im sorry...but cheese sammich > all. even. BEER. you're mine toots.

and clarky ~~~~ yah man i take a similar spot. I find it very easy for them to associate better with aeolian though faster than ionian. So i tend to start with that...they can just feel it more it seems.

and coe been dead a long time, ive been doing a LOOOOTTT of writing on my own in the past few months. weening out the trash, trying to find a masterpiece at some point. yeppp gonna be a long time before i toss one of them outta the ol' guitar lol

i've been listening to your stuff right along from time to time. yes thats rigth im stalking you. dont look at that window to your left. (if there really is a window to the left of your computer...WOWWW)

and about the carpal tunnel...im deathly afraid of surgery and the injections i hear for tendonitis work but...well yah im a pussy when it comes down to it. i just cope with the pain...have for a few years. it comes and goes at will...but hey if thats what it takes to play...im stickin it out til i absolutely cant take it anymore.

WE NEED SOME BLUE AROUND HERE. FAST QUESTION:

JOE DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR PET SNAKES?? IF SO WHAT DO YOU FEED THEM??

Clarky--Thanks for the tip on intervals.

hmmm well all it says at the moment is Major US Star playing at the guitar show...TBA 7th April....so I think I will wait to get my ticket....see who it is first.

MagicalTomatoHead - I will be at London and Bournemouth too, so do come and say hi and give me a hug...that bit is mandatory I am afraid....so if you are a Hugaphobic....stay away from me! LOL

Keniko - Glad things are going well, hope you find a suitable gig soon.

Civgeek - Good luck with your potential band...keep us updated.

Clarky - Have you lost your job....blimey charlie...dont see you for months then you write a ton of essays HAHA good to see it though....you were just filling in for me while i was gone weren't you. Hey....be it at Joe gig or LGS come find me and give me a hug!

Do the Stu - As Clarky.....good to see you back...not just back but back with a vengeance! You mentioned Rush....well Neil ... thats a real bad situation he was in. I recently got a Rush tribute CD with Mike Portnoy and Paul Gilbert...its great...but Mike was singing neils praises, totally mega replica drum kit he played...er and bought for himself in the end.

AmirK - thinking of you.....twas a terrible thing to happen.

Tracie - Please update me on your situation, I have been thinking of you, but I haven't had to much time to read the posts lately.

Joe Satrini - oooooooooo riiiiiight....yeah I get it now LOL I may be a cross between a goldfish and a tortoise but I get there in the end...er....with a little help from my friends hehe.

Maximagnet - Be patient, hang in there....a watched kettle never boils so they say....but in truth it does eventually!

MariMari - you are a lil angel....sorry i havent replied to email yet....will soon!

Hugs to All

Hey Joe . . . . I wonder if it's gonna be you at the London guitar show!? That would be very cool . . ..(-:

Hope you're doing well!

Hello Sandy . . . .Yep things here are just beyond crazy and it's driving me up the wall!!!!! ARGGGGGGGGGRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clarky:Its Pro Tools LE by digidesign i bought with the 003 console, the latency prob is nothin that cant be worked around, just a pain in the arse really, i defused the atom bomb inside my head by havin a few ales yesterday, sometimes its wise t step away from gear

circus of muppets lol would make a good name for a band, maybe my own if i could find more muppets like me as far as explaining my playing eh... i,ll maybe have t commission you or Phil Hilborne lol

Cubit:Aye i,ve heard that pedal, it does sound good, all the sig stuff is kinda overwhelming at times, but must say Joes solo & lead tone on "Matt is your Dentist, sorry Joe its always goin t be that for me courtesy of Michelle lol" is killer, wonder if he,s using his sig pedal on it?

Dear Joe, I know it's seems to be a meanless question but please..... could you tell me what brand is a leather hooded jacet you wear very often. Black leather jacket with hood and a golden zip.

I think that Rubina choose most of your clothes but I would be grateful if you could inform me about that great jacket.

Matt K.....u know....u might need cheese rehab :)

All joking aside though, carpal tunnel is nuthin to mess around with....there are stretching exercises you can do to try to help, and braces you can wear...although I know you can't wear them when you play guitar....but...check into it. Stuff might help put off surgery a little longer. Oooo and maybe cheese sammiches make it worse? ;)

Snakes Joe??? Umm.....

Sandy...hope things are going well for you with all your changes. For me....time has stopped. Need to keep my head above water, but also need to find a way to actually care that it's above water, if you understand. Kind of at a point of....life is going to do whatever it wants to me, and I'm not expecting anything good anymore.

It's nice that we have a preorder link through the homepage now. I've also looked at CD Universe and they have both versions of the album listed, which makes me think the special edition will be fairly easy to come by (at least initially).

I'll hold out and hope that I can find that version at Best Buy on 4/1.

Phydeaux_3 - Yes, wolf2's posts have always been like this. I skim them, but I've stopped reading word for word.

I haven't been around much during the past two years or so, but I don't think anyone has ever been banned from satriani.com.

As an aside, I had an aftershow pass to last year's G3 show in L.A. and I had a very nice conversation with Joe, Jeff, and Mick about Roadshow. It was really cool to talk to them about something non-Satch related for a change...haha.

Clarky- Yeah I like the German 6th. Sorry I didn't reply sooner I just got an Ovation doubleneck and haven't had the time to type. I'm really slow. At typing anyway. I've been working on the solo from Blue Bossa as played by Robert Conti. It's quite different from the way I normally play. When I get bored I like to learn things I normally don't play like bluegrass licks, Norah Jones stuff, classical parts, and then I'll get sick of that and go back to shreading. As far as the mode thing goes it's just too much typing for me. But I agree you'll get a better grip by playing against a root tone and comparing the different intervals each mode has. I just don't have the ass to type it all out.

Maritime- Thanks for the Paul Gilbert info. Man I love hearing that guy and I'm ready for some new stuff. If I listen to Radiator one more time I think my CD player will explode.

Austin / Cheese - yeah, everything is fine personally. I just don't use this account anymore, and was an idiot and posted my real name on the bottom of almost every post, and ran into some problems because of it. Using the name "gruskada" was a bad idea, too.

Thanks for asking.