Hello,

Hey Joe,.I was there with you at your birthday last year at the conrad hotel,my brother(Emir)(Satrionic1) was there too.I REALLY MISSED YOU SO MUCH! we will come to see you real soon. Your new album is so beautiful and unique,you are something else i think.'Come on baby' is the meaning of my life,thank you for every song you made and please keep doing what you do. Wanna say "happy birthday" for your coming birthday. And someday if you ever see me or my brother in front of your door,please don't be suprised alright? :-) Please take care... Send our best to Mrs. Satriani & Z.Z.

I'm getting antsy...I want the rest of Joe's California tour dates so I can start planning my road trip!

I didn't see The Happening, but I've never been too interested in any of M. Night Shyamalan's movies.

Have you seen The Strangers, by any chance? I thought that was a great twist on the typical horror movie.

I'm almost positive Why was included in the webcast we got from the SBM tour, from Joe's gig in The Netherlands. I'll try to find it on my computer...I remember the concert being in four parts.

Crystal Planet is one of my top three Satch albums (along with ITLIS? and PSATMOR). The Extremist was one of my early favorites, but I haven't given it a proper listen in a long time. I'll need to get on that soon. On the topic of rare songs, Joe played Motorcycle Driver a few years ago...I think it was on one of the ITLIS? tour legs. That was a nice surprise.

Thanks for the link to your music. I do remember checking out a few of your songs a while ago, but I'm not sure if I commented on them. I don't have time to listen now (it's late and I need sleep), but I will again soon. If I haven't said anything in another day or so, yell at me and post the link again. ;-)

Joe Satrini - Yeah, the Sansa View is small (2 inches by 4 inches or so, about the size of the older iPod Nanos) and light. It has a pretty big screen for its size, if you want to use it for video playback (I haven't used mine for that, but a sample video came loaded on it and the quality is much better than I would have expected).

I have the 16 GB player and the amount of music it holds is just insane. I'm sure you saw my post a few days ago (Is that what started this whole discussion?), but here's what I have on it at the moment. And that's even at a higher bitrate than normal (192 kb/s).

Yeah, you could get an MP3 player with a hard drive upwards of 30 GB, but flash players are advantageous in so many ways (faster, lighter, smaller, fewer parts that can break). And with the Sansa specifically, the drag-and-drop interface makes it so easy to change everything. So you can get by just fine without extra space (but if you need it, there's even an expansion slot for a flash memory card). Sorry for sounding like a commercial, but I really love this player...

Getting back to Satch...yeah, I think JM and SH first started playing with Satch on the SWTA tour in 1987 (I don't know if Joe toured in support of NOTE). So the videos you just posted are probably some of their earliest moments together. You can hear audio from the SWTA tour on Dreaming #11 and the second disc of Time Machine. And then of course there's the show on the DVD in the 20th anniversary edition of SWTA. I'm sure you know that though.

But you might not know...Joe played guitar on a few tracks on Stu's first solo album, Radio Free Albemuth, in 1988. And Jonathan Mover played drums on Stu's next album, Kings Of Sleep, in 1989.

I'm a bit fuzzy on Satch's early history because I didn't discover him until the late 90s. But he toured with the Bissonette brothers for The Extremist, and then brought Jonathan Mover back for the JS95 tour...I think with Stu as well. And Jeff Campitelli was involved with that tour in some form, maybe playing keyboards or rhythm guitar? And drums on a few songs too, I think. I don't know, though... JM and Joe had a falling out on that tour...it was discussed here a few years ago, if you dig through the T2J archives you can find it.

OK, I could talk about Satch forever...but I need sleep.

I still have my SC notes...I'll post them soon.

I've been wondering.....When Joe leaves for shows around the world, does his family go with? Or do they stay behind?

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sometimes they go.....sometimes they stay.

They haven't been with him so far this year...

But they were with him on the Super Colossal tour....ZZ did the filming for the podcasts.

Hugs Satriella xx

hey hello there!!!

have you noticed that the new song of coldplay viva la vida its just like satriani's "if i could fly", like they stole the song and put it just the letter, cos its just so similar

here is a video of you tube with the two songs at the same time, at different tempo and key.....now i know why the song is very popular; because they copy it from satriani which is one of the best at composition

Good Morning Satchland.....How Are You ?

Here's a real important issue that MUST get resolved and they're looking for help. Sign the petition(you don't have to donate $ if you don't want to)

Capitol Studios Faces Threat from Condo Construction Project

Hollywood's pro audio and music communities are in an uproar. As reported in recent stories in the Los Angeles Times and other media outlets, the widely acclaimed acoustics of Capitol Records' historic recording facilities in Hollywood face a very serious threat from the proposed construction next door of a 16-story condominium complex and underground parking garage that would accommodate 242 cars.

The Los Angeles Planning Commission officially approved this development project. The L.A. Times reported on June 18 that Capitol's parent company, EMI, appealed to the City Council to overturn the approval. On June 24, the L.A. City Council's Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) Committee considered this issue in a public meeting, hearing testimony from speakers representing both sides of the issue, including Maureen Droney, executive director of the Recording Academy's Producers & Engineers Wing, who expressed NARAS' opinion that the development should be modified to protect the studios' ongoing operation. The PLUM Committee then voted “in favor of strict noise controls,” as reported by the Times' Bob Pool, as part of its recommendation to the full City Council to grant permits for the construction.

Multiple Grammy Award-winning producer/engineer Al Schmitt and numerous other independent musicians, composers, engineers and producers have publicly voiced their concerns over the potential effects of the project's nearby construction on Capitol's studio operations. In particular, they're concerned about the impact of the parking garage's excavation on the integrity and quality of Capitol's eight unique subterranean echo chambers that were specially designed by Les Paul in 1956.

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Schmitt agrees that the construction noise could potentially impact Capitol's business. "I know guys that have had studios that they built a subway under, and every time the train went by you'd have to stop doing whatever you were doing-and people stopped going to those places. I think the ideal situation would be maybe if [construction crews] worked from like 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning until 6 or 7, or maybe 8-usually [sessions] don't start before 8. That would be one solution. But I don't think they'll do that.”

Brockmann adds that the developer has “proposed various mitigations to try and minimize noise and interruptions, and I hope they are successful. We love working at Capitol and hope nothing happens to ever diminish the quality of that studio.”

The full City Council is scheduled to meet at Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday, July 8, at 10 a.m. to discuss approval of the project's permits.

Heritage Hollywood established an online petition for concerned members of the music community asking Los Angeles City Councilman (District 13) Eric Garcetti and the Los Angeles Planning Commission to halt the condo project.

For more information about this story, read the June 18 and June 25 articles from the Los Angeles Times, and watch the video segment “Capitol Records: Losing Sound and Losing Ground.”

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Do The Stu......Yeah ,I knew what you ment....but had to throw that in....lol....

michelle......Did you see the post on Black Tide in Guitar Player? Hugs....

cheese...... I hope it went well for you and you're not feeling to bad. My dentist wants me to remove my wisdom teeth. Just the thought.....shiver me timbers....lol....Hugs.....

Have A Great Day Everyone......

BTW.....Joe on Workshop Live. Go to the link from the home page. Type in the word "Boogie" and watch Joe and Dave Martone go through Joe's "live" pedal set up. Very interesting and very informative. A must see.....check it out.

It seems somebody is on top of this Cold Play issue. I went on You Tube and the vid has been removed due to copyright infringement by EMI. Check it out.....

lol you've heard what i think of coldplay.

but joking aside i think it might be coicindence, but it is eerily familiar. what annoyed me was the garbage the coldplay fans were spouting about joe when 90% probably arent opened minded enough to given him a chance because he doesnt grace NMEs elitist editorials.

for americn cousins NME is brit music mag which is notoriuosly snobby,howver its spelling is better than mine-lol

laters amigos!

BIG SATCH FOR PRESIDENT!

DOWN WITH COLDPLAY!

COLDPLAY-BOO!BOO!

Do The Stu - Austin : Thanks for your comment. I missed that when you post it. I'm willing to do another video but with my Intellballs or my light clubs...I want to ask you man, how do you have the time to respond to everybody, that awesome man! I'd been studing these days and i Couldn't post a thing, breaking my promise to joe of doing it everyday to convince him to see my video...Sorry Joe Anyway, thanks for the comment man, it really means a lot to me.

Juan,

What do you think about a Joe's soft collection album? That would be fantastic!!! Don't you think? A compilation of great soft songs from the master of sweetness...jajajaj What songs do you think Joe should add on that album?

Saludos desde Argentina