Mahavishnu
Brian Currier Newberg, Oregon US
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I was in Wal-Mart buying a large bag of Purina for my dogs and was in line to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog........Duh!
I was feeling a bit crabby so on impulse, I told her no, I was starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care unit with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV's in both arms. Her eyes about bugged out of her head.
I went on and on with the bogus diet story and she was totally buying it. I told her that it was an easy, inexpensive diet and that the way it works is to load your pockets or purse with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry.
The package said the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy behind her.
Horrified, she asked if something in the dog food had poisoned me and was that why I ended up in the hospital.
I said no.....I'd been sitting in the street licking my butt when a car hit me.
I thought the tall guy was going to have to be carried out the door.
:)))))
Cheese - did you really say this. lol
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Sat Apr 5 '08 1:01:16 pm
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dantheman
OH USA
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Hi Joe - great stuff on 'Professor'...my favorites so far are Overdriver (I love the concept behind the song, lol), Diddle-Y (nice keyboard touches) and Asik Veysel.
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Sat Apr 5 '08 1:09:21 pm
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cheese101
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chelle, the pregnant "man" is in Bend, so prolly won't be in Portland next week....but what an interesting story....you always manage to find the best ones, lol..... :)
Brian, Chris and I are getting there as early as possible, 6 hour drive there and check into the hotel first, then straight to GC to wait it out....I hope we'll be near the front so we can actually see Joe, since we're so short =/
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Sat Apr 5 '08 1:17:43 pm
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belkhelfa
belkhelfa karim belfort, belfort france Plays: Guitar (31 years)
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Hi joe i want to congratulate for ure new jewel the tittle is to long for me excuse me i love all the song good feeling with all the album still ure touch ure style and this loving rythm and beautiful melody perfect as usual see u in tour a hope in France ure alway welcome in ure country i work my guitar evryday since i began a day of 1993 when i had my first guitar i always had it its a copy of stratocaster a jim harley i ve customize it new pickup seymour ssl1 she is still a good guitar ive got other guitar many more expansive like a van halen signature but she is cool this strat ive got also two cort a solo series with a fred on bridge and a super3 on neck unsual but cool gotoh poweredd and i ve got a x6 with a dual sound and a paf pro and gotoh powered too my effect is a boss gt6 with a morley wah and an original ts9 my amps is a hughes and ketnner vortex with a 2*12 cabinet i also use sometimes an old analogic pedalfloor a be 5 boss and a parametric pedal arion but the most important is not all this is my finger and the emotion i have when i play hope to see u soon on tour bye
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Sat Apr 5 '08 1:37:50 pm
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wolf2
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...Holy cow man ,i did the old im gonna have to borrow money off you trip ! to my mom about my front suspension i said yes i will need about 10 cents to fix it their my ohlins babe i rebuilt the left one about 3 years ago now the right one front suspension new seal possiblei dont ride stock front suspension man thats insanely insane! you should have seen the look on my moms face thats the second time i done that too her it,s just abig job thats all later wolfie.
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Sat Apr 5 '08 2:03:19 pm
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Do The Stu
Austin Lewis, III Costa Mesa, CA United States Plays: Bass (25 years)
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PhilTheMetalhead - Yeah, Victor Wooten is amazing! I saw him with Bela Fleck and the Flecktones back in October. I can't believe some of the things he does. He'll play notes with his first two fingers on the E and A strings while using his other two fingers to play harmonics on the D and G strings at the same time. Awesome.
michelle - I have no problem waking up super early in the morning, even when I've stayed up until 2 or 3 a.m. the night before. So I guess that makes me a morning and a night person?
Considering it's easy for me to wake up early in the morning and I love going to concerts in the evening, I wonder why I work the hours that I do. I really should find more of a 9-5 thing...
Mahavishnu - I don't know if I asked you about this last year, but have you put any of your photos from the SWTA gig at the Roxy online somewhere?
...Austin...
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Sat Apr 5 '08 2:07:20 pm
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metalpianoman
Michael Fair Lawn, NJ US Plays: Keyboards (38 years)
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Thanks for the compliment JS, glad I could do the song justice
Pro Tools is this recording software that allows you to create multi track recordings, and make mp3s out of the tracks. I think after Joe signed the keyboard, it's now possessed, cause I was able to figure out the drums, bass, rythym and a lot of the lead almost on the first try.
That Korg is the best thing I've ever bought. Last year when I saw Joe, I saw the Karma on stage, which was cool to know that he uses the same keyboard.
I should have the full version on the myspace site by the end of the weekend, I haven't been able to get the song out of my head.
I have some other Joe covers on my youtube site, Satch boogie, Surfing, Flying in a blue Dream, and on the myspace site I have "Made of Tears" and "The Traveller" on there as well.
Let me know what you think, and I hope that I've done the songs justice
http://www.youtube.com/mtg8321
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Sat Apr 5 '08 2:18:07 pm
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cosmic_ape
Aron Ortega Plays: Guitar (25 years)
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...like I said when SC came out, JOE is not 30 anymore... let him grow old, kids... He'll rock the house as long as it still makes sense to him... I don't know about you, but watching the rolling stones play in the superbowl a couple years ago, dancing and squirming around, wearing tight t-shirts like they are 16.... Big NO, NO... at least for me...
I'm waiting for JOE to go acoustic, do a G3 with Tommy Emmanuel, Al di Meola, etc... I'm also waiting on amazon to send me my freaking CD... Apparently, PG's CD got pushed back a couple of weeks, so my whole order is on wait... Stupid Super Saver Shipping!!!!
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Sat Apr 5 '08 2:44:04 pm
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turker
ismail türker olgunlar çanakkale, TURKEY Plays: Guitar (29 years)
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Hi Joe!
I'm from Turkiye. I didn't belive my eyes that I've seen your tribute song for our famous saz player Asik Veysel. I'm very happy now. Thank you for your interest.Thank you for your music. I'm not speak English very well and I want to say you in Turkish: "Kendine iyi bak" (:
Here's a small tribute from me to you: http://rapidshare.com/files/96021632/TapeDeck_1__Mar_01_00-47-52.mp3.html
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Sat Apr 5 '08 3:02:53 pm
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michelle
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I think Joe's chops get better with every passing year. He also looks like he's in better shape every frickin' year too!! lol! Must be all those workouts in Pluto slippers holding his guitars ;-)
Buns of steel don't ship UPS!
T-Bo, Bend, Portland, Klamish - it's all in the same bread basket from over here on the right side of the states. lol! my bad. I saw the show on Oprah. It was an odd story. Like I said, I do fear for their saftey. I hope people just let them be.
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Sat Apr 5 '08 3:10:13 pm
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Blue_Moon
Alan McKenna Dublin Ireland Plays: Guitar (23 years)
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i wonder where he got the slippers idea!! eh!!?
haha my car broke down in a petrol station today, a 30minute drive turned into 2 hours... STUPID FORD
Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat solo is in my head.. the little phrase @ 2.05 is cool
Jamin today with an old bassist friend i jammed with ages ago, went well, its an improv style thing, we just pick a key jam and record then pick the best bits... its fun, jamin tomorrow with my other rock band and already jammed with my band, fun times, exam monday though, got a shitload of questions on pro tools, decibels synths and music theory
But ah well its good for ya
Edited Sat Apr 5 '08 4:22 pm
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Sat Apr 5 '08 4:15:49 pm
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dakawan
barry yeager collingdale, pa usa Plays: Drums (38 years)
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yeah i definitely have to admit revelations is becoming a track that I find myself repeating and I have noticed some others commenting as well ....
i`m really enjoying the album
it definitely hass a good ebb and flow to it
cheese,that dog food story was too funny
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Sat Apr 5 '08 4:18:26 pm
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Ibanezplyr
Randell Mulligan Dublin, CA USA Plays: Guitar (50 years)
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JOE and T2JERS: I have not been on for a bit because I was In the Hospital.!!!!!! My right foot healed over dead skin and it got infected. Verry serious! To combat blood poisioning I've been a couple of rounds of IV anti-biotics. I actually went twice. I'm on the mend now and can't work. (Again) I will have some time on my hands to listen to all the cool new stuff you've got on the web site. I do hope that the T2J3 project is still in the works. Feel free to email me any info. Randell
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Sat Apr 5 '08 4:20:46 pm
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wolf2
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...Hey babage i knew that was you! i mean feeeeeeeewwwwwhhhh!oh okay im good same woman of mine you know i road up to the dentist up their about the little bit of brown stuff on the bottom teeth figured i would get them clean he said to leave it man it,s my mouth getting acustomed to the strength in my body not from haveing a ciggarette so i did road up to the hospital about that bump on the roof of my mouth its from certain special things from a certain woman of mine it goes away you yours the new improved winter time babe your the best! later wolf2 im serious you do aaen performance i know you know that and babe you know I own polaris but i also own artci cat which a certain little woman of mine calls artci scrap! you yourr together were invincible babe later wolf2.
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Sat Apr 5 '08 4:29:57 pm
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Billkwando
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Hey Joe!
Thanks again for coming to Guitar Center and meeting us! I was the guy at Rockville MD with the chromeboy yesterday. It meant so much to me to meet you and talk to you a little bit. You were so nice and friendly and genuinely interested. ;)
Thanks for signing my guitar and I'll be sure to take care of it. You wouldn't know from looking but I actually do play it as my main gutar! As I said yesterday, thanks so much......so much. You were so nice I had to say it twice! ;)
I'll be submitting the picture we took together to the site too! The Ibanez rep was really nice. I waved at your road manager, which was hilarious because I knew who he was but of course he doesn't know me from Bob. He looked at me like I was crazy hehehe
Thanks!
Bill
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Sat Apr 5 '08 5:44:59 pm
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Donkey Hotay
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Do The Stu an awesome bass guitar performance by Marcus Miller you probably missed when we posted this a month ago after Jeff Healey's unfortunate passing... Marcus and Omar Hakim make one mofo rythmn section!!! Plus Marcus' reaction to Jeff are priceless as well!!!
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Sat Apr 5 '08 5:58:02 pm
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PhilTheMetalhead
Phil Birmingham, England Plays: Guitar (24 years)
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Chase_82
I find that chromatic stuff helps to advance alternate picking, finger stretching, etc. If, everyday, for example you play a chromatic that uses all the strings from bass "e" to top e-string, 12th fret "e", then your fluency improves, and you can move on to harmonic or melodic minor scales, or just basic major ones. Maybe increase the speed from time to time. You will find that even some of the most complex melodies become easier with this practice.
Hope that helped.
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Sat Apr 5 '08 6:04:11 pm
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BEARMAN36
Barrie Poole Orillia, ON CANADA Plays: Guitar (34 years)
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WOW JOE!!! What can I say... just listened to the new album for the 1st time...
"Musterion" is amazing, holy key changes... I love the tone. I almost get that feel of vibes back from "Not of This Earth" from that one but at the same time I get vibes from Engines of Creation all in one tune... dark and mysterious!!!
"Overdrive" was killer... that tone you got in the main solo section was over the top and in your face. and crisp and warm.
"I Just Wanna Rock" love that main solo... it steps out and grabs onto you...
"Revelation" is a beautiful song. threw the tunes on my Ipod and took it to work with me and when I had a chance to listen to that one, it brought tears to my eyes, people were giving me weird looks all day. but they were tears of joy.
"Come On Baby" also a beautiful tune... The Intro was one thing totally unexpected, just when you figure it's going one way it goes the other, beautiful Piano tones and the mix was beautiful... I came home from work today and picked up the guitar and jammed out a few times with it... that one said Strat all over it, especially in the middle solo, almost had a SRV thing going there, but then you step up a notch and then it's all Joe... hehe. of course the Ibanez was used on your end, but for me it said Strat. The Vibe is beautiful...
so far that's all I have managed to digest, I'm sure as the weeks go on while I have more opportunities to listen, as always creativity is top notch Joe... Thanks for the Music...
ROCK ON
BEAR
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Sat Apr 5 '08 6:10:43 pm
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cheese101
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my god mikesb...thanks for re-posting that vid of Jeff Healy....I missed it the first time around too and am just blown away....what an incredible talent he had.......just....wow.....
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Sat Apr 5 '08 6:12:10 pm
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