Big Bunny : be compared to Mr Vai is something very weird for me Bunny, but it's a very big honnor you've done to me today.

Keniko - Do you have any pictures of your SWTA mural? I remember you talking about it a while ago but I don't think I've ever seen what it looks like. Well, I know what it'll look like...but you know what I mean. ;-)

guys check this out

Does anyone know when the tablature book to Professor Satchafunkilis will be out?

Bigbunny, Thank you, hmm, it was recorded on a mic on a lap top, so the quality was a little messed up. It either didn't pick up soft sounds, or distorted some of the notes T-T.

MikeSB - hey bro.. I only found out about the alloutguitar thing yesterday... I must remind myself to thank Rory..
Questions..... lol..
will allout be at LGS this year??
and are you coming over for it?

WELCOME BACK TO PORTLAND(CLACKAMAS) JOE!!!!!!!

I don't know if anyone welcomed you yet.

I drove by the GC on my way into class tonite, The line was pretty small less than 50. I drove up to some guys and asked to tell Joe "hi for me I have class".

I think chee & Chris were first in line! She said they were in line for HOURS. lol!

She just called me, and she's gonna call back when Joe starts playing so I can listen in. How effin' cool is that!! I'm gonna hear LIVE Joe tonight :-)

Nice way to wind UP before bedtime. lol!

Live in Clackamas! lmao!!

4 songs in! FIABD too!! shit man yeah!

I'll tell her al :-)

Professor Joe is splainin' things. lol!

He's doin his stage dance lookin for the sweet spots.

awwww man, AWM,AWY - my fave song......i gave my son the other phone and we listened together. Our first "live" Joe together. lol!

T...and Chrispy ~~~ yer the best man...

phone cut off after the song. i heard almost an hour. to effin cool!

I missed Philly, but I heard Clackamas!

THANKS TRACIE AND CHRIS!!

THANKS JOE!

AL, T's text answer - "LOL & no"

lmao!!

Clarky:lmao,i was doin yer missis on the sly n she let me in on a few secrets

Blue Buffalo, yep, that was me and Chris at the front of the line....u shuda stopped and said hey!

Just got back from GC with Joe in Clackamas....holee gawd it was so wonderful to connect up with Joe again in person....he was fantastic as always, played incredibly, talked and taught and shared so much...then had about 400 people in line for autographs afterwards so no time for photos...but I did take some during the event and got some (I hope) great video, so once I get home will post stuff up.

Mahavishnu Brian, and wife....nice to meet you, sorry I didn't get a chance to chat with the wife but she's lovely!! And even better that she's a big Joe-fan :)

Chris got to ask the last audience question, so he asked Joe about the song Ghosts, what was his inspiration for that...Joe said he was the first to ask him about it, so that was cool...he talked about thinking about meeting up with a ghost and what it might make a person feel like....that he's never actually seen a ghost or met an alien but he writes about them all the time, LOL....and that actually, with the special pedal he used, he loved that little phrase in the song so ended up choosing it for iTunes as the bonus track. Geez, there was more he said but I can't write it all...one guy made the comment that Joe is the new "classical music" of our time, which I think touched Joe.

Oh, and Chris won one of the prizes in the drawings, a new Joe-strap that he didn't have yet, cool!!

Got a chance to chat with Mick, say hey and be careful out there to Mike who was very smiley....and got our Joe-hugs, which I can say....I needed in THEEEEE worst way...thanks Joe.

If I could, we'd head north to Seattle to do it all again tomorrow...but I really can't afford it....we got to GC at 10:30 this morning and $600 later were finally standing in line before 1:30 to see Joe at 6.....Chris spent all his monies ffs...such a dangerous place to hang out, lol!! I can't imagine taking him to yet another GC, Seattle.....my purse coudln't take it!! Wonder if I could leave him here and go by myself.....

There's something so uplifting about just being in the same room with Joe...he exudes happiness somehow....and I plugged into it and took as much as I could. It amazed me that I could actually have feelings of happiness tonight...it's been a long time, and still tough times ahead, but a dose o' Joe helps bunches.

Joe , It was great to meet you again. Thanks for the way you signed my picture , it looks great in my living room. Hope to see you on tour soon !!

Hello.

I am a photographer living i Sweden. I have just arrived back from a photo session in Mathare slum area i Nairobi, Kenya. I plan to make some non comercial slideshows based on photos from the slum and wonder if it is OK to use some parts of the music from the album Surfing with the alien as back ground music in the slideshow?

joe satrini - yes, the last newsletter was mailed out. another will be going out later tonight so check your spam settings and folder and also make sure your account preferences show you are subscribed.

big bunny - upgrade package links will be going up later tonight on the tour page so check there.

do the stu - that's a funny story about being recognized in your same t-shirt! the footage from the SWTA anniversary shows is of varied quality-- we have a decent one of the new york show but it doesn't nearly have the vibe and intensity of the hyde street closer which (since it was in a small studio) has a rougher look. you can see samples of that on the live tracks that are on the bonus DVD. and speaking of crushing day, i lobbied hard to make sure we included crushing day as one of those tracks specifically because we know how much the fans love it and wanted something in decent quality they could enjoy watching again and again. i had a little fun pulling in the three different performances (NY, LA, SF) into that one version. i am currently working on a way to formalize getting some satch content into a virtual tour to small clubs through another company i have (www.virtualvenues.net) and i'm hopeful something will come of that by the end of the year.