Hey Joe, how are you today? I tink....we...may....need.... a little bit of blue. hehe. :D when ya can! love ya Joe have a great day. HUGGGSSS

Sandy, pshh....i wish it was soon, we dont get her until july :'(....hugs

mthead...oh im doing ok i guess. thanks. hugs

Cheetos, cant wait fer tonight.....have a safe drive....i think yer gone already though. hehe. dont caugh on Joe

im cold.......im sore...and my finger hurts from almost braking it yesterday from punching the punching bag....good thing i didnt brake it...i wouldnt be able to play guitar, then id really have a problem.

Hey Joe saw you in Seattle the other night, you were rocking man! Eric was kind of off and he butchered my fav. song of his (cliffs of dover) w/ impromptu shredding. He seemed kind of out of it and was turning away a lot. I hope he's OK.

Joe you were the essence of insanity. The intensity, precision, and energy you generate is mind-blowing, and it was such an awesome show, thanks so much!!!!! Loved what you did w/ AWYAWM, Surfing w/ the alien, summer song, and Mystikal Potato were awesome too!

just a quick hello.....I'm leaving shortly for the airport to fly to San Francisco. No Photpass as of today.....I've given up hope but I'll still bring one camera, my Digial just in case a miracle happens. I'll see you all on Manday when I return. Lord willing.

Peace. ~mari~~

hi all, This is chris, cheese's son. She wanted me to let everyone know that we are not going to make it to the portland show today, the one where we had the special passes. Cheese is very sick. She has thrown up 3 times, is extremely dizzy, and can hardly talk because of an awful sore throat, She wanted me to let everyone know that was expecting us being there that she and I are very sorry. Wish positive thoughts her way. Thanks so much,

awww my mum.....HUGGSSSSS GET WELLLLLLLLLLLLLL SOOOOOOOONNNNNN!

Hi Joe,

My daughter and I had a great time at the Boca Raton, Fla show a few weeks ago. We really appreciated the opportunity you gave us with the platinum package. Going back stage and then meeting you has given us a memory we will always share. We love the drawing you made on my daughters guitar. Any info on when all the pictures will be sent to us?

Ahhh... giving myself a little break from prog. rock and metal. I've been trying hard at finishing Dream Theater's 'Erotomania' and 'Overture 1928' and a few others. Erotomania is one kick ass song, but one very tough song to figure out. Give it a try if you dare. I'm almost 1/2 way through it, holy crap!

So, taking alittle break from all the unbelievably technical stuff and working on a few Satch, Vai, Dave Weiner, and others. I'm pretty much done with Satch Boogie, started working on that last night, awesome song to play. Finishing Vai's 'The Audience Is Listening' tonight, I hope.

Hi joe, I started learning to play guitar in january this year. I have to say the you and steve vai are the biggest influencies in my music at this time, i remember hearing back to shalla bal for the first time in a sega mega cd advert.

I was just wondering if i could have your permission to make my own version of your surfing with the alien album. its my fav. i played midnight at a jam night last month, It was the first time i played in front of people!

obvioulsy i dont want to infringe any copyrights or make money or anything. But it would be cool if i could send you a finished version for you to listen to. and tell me what you think?

my email is Christopher@thorley4360.freeserve.co.uk

Joe your so beautiful with hair and with out....both ways your look great!

:D.....guess i better go to the post office

ovation 1...Hasselhoff...rules...lol

cheese101...have a great time!

mari...have a great trip........

LADIES & GENTS...

THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE THE BLUES!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fm3RGn8e_Xc&search=blues%20guitar
...aah...uh ..huh... That....was...cold ... aah... .... hoooooh... go in .... ... get warm .... ....

Yeah man! Thant's livin' it! Talk about Norwegian wood ...lol... this kid's the greatest!

And continuing with the Scandinavians.... ..... Yngwie gets down to the mud ... .... in his own way of course!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CwrpThZcCO0&search=blues%20guitar

Born and livin'.... .... YEEEaaaaaaaaaaahhhh!!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=z69QLHzwqmI&search=blues%20guitar

Just feel it...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5ZDtlhegIS8&search=blues%20guitar

Even Gary's got it ....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=i6IO5EN49hY&search=blues%20guitar

C'mon!! Boogie now!!!! Boooooooooogie!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9N2jmPy46zg&search=blues%20guitar

It ain't exactly the blues but it's just plain beautiful... (with a spoon?)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cLresN6yZEY&search=blues%20guitar

This too...well a bit of the blues and a bit of Beethoven... nice angle though

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dcb6VFY538o&search=blues%20guitar

Bye bye blues....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=c__yigcQeyA&search=blues%20guitar

Last one. This is sooooooooo funny..rotflmao...hahhhhaaaaahhahahahahaha hahaha haha

Ladies & gents.. even the gingers' got the blues...haha haha haha ..lol...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1SUTkXl6rOQ&search=blues%20guitar

Satriella --

cuth- wered my mail go? hehe

any one got advise on what to do when your playing hand is so tight even after you have been playing for a while to warm up...

Cookie blues

Chocolate on my fingers
Icin' on my lipps
Sugar, diabetes and
Blubber on my hipps
I keep the night light burnin' in the kitchen
So I can go downstairs and cruise
I got the .... ... ... (need help with this one)
Chocolate-covered-cream-filled cookie blues

STILL ROTFLMAO....HAHHAHHAHAhahaahaahaahahahaaa!!!

sooooo sick...can't function....sorry to everyone I'm letting down by not getting to the Portland show tonight...I had tons of stuff planned fer Joe, to talk to him and get a few signatures for peeps.......

Ken and Wanda, hope u have a great time :)

Kayla --

(edit: Anyone trying this should keep in mind that you DO really need to be careful when it comes to stretching any muscles especially the ones in your playing arm/hand. MASSAGE your arm before to make it flexable to avoid possible injury. Thanks for being careful! Sorry K once again :( )

If it feels weird you should stop for a while and warm back up again. In between it's good to give your arm a massage. The part between your wrist and elbow.

Also you should try stretching your hand backwards...like this:

1. Straighten your hand and hold your arm upright from the elbow up (KEEP IT RELAXED!!! I CAN NOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH!!!),

2. (remember to keep it relaxed) Now pull your hand backwards slowly with your other hand, bending it at the wrist. Feel it stretching? Feels good? :) IF YOU FEEL ANY PAIN STOP IMMEDIATELY!!! This should not be painful!!!

3. Now grab hold of your playing hand thumb!!! In the same way pull it backwards until you feel a slight stretch!!!

4. Massage the arm again and repeat if you like it. Then warm back up again.

I heard this is a warm up routine practiced by John Petrucci of Dream Theater. I do it between every exercise I do and it really works. Makes me feel like a pro haha... like a pro athlete.. haha. Try it but remember:

DON'T HURT YOURSELF! DON'T OVERSTRETCH! IF YOU FEEL ANY PAIN S.T.O.P. IMMEDIATELY!!!

Suzie 2000:Crazy week, bosses fightin n stuff, lol, over me leavin, lmao.Yesterday was a buzz, got t spend loads of hours on the net, anyway turns out i,m still at work with the better boss ie less hours, more pay! happy days.

Zen:No rest for the hammer bro, but its working in my favor.I,ve been working 12 hour days for 2 long, been gettin up at 5.30am train 2 hours work at 8, finish 8pm back at 10, little guitar, the crack opened n slansh laid down the law, i never get angry but i got quite a reaction when i did....cool,lol

Cuth:It would be amazing if this was the rock that cracked the nut though dont y think?

Cro- thanks for the advise man...but...i think it made it worse : ((((

ok....JOE...what must i do???

i dont understand...its like....not swollen, but it is in pain