Hi there Joe,

My name is Mike, I’ve had the opportunity to meet you several times and have been a BIG fan for going on 20 years.

I run Guitar KnowledgeNet which is one of the more popular guitar instruction sites in the world. The site has been going strong now for over two years and has helped thousands of kids and adults but now I want to expand a little and start adding an interview section with several of my favorite guitarist. This is why I’m posting this

I would love it so much if you would agree to give GKN the opportunity of a short interview about your approach to theory and playing in general.

I’m sure before agreeing to this you would want to have someone check out the site. You could also point them to the Feb. 2005 issue of Guitar Techniques that spotlighted GKN. I figure this is a long shot but if you are willing please have someone contact me.

I've been busy! And so have you...

GROWLER --

NO! THAT'S NOT ME PLAYING IN THE SNOW! That's some Norwegian kid. But oddly his style is similar to mine...hmmm (?)

Okay! Now... one thing I appreciate is professionalism. Having said that: THANK YOU for the pro insight on dealing with injuries. Like I already said... but more plainly speaking... I DON'T KNOW S***T ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO KAYLA'S ARM! But I still have to say that the exercise I described works fine for me! Thanks again! You didn't piss me off...lol :D Can I call you "Doctor" GROWLER? :)

... And on that note...

Kayla --

How's the arm? I hope it's not as serious as it sounds.
...oh... just read this: ok...so my wrist still hurts....but i massaged it for like 2 hours yesterday and its a little loser (my god i cant spell. lol.) and i can actually play today...so i have been playing for a while.... :DDD....better play while i can!. Thank God!!! ...lol... I wouldn't be able to live with myself if I had ruined your playing career...phew!... that's a chip of the shoulder. Get good now! ,)

ovation1 --

Thanks for the mojo :)

Satriella --

I read about Justyn on your town's paper web-site. Didn't realize you new him. Sorry for your loss.

...Nice place you're living in BTW. Reminds me a lot of my own hometown -- Bjelovar....

Anyway...

About the "a sinch" thing... You see... that's what I originally thought you meant.. but then I remembered my e-mail address listed on my profile... so that kinda got me of track...lol... Just so you know, you can throw virtually anything from the English language at me, and be AT LEAST 95% sure I'll understand what you mean. Sometimes I can express myself better in English than in Croatian...lol... Sometimes I get the feeling that I was an English literature professor in my past life :D So express yourself as you wish. If I don't get it I'll ask...lol .... hey.... .... I just remembered I read somewhere that a person's ability to learn languages or at least the speed they learn at, or how well they pronounce the words, depends a lot on the ears' ability to detect minute details in what they hear (Celine Dion, though of Canadian-French origin, spoke English perfectly after only a couple of months of learning!). Being that I'm a musician, I think that's what is behind my unexplainable talent for the English language. I'm not sure whether it applies to all foreign languages that I'll ever speak, because unfortunately English is the only one I've so far had a chance to learn actively.

Anyway...just saying...I know what you mean...I get the jokes... I just sometimes don't get some of the web-slang. It took me forever to figure out what "lol" means. Thanks to Wiki :).

Oh yeah! (eureka!!!) Matt Murphy = The Blues Brothers!!! ...lol... I knew that name sounded familiar and I just couldn't remember where I heard it mentioned. I never really heard the band other than a few songs ... I remember Murphy from the movie... y'know... ... with Dan Aakroyd and John Belushi ... ... haha that's such a crazy film ....lol....

And yeah! Read my post for the Webmaster. You are not alone! :)

cosmic_ape --

Big thumbsUP for the tune on soundclick! Sounds nice... free software... I don't believe it.... haha.... just kidding ...lol! What did you use?

Hrh Fish --

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Love the bat joke!

I may have missed some posts so I might be asking about or explaining what was already answered or explained!

Webmaster --

What Satriella described has happened to me too. Just a while ago I remember missing a post by Paul Fisher (aka Hrh Fish). Now... I thought I just probably didn't see it and just concluded that it was my mistake. But then Satriella mentioned something similar and I have to say it happens all too often. So... here's what I do:

I click the "Set this message as last read" little blue link and all the pages that I've visited turn back to the "non-visited-link" color (a lighter shade of blue). When I browse again through those pages I often find messages that I'm sure were not there. "Why do I browse again?", you ask. I always like to have a bit of board history for reference, so I leave 5 or 10 pages clickable (the numbers at the top and bottom). In order to mark what I've already read I need to browse through the same pages again so the little page numbers at the top and bottom turn to the "visited-link" color (darker shade of blue). And that's how I noticed this problem.

I hope this helps!

P.S. -- I hope Joe get's back to Dagianni. This guy is for real. I never heard him play but he IS a talent. I recommend Joe checks him out.

Joe --

T2j-ers --

Rock and Roll!!!!!!!

This... ah...hhh...hemmm... takes me back in time... one of THE movie rock'n'roll moments:

ANYONE REMEMBER THIS?

THE POWER OF ROCK AND ROLL? Yep!

Hey does anybody know anything about that cute little guitar?

Keep rockin' everybody!!!

-----------------------------TEN WORDS--------------------------

when i hear Ten Words....i get this empty feeling inside like im all alone cause my sister is gone....and i feel like im loved greatly by someone wonderful and hated by someone i love truely. I feel like theres something very important missing in my life and theres nothing that can feel it just a certain someone. and also i feel like when that terrible day comes and i hear the terrifying news....i'll just fall to the ground and not know what to do, not know how to live, not know where to go, not know where to turn. and....when i hear Ten Words....i catch myself gasping for air.

cosmic_ape...it sounds very nice....

Yeah I must say that's a very nice scratchplate you have there.

Fellow Satch fans, does anyone know if its ok to make videos of Joe's music using backing tracks?

Such as this video of Ten Words:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysJiQBemT-A

Keniko, thanks for the reply and comments. :)

Now I understand it a bit better. As for backing tracks, this site is simply amazing!! Check it out:

http://guitarplanet.free.fr/

Jon "webmaster"A happy satch, i,ve seen so many photos of Joe into the whole concentration, keepin it together bit on stage.The new photos "for me anyway", kind of sum up his music, #1, well done, although curious t know Mari,s shots 2!

Zen:Great news bro, i,m lookin forward to it

Satriella:TV,s n slansh dont get on most of the time, i,m way 2 busy doin other bad things, lol

Heyas Joe,

Great seeing you at the Warfield in SF this past Saturday. Helluva show... loved the jam at the end with Johnny A and Eric Johnson. Thanks for a memorable time.

Hello everyone,

Cheese- Glad to hear it... you feeling any better yet gal?

Slanshroom- Matt put up a review on your cdbaby page:)

Hello friends :-), hello Satchland :-) !!!

What a great days that we have over here in Portugal now, lots of sunshine, hot weather, amazing vibes :-) !!!!

Soon a Talk To Joe friend will be here in my house to visit me :-)).

DCK - Thanks my friend for the e-mail :-). Keep up the good work :-). If i can help let me know please :-).

POWERSLAVE - Much better now for me. Spain is an amazing country, 5 times bigger than Portugal. Many monuments to see and the audience is cool :-)) !!! If you can, visit Spain :-).

OVATION1 - Thank you very much for checked out the Blister song :-)) !!! I like it too. The album has the tittle: EVERY BODY WANTS THE SAME :-). I must confess that i heard only the song Old Days but i saw the guys recording the videoclip in a very old house :-). Pretty cool. I`m with a new projects: probably i will buy the V-AMP Guitar multi-processor to record some stuff in my home and to be more independent about my producer. I think that is very important to me to grow up as a producer and musician :-). My friend Portugal is amazing now, green and blue, The Summer time is closer :-). Have a good week and take care. Say hello to all family and have fun playing Basketball :-) !!! Warm Regards for you!

ZENFISH - You sent me good wishes to my projects (i guess) and i did the same to you :-).

SATRIELLA - Be patience my friend, hope not desapoint you :-). Thank you :-) !!!

962 - i can`t wait to hear the new Andy Timmons record, i guess that he can be the next G3 guy indeed :-). He is very cool. Melodic, tasty, a great guitar player, one of my favorites!! About Joe, i must buy the tickets to Madrid, but i can`t wait to be there :-). No problem about your tune, keep up the great work my friend :-) !!!

OCPS470 - My friend, congrats about the JEMFEST, send good vibes to you and for the new drummer :-). I like double kick a lot. Mauro Ramos, my album drummer kick ass about it :-). When is it the Jemfest? Good luck my friend, all the best :-)) !!!

HRH FISH - Happy Birthday !!!!

WEBMASTER - Thanks a lot for the photos. Amazing work :-). About the European Tour, thanks a lot for the dates in Spain, you rock :-)). You will be there in Spain? I would like to give you a shake-hand :-)) and say hello :-)). later my friend and thanks :-) !!!

SOTD: KIKO LOUREIRO - NO GRAVITY ( if you can, check it out, amazing work, recommended)

Good week my friends and all the best :-).

Luck1001..... Thanks for the link. I'll definetly check it out. Check out my band here We're auditioning bassists right now but check out the media page for "Live " recordings. Nice talking with ya.

Hi Joe, seeing u in june!!.

Gotta a list for G3 Consideration have a look

1. Andy Timmons 2. Paul Gilbert 3. Tom Morello 4. Ron Thal 5. Marty Friedman 6. Tony Macalpine 7. Mattias IA Eklundh 8. Nuno Bettencourt 9. Jeff Beck 10. Allan Holdsworth 11. Guthrie Govan 12. Steve Morse