Mark : cool.

Maritime : The style is by definitiion the difference... lack of style, in all the domains, is a general likeness.

mikesb:bwahaha

Maritime : agreed.. & above all, "Emotional expression over technics".. that's why to me, Beck is all right.

Edit : Sometime, i go back to Django Reinhardt, & realize how much he's by his perfect expressive virtuoso aspect, the best, if there's a best. You listen to him, & simply forget 90% of all the others come after him until this day.. music is hard, very hard.

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Maritime : as already said here, Beck guitar technic is a monster thing, especially the way he plays tremolo arm.. but all with him is under the control of an evolutive feeling.. the genius.

somewhere along the line the word techique became associated with those that only play fast, you also need amazing technique t play slow which converts t emotional expression, however its true 95% of the peeps including pros i,ve heard on you tube cant bend a string t pitch & add various types of vibrato....now thats shockin!

My 2¢ on the whole Zappa thing... let me start by saying that I listened to nothing but Frank for almost a whole decade, Zappa only for almost 10 years, I know his stuff upside down. IMHO he is one of the most gifted musicians of our time, not only musically but spiritually as well. He taught me that no can offend me unless I choose to be offended, that changed my life. Nobody is off limits to Frank, he takes pot-shots at everyone, because after all we are ALL "dumb all over" (& maybe even a little ugly on the side?). He exposed stupidity wherever it tried to hide, even in places no one else ever thought to look. His best quote ever is as follows: "Scientists believe that the world is composed mainly of hydrogen because in their opinion, it is the most abundant element. I however, feel the earth is composed mainly of stupidity, because it is more abundant than hydrogen."

His guitar playing is still unequaled. Only Dweezil sounds even remotely like his Dad used to. Frank's tone was monumental, nobody can deny that. If you get a chance to see the Zappa Plays Zappa tour (seen it twice, going again this Summer!) check it out. Some of the best music you're ever going to hear performed by the best band you've probably never heard in your life (yeah, cheap pun intended!) so do yaselfs a favum peoples.. don't miss it!

You can't write a chord ugly enough to say what you want sometimes, so you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream. -FZ

You will know when you are TRULY a Zappa fan when you can actually sit down & listen to Thing-Fish and REALLY enjoy it. That' takes some getting used to, to be sure.

My personal favorite stuff is off of Shut Up'N Play Yer Guitar, the song "five-five-FIVE" is a brutal favorite. Also, most of the album Läther is amazing.

My last point is just to reiterate what was said by someone else, Zappa almost NEVER performed anything in the studio, he used the studio to chop apart live stuff and put it back together again, somehting like %90 of what he released on albums is actually live recordings, with the exception of albums like Jazz From Hell where there is a lot of syncalvier compositions, done in the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen.

One last thing, if you don't know where my knickname comes from check out these lyrics and see if you can figure it out.

OR... watch the "video" here

Slan... still have to train several years... & then, i could sit on the toilet..

For Zenfish....

chelle, lookit dis..... Musterion at GC Clackamas :) The kid right in the middle of the video, in the red t-shirt...he's the one who got to buy the cab Joe played on...I'm sitting directly in front of him, and Chris is right next to me, just over the red t-shirt's right shoulder....you can even see Chris holding up my cell phone at a couple of points in the video...that was YOU on the other end, LOL!! So now you have video to go with the audio you got to listen to :)))

here's another one, kind of Joe's intro to the night

Well geez, there's so many good videos over at youtube of the GC appearances....this guy has quite a few, here's the first of many this guy did in San Fran

Roy : Of course

Joe, Just wanted to thank you for a chance to meet you for the second time in Portland Oregon at the Clackamas Guitar center! I am proud and honored to be one of your many fans! Is there a tour in the works for the USA and when will you be by Portland Oregon agian? Thanks agian Joe!

Fan For Life!

Hey, folks. here's my Fuzz news article on the Seattle Satriani clinic yesterday. Check it out! :)

As long as I'm on here, I'd like to post my review of Professor Satch.

Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock This record, like Strange Beautiful Music and Is There Love in Space?, is not going to be a landmark Joe record. But it has some very cool tunes. Most of them aren’t new material for Joe as they remind of previous cuts from former albums. Is it worth the buy? Every penny!

Musterion This one kind of blends “Not of this Earth” and “Oriental Melody” in my mind. Then again, that description feels way off. It could be an original moment for this record. Very cool, mysterious, and spacey.

Overdriver Okay, I can’t tie this one to any previous Satch tune, although the refrain would be at home on Strange Beautiful Music. It rocks without rocking hard, and Joe brings back the soloing from his beginning days that we loved so much! In my honest opinion, his “I Am Become Death” string rubbing was ill-placed in this; that sound would be more appropriate in “Musterion.”

I Just Wanna Rock Rejoice, ACDC fans! The tribute is unmistakable, except for the robotic vocals (what if Joe actually belted them out high and R?). Again, Joe’s solo is incredible, and he sounds more like he did in the early years.

Professor Satchafunkilus Totally a sequel to “Hill Groove” from Strange Beautiful Music—cool and danceable.

Revelation You could call this a sequel to “Ten Words.” The pain and hope are in there. Musically and structurally, Joe could put words to this and sell it as a hit single. At first listen, it has “RADIO” written all over it! His solo isn’t over the top, and the refrain is among his top ten most beautiful and memorable. The collaboration of parts towards the end is wonderful to listen to.

Come On Baby Ooh, this will take anyone back to the Joe Satriani blues album! I’d almost dub it a sequel to “Home,” but it’s not as light-hearted and peaceful—much more pleading and persuading. I hope “Baby” concurred!

Out of the Sunrise Okay, this is the most original moment. The piano gives this a great radio classic feel, like something from Jackson Browne, and the song is beautiful. Joe’s guitar tracks kind of take me back to “Clouds Race Across the Sky.” The middle section gets quite fun—the reggae feel from “What Breaks a Heart” returns.

Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat FUN!!! Guitarists, have fun perfecting that opener/closer! This one also brings back the “Hill Groove” sensation—guitar AND organ parts! Bob that head!

Asik Vaysel The opening is very eastern-sounding and beautifully haunting, but the rest is very much a sequel to “Lights of Heaven” from Crystal Planet. Again, Joe’s soloing is terrific!

Thanks Zen Junk! Pretty timely quote right about now, what with the "theme" seeming to be Zappa 'round here right now:
When asked about how to make it in the music business, Joe quoted Frank Zappa, saying, "Get a good haircut. Get a good lawyer."