin With The Alien

Flyin In a Blue Dream

The Extremist

Crystal Planet

Engines of Creation

Joe Satriani Red Album

Time Machine

Strange Beautiful Music

Is There Love In Space

Super Colossal

Then the Video's:

G3 Live in Denver

G3 Live in Tokyo

G3 Live In Concert

Joe Satriani Live in San Francisco

Joe Satriani-The Satch Tapes

Joe Satriani-Reel Satriani

This would be a good start....then there's the bootlegs...lol

tulsachops....mikesb a Valiant member on this site know's alot about alot...he may have even done an interview with RB?

mine was picked out by my son

Joe man- how are you today? Im rockin out to you as usual. haha. Have a great day. Love ya man. HUGGGGSSSSSS

SteveeT- Joe Satriani the cd, is red? hmm...mine is gray?!?!

To the one who's wife has cancer or who has cancer, my thoughts are with you. Sorry im a little behind on post so i dont know your name :(

How is everyone?

Hi yall,

JOE - Thats gotta be the nicest thing to do...shows real concern for your fans....where else...nobody but you Joe!

peaceandguitars - yep I think you are right there...I alwasy thought that is what your name meant.....it's not hard to guess mine....Satriani...hmm how can I make that girly and show that I am a fan...I know...Satriella.....wake up it wasn't that boring!

luvmusicbabe - I think your name is pretty obvious too...but do tell if you there is nore of a meaning...welcome to the site anyway...it's great being a newbie...I was five months ago...you av picked a great place to be...all of Joes music is fab...and all of his fans are too...I got a couple of Bowie albums too (I did my drawing of Bowie from one of them! - Photobucket.com search Satriella) but ALL of Joes..you just never get bored of any of them...I guess I probably enjoy The Extremist and Surfin with the.....Oh ...there is no point in carrying on with this cos I always end up writing all the songs/albums down....cos you just can't pick a favourite with Joes stuff...it is the original and only MISSION IMPOSSIBLE!

Tulsachops - I just luv that name..
Q:Are we not men?
A:We are Devo!

I have an uncontrolable urge to tell you that my gut feeling is to shrivel up and say Come Back Jonee..is that too much paranoias?

I think we like a lot of the same stuff! What else you into?

slanshroom - Sorry to hear bout the problems you had...but glad to hear all is on the up....its crazy isn't it that people in hospitals etc who are really helping others and making such a big difference barely get anything while footballers, stars, singer etc etc etc get tons....totally unjust and topsy turvy!

js1200js1000 - I always have questions,but never any answer's......ask away I will answer you...I can put it on email now!

962 - Are you OK?

OllyNo1, thanks dude! I'm using Cubase SX2 for recording on my PC. I use my amp through a Hughes & Kettner Red Box Pro, the cabinet-simulated output of which I run into an M-Audio soundcard, which runs it all into the PC. It's a great setup, far more capable than I am with my limited skills at using Cubase!

That's not cool to hear your playing has slipped....make sure you get back into the groove....last thing I heard was a cover of one of Joe's songs (maybe Ceremony) that you did and put on your IUMA site and it sounded excellent!

And yeah, thanks, I'm ok....had a reeaaaalllllyyyyy busy weekend!

Class Act Joe...

Kayla...my cover's Red & Black

Golf Buddy & Friend picked out mine...

Fireman: My thoughs and prayers goes out to you and your wife Wanda also.

A big thank you goes out to everyone........... Especially you JOE . You should have heard the squeal-yelp she let out when she noticed her name in BLUE......... Wow, thanks a million.

Wanda is in very good spirits and is looking forward to the end of the recovery road........ Sometimes we forget just how precious life is and take it for granted. Sometimes we just need to SLOW down a bit and smell those roses...

Looking forward to after all this stuff is done....... I haven't told her that I ordered a new JSX head about 2 days before we found out about this......... Hopefully I wont be in too much trouble...... lol..........

Had my first gig in 20 years last saturday night.... Our annual awards banquet for the fire department. We played 22 songs and rocked the house. Everything from country to Hard rock.... It was 70's retro themed and Wanda looked so very HOT...... We won the best dressed couple contest. I was dressed in the cheeziest 70 garb you can imagine and it payed off.

Well thanks a million all and I will keep you informed.