dakawan: Cool, another LTE fan! And prog fan as well!! King Crimson intrigues me but not enough to travel to see them, and since they're only bringing crappy mainstream rock bands (Linkin Park, Trapt, Shinedown and the like, obviously Satch is a welcomed change of pace) to my neck of the woods, there's no chance of any prog bands coming here anytime soon. Heck, Dream Theather hasn't been here since 1994!!

Austin: By 2001 I already had both LTE albums, so I wouldn't be surprised if I was the culprit!! DT is now my #1 favorite band. I have to admit I had a fallout with Satch after seeing him on the tour he did with Kings X and DT, hopefully this show will rekindle the flame. BTW, since I haven't bought any Satch CD's since Strange Beautiful Music, which one would u recommend I get first? (I take it it's probably not Super Colossal!! jaja). In exchange for this recommendation, I'll advise you to check out Symphony X. Specially their last 2 albums, Paradise Lost (prog Pantera!) and The Odyssey (prog metal, not so heavy though). Very cool!

Congrats on graduating, cool that you like your job. I never knew what "loving" a job was like until I started working for my current employer. 4 1/2 years and counting, if I don't screw it up I plan to stay with this company all the way thru retirement. They even have a presence in Austin, TX, which is the only place in the world I would move to. In fact my plan is: work in Juarez, retire in Austin or someplace close to it. I just love how green it is, friendly people and lots of cool music.

Tuesdayschild: ISince Osmosis is your favorite so far, I'll go out on a limb and say you haven't heard LTE 2. You should get it before going for the Liquid Trio. I've never heard it, it's gotten mixed reviews from other fans. Then again, I see you're a keyboard player, the Liquid Trio has no guitar, so it probably has massive amounts of keyb!!

20 yrs this year that I first saw you at the Hammy O in London on the Blue dream tour Joe. Your music's been an inspiration and constant in my life ever since. Got my club Joe package and am really looking forward to meeting you in Freo on tues, you can even sign my scabby extremist euro tour shirt for me! ;o))

hi dream, i know, im just havin a laugh, ive read alot about australia, sounds like a great country, bit to far for me in a plane, i can get claustrophobic. still you do have an amazing amount of fatal creatures and its the size of them,

why does a spider about the size of a human hand require a venom which could kill out about 100 people, what does it think its going to get attacked by or eat?

still a bird eating spider in argentina taKES the biscuit, its the size of a dinner plate AND CAN JUMP 3 METRES FROM A STANDSTILL..ARGGGHHHHHHHHHH

REVAN 2008 - I "see" a lot of Joe's songs as well...that's an interesting way to describe it. It doesn't happen as often on his three latest albums, but it does quite a bit on his earlier ones.

Osmosis is my favorite LTE song too...you have good taste. ;-)

The Liquid Trio Experiment album is worth getting, yes, but I'd get Liquid Tension Experiment II first. John Petrucci's wife went into labor when they were recording that album (there's a few songs that reflect that, such as When The Water Breaks)...he ended up leaving for a few days, and the other guys kept recording stuff. Some of those rough takes and jams became Liquid Trio Experiment. So it's cool to hear, but you need to hear LTE II to put it in proper context.

I really like the last half of the set...you have some good stuff in there (Friends, Why, Thinking Of You, Echo, Starry Night)...

You can see my setlist by clicking on username at the beginning of my post. Let me know what you think...

And you're right, I love headphones with a lot of bass. I play bass, so that might have something to do with it, but it's also the first thing I focus on in music...I hear it as in the "center" between the drums and everything else, so it's an easy thing for me to latch onto and use as a starting point to pick apart the rest of the song in my mind.

I think you're right about MP3 players making headphones more popular, but I think it's so weird to spend a lot of money on headphones to listen to music that you're deliberately reducing in quality solely to make it portable. I use a $15 pair of Sony in-ear headphones with my MP3 player. I use the better headphones with CDs.

Each time I go back and play the CD (usually in my car) of something I listen to often on my MP3 player, I always pick up on some other layer of something buried in the background. And it bugs me to think so many people are missing out on stuff like that because they're fine with MP3s. Argh... ;-)

I see you're not a fan of Shinedown? I'm listening to their newest album now...I LOVE it, and I'm bummed that they're not playing in California. Oh well... What don't you like about 'em, if I can ask?

About Satch, Is There Love In Space? is currently my No. 1 Satch album...but if you were starting with one post-SBM, I'd probably go with the new one. And despite my comments, a lot of people here seem to love Super Colossal. So that's a good choice too.

I have more of your post to reply to (as well as a few others), but this post is getting long. So I'll stop now and come back to it later...

Do The Stu: I like "I Believe" , "If I could fly" , ,"Driving at night", "Tears in the rain" , New day ( could go right next to Out of the sunshine...ah good idea? )

But I think Always with me, Starry night , Summer song, Surfing with the ALien and Friends, can't be out

Anyway i'm seeing Joe live for my first time on july 25...and i just can't wait... I did my ideal show playlist and i'm listening it everyday in my computer. I'm really satisfied.

Saludos ( do you speak spanish?)

Juan i've added your message to the list...still gotta print that page out...it's the last one and theres some space on it for more messages, so feel free to post more :)

Big Bunny: thank U

Hey Joe: In which hotel you're staying in Argentina? And when you are arriving? or at least when is the soundcheck? or how can I find you to have picture with you man? I hope to win the aftershow! See you on july 25. You are an inspiration!

Chojuaniche ( google search: Juan Pico Satriani )

BIG BUNNY : when is your meeting with Joe? 7/7 ?

Hey Blue Moon, yep it's pissin in Ireland.

I went to Sligo, it's pissin there. I went to Achill Island, it's pissin there too. I didnt' even get to see the lofty mountain/sandy coves combo that it's famous for. Visibility was 50ft at best.

So I gave up on the Atlantic coast, headed inland after a truly terrible night in a youth hostel that makes a student house in Belfast look like pure luxury. My eldest sons asthmatic chest couldn't cope with the damp in the place, and even my other son and I felt really ill the next day.

So I went to Carrick on Shannon, it's pissin there too. On friday, it dried up. I packed my tent when I got the chance and went home. Via Pizza Hut.

I'm really appreciating my home comforts now Cheese!!

Do the Stu, thanks for the info on LTE. I can't believe the song is called 'When the water breaks' something for Pettruci's baby to chuckle about when he gets older (or she, what was the baby anyone know?)

Good Morning all..Was just wondering if there are any Satch fans out there Looking for a Whtie JS1000. I have two ( both 1998's) and am selling one on ebay to fund a recording project. It's item # 110267753436 if any one is interested.

Joe, Good to see the US tour is up..I'll be ready in CHitown. It was also a pleaure to met you at guitar center sessions in Chicago. I'm not selling the White JS1000 with your autograph on the back of the headstock, just the extra one.

elpp - It looks like you're off the hook. After digging around the old T2J, I think I found that it was Ga6o who recommended Acid Rain. There were quite a few people talking about that though, as well as some DT songs.

I have The Odyssy by Symphony X, but I haven't listened to it in a while...it didn't grab me right away so it's been hard. I saw them live (Gigantour 2005) and they were awesome, though. Maybe I'll give it another shot.

You mentioned King's X...are you a big fan? I only have Gretchen Goes To Nebraska, but I absolutely love it. Is there another good album from them you'd recommend?

I purposefully left songs like Always... and Summer Song off my list. I've been fortunate enough to see Joe 18 times, and after hearing some songs at every show, well, it's just time for something different. I know he'll always play them, though...

Enjoy your first show...that's so cool. I remember I had a big grin on my face the entire night at my first Satch concert. It's a fun feeling.

And I understand a few words here and there, but no I don't speak Spanish...

the only things i can tell you about marty friedman as a person, is he was in megadeth, he left. he lives in japan and can speak fluet japaneese.