So I'm a bit slow, but we passed 100,000 members here recently...cool!

Joe Satrini - I'm not sure about Banana Mango taking 14 years to get right. There are two versions of that, but the gap from Joe's first EP to Time Machine isn't that long. I think I remember hearing that Time has roots back in the SWTA days...maybe that's what you're thinking of? It's not quite 14 years from SWTA to CP, but it's still more than a decade...

I know JM's leaving was discussed here on T2J, but I just did a brief search and couldn't find anything. One of the posters here (PhryDom, I think it was) was able to contact JM through his website and get some info. That was then posted here, and Joe posted a reply or two. I remember JM saying he left and Joe saying he was fired; it was after a tour where JM's band Einstein was opening for Joe (or was it G3...?)...

Anyhoo, it's cool to hear that you've been into Satch for such a long time. I'm at about the 10 year mark right now...that's been a long time on its own, but it's only about half of his career so far. It would've been so cool to hear SWTA back when it was released...::sigh:: ;-)

Let me know when you get a chance to read my SC stuff...

Yeah, this LTE mini-tour was such a surprise...it's lucky for me that they played a show so close to home, but I probably would have flown across the country to see them if I had to. As I posted here before, Acid Rain is the first John Petrucci song I heard...it was recommended by someone here at T2J ahead of the G3 2001 tour. And that really turned me on to Dream Theater and some other bands...I need to go look through the archives and see who made that first suggestion.

I graduated college two years ago, and I started working at the local newspaper (Long Beach Press-Telegram) about six months before that. I'm still doing that now, sorta, but as of three months ago I work out of Torrance and also copy edit stuff for the Daily Breeze. So it's almost twice the work for the same pay...boo. I still love it though.

I love the area here...every few months I get an itch to up and move somewhere, but it doesn't last long. A new start would be fun sometime, though, so we'll just have to wait and see...

And I see you've just made a few other posts but I've gotta go...I'll get to them later.

Starry Night is an excellent song...I miss it. It's not in my satriani.com setlist at the moment but it probably should be. It's cool to see you pick up on the Not Of This Earth / Musterion similarity. I think they'd be great in the same concert though, and they're listed 1-2 on my setlist.

You should fill out your setlist here (from the link on the main "interact" page)...I'd be interested in seeing it.

Hey folks just back from a washed out camping experience. Didn't see the scenery it was too wet. Good to be home to running water and hot showers and a way to make coffee....

Anyway Michelle, I've been listening to LTE, one thing I could do on my hols. Osmosis....I think so far my favourite.

Phil got your email...put your message at the top of the list. >=:)

Stevee T if you read this don't forget I owe you a message to Joe! >=:o)

Do the Stu : I had just arrange my setlist today i'll copy it for you later. Give me a little time.

Big Bunny: What is your connection with Joe? I'm intrested. How can you make him to read our messages? I wanna contact with him before he comes to Argentina and also as he stays here. Can i Write more than one message?

Saludos a todos los Satrianeros!!!

Rock & Roll nena!

Victoria, I didn't even know LTE existed! lol! I'll have to check it out. Sorry yer camping trip was a wash out. Independence Day is a wash out so far too. It's raining, and the fire works that were scheduled for tonight have been cancelled. We still have tomorrow's fireworks, but if it's raining, they're a wash too. We really need the rain though. It's just falling on the wrong weekend!

Hawaiian Funk

Whew - that gets the bass in my speakers booming!

Liquid Trio Experiment - Jazz Odyssey

My husband is painting our lemon yellow bathroom (eek!) a gray color called cathedral stone. It's gonna look like a bat cave by the time he's done, I just know it. lol!

Al, I had a bunch of pics printed out yesterday from the shore and stuff. I HAD to get the pic of you and Joe printed out so I can hang it next to my computer screen. That's a feckin laugh riot there I tell ya! Thanks for being such a great source of entertainment! lol!

Speaking of rain...

Do the Stu: Ok, here's my setlist pal

Everybody: You can check too..

-Starts with Professor Satchafunkilus (all the album from start to the end)

it keep going With some super colossal songs

-Super Colossal ( of course) -Just like lightin I-t's so good -Ten Words -The Meaning of love ( yeah! what a great song too) -Made of tears ( i'm just hearing it in my brain ) -Crowd Chant ( to feel a little part of the song) -Friends ( just can't be out ) -The extremist -Cryin' (this one is special for me and my girl) -Summer Song ( lets rock man! ) -Why ( tell me why joe make us all cry with his guitar man ) -Thinking of you -Always with me Always with you ( my juggling song ) -Echo -The crush of love -Flying in a blue dream -Love thing ( this one moved me so much when i first hear it -that i had to learn how to play it dude...and i did. Not very well but very satisfying for myself) -Cool#9 -Ice 9 -Starry NIght -Surfing with the Alien

TIME: 2 hs 27 min

That's it. THat would be a perfect show for me on july 25. Not the only possiblitie...But a perfect one.

chojuaniche Big Bunny: What is your connection with Joe? I'm intrested. How can you make him to read our messages? I wanna contact with him before he comes to Argentina and also as he stays here. Can i Write more than one message?

Big Bunny: You are so sweet...thank you a lot BB!!! it's really greatful from you giving Joe our messages. That's really kind of your part....

Here is my message to Joe:

Joe: I'm Juan from Argentina waiting to see your performance on July 25. Me and my friend Pablo are very excited because we just wanna rock with you and the band !!! Man, do you realize what you can cause in people hearts and minds just with the sound of your music??? You make me cry with that playing. What I would like most is you to see the video I upload in youtube searching with the words "Juan Pico Satriani" . It's me doing some juggling improvisation while listening "Always with me..always with you". Just for you to know how you can inspire your fans, all that juggling is because of your guitar. You are Big!!! see you on July 25...Best Wishes and Happy Birthday on july 15.

HEY JOE

Check out Juan's (chojuaniche) video. He does great tricks with his...balls....to AWM,AWY. Maybe it's g3Joe worthy?

;-)

oh yeah - Happy 37th birthday KOKO

Gustavo Guerra playing Crushing Day! simply amazing, he nails the hammeron parts so well

>.<

Guitarman77897, no, not yet. Joe has been too busy with his European tour, a lil vacation, and now off to other parts of the world :) I imagine we'll catch up with him for it later this year, Mick is on top of things :)

Austin, yeah, thanks, I figgered out the Nascar video a bit ago, but this video from chelle was longer. Hope to see you, and possibly the family in Reno then :)

Jamie, the skinny comment came from that fact that a) you ARE tall and thin and b) you've had tooth problems where u haven't been able to eat, ergo u must be getting skinnier!! You'll blow away in a high wind if u aren't careful :)

Victoria, too bad about the lousy camping weather, but I hear what yer saying about making it home in one piece and enjoying the conveniences again :)

Chelly....grey....bat cave....yyyyyyep, sounds about right for....what was his name....Henry? He IS one of the fambly by now, idn't he?

Do the Stu - Yep. Good headphones...especially for the price. It's amazing what MP3 players have done for the headphone market. If you ever start looking for another very good fairly inexpensive headphone...purchase the Sennheiser HD280 Pro. You sound like someone who likes some good detailed bass. You can pick these up under 100 dollars. AMAZING sound on all ends of the sound spectrum. there is one huge downside to these however. They are circumaural, meaning they actually go around your entire ear. They are not something that you'd EVER wear in public. But if you want a good listen around the house, this is arguably the best you can buy for under 100 dollars. I like those Sony's you have. They took the DJ models and shrunk them down. And you can never go wrong with Sony. Before I saved up the money to get a set of Shure's, Sony was my first In Ear Canal earbud. I think they were 49 dollars and looking back at the quality and where pricing is now....that was a steal.

I hope everyone here is enjoying a very happy and safe 4th of July.

Hello Joe

Sorry, my English is so weak, but… I know you’re gonna come to Brazil this month, and I’d like to ask a little gift from you: please, play the song Motorcycle Driver from the album The Extremist, cause I love it, Ok. And, of course, all your classic songs, including Surfing with the alien, summer song, friends, circles, love thing, always with me always with you (I really love this song, that’s my favourite one). See you soon!

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...