Skippygirl
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pendulumswing Bill - ah yes, a wonderful story similar to many (esp. me) about discovering Joe and being blown away by his amazing talent and the way he can express emotion with the guitar. Great to have you on board, lots of people have followed Joe from the start, some like me re-discovered Joe by accident - I was a big fan of SWTA but never really saw a video or heard an interview.
Many years later (as in about 3 years ago) I got a new home PC and began ripping the boxes of CD's into iTunes and found SWTA again, made iti nto a playlist on my ipod to go walking with, and then googled "Joe Satriani" and went wow, the first thing that came up was the Fantasy Studios vid on youtube - Surfing.
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Sat Apr 25 '09 12:16:48 am
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Igneousiceman
Is Satchurated Vox JS-DS #009473
UK
Plays: Guitar (18 years)
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Phil: Long live PG...I'd love to show that vid to all my guitar hero friends. They'd probably ask me to play like PG though...that's the only prob :)
Listening to: Building the Church by Steve Vai
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Sat Apr 25 '09 1:48:27 am
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burly
Steve Johnson
Pocahontas, Arkansas
U.S.
Plays: Guitar (47 years)
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Skippy- Yes it was very tempting I will have to admit. The "itch" has returned once again. The voices say " Get a band together!", then I say "But I am way too busy right now!" Then they say "Life is short Burly, live a little!" and I say " Well maybe just a little jam wouldn't be so bad" I think I am giving in. I am so weak ;-)
Gotta run, busy day in the plans.
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Sat Apr 25 '09 2:07:06 am
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Pip55
Phil W...
... from South West UK
Pip55 on twitter
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Blue Moon - oh yes, ya gotta love unecessary female nudity in horror flicks. It always makes me laugh when they do that, so dumb. What movie were you watching to inspire that post?
Igneous - ah yeh, I think I remember that. Was it an ex football player? He seemed to cover the stages pretty well. It's definitely a popular idea, out of season I think could be a great trip (mental note to put on things to do list...). Post some of yer Guitar playing. FTLOG is an awesome song, so lets hear it please : )
GoldenGirl2 - oops, I missed your post to me, soz! My guitars are mainly behaving. It's more my hands that misbehave when I tell them to play this phrase this way... and then they don't LOL Personality wise... interesting.... the red Washburn gets most of the use and is nice, good tone, but flawed. The graphic Joe guitar is amazing, and inspiring. You've reminded me I have a strat copy I must break out as it must be lonely : )
PhilTheMetalHead - nice Vid, Pablo was cool
Michelle - nice find on that Jeff/Rod post
Do The Stu - ahem, that Bass Player looks about 7 years old. You cradle snatcher you mwah ha ha!
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Sat Apr 25 '09 2:08:02 am
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Igneousiceman
Is Satchurated Vox JS-DS #009473
UK
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JSPhil: Once I get past the fiendish solo and get a yootoob account then consider it done! (Unless I get bored of it which sometimes happens to me...) I quite fancy learning Damage Control by John Petrucci as well, but that's 10mins long...How about Flight of the Bumblebee instead?!
Listening to: The Traveler by Joe
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Sat Apr 25 '09 2:20:55 am
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michelle
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Fun day. Woke up at 5:15, work at 7, home to eat and change and sit for a second, then out at 6 to be at the Disturbed show by 7, in bed by ?? to wake up at 5:15 and go to work tomorrow.
for another slightly less fun day :-)
and what's up with 84 degrees today????
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Sat Apr 25 '09 3:41:13 am
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Dream 3
jamie anderson
melbourne, victoria
australia
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Pip - Thanx for the offer think i'll sit and wait for the vids to show up on the tube :)
Michelle - Did Disturbed do any cover songs must say there version of Land of Confusion Kicks ass hope ya enjoyed the show bet they rocked hard hope ya didn't mosh pit it and if so hope ur Safe :)
Laughed my ass off Watchin dvd of Disturbed some fan lost all his front teeth and he's like yeah F@#kin Disturbed Yeah lol crazy bugger .
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Sat Apr 25 '09 4:00:03 am
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death cube k
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scubadaz hmm.. sounds like your jealous.. lots of guys i think suck .. but i could not be bothered mentioning ..
perhaps you should change your practice routine .. if you have been doing the same thing for 20 years.. you are likely fallen in a rut
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Sat Apr 25 '09 5:50:59 am
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cosmic_ape
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Plays: Guitar (25 years)
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I think all you guys have interesting points... It's hard to me to react to Matt Rach because he lives a reality that I have never experienced.
I purchased all the gear that I own (I'm still paying for most of it) and when you do that on your own it takes time. I am 25 and I'm just now attending music school. My parents did not pay for college or anything like that. They have supported me in every way they could, but they were not financially stable by any means. I got food, shelter and a high school diploma. And that was pretty much it.
I do think that being forced to mature this way and take of biz my own way has also reflected in my playing. So even though there might be a little jealousy involved when it comes to opportunity and resources, I gotta say I don't envy this guy. Things happen for a reason and life will put everybody in the place they deserve to be put.
What I do really think, and I apologize in advance for the language, is that if you have the money and the resources to do whatever it is that you want to do with your life, then you better fucking do it and do it right. If you can go to your room and practice for 8 hours a day because you don't have to get a real job to pay for all your shit, then you better become a good player. If you don't have to worry about house payments, utilities, health and car insurance, credit card bills and student loans along with time to devote to your family, then more power to you, brother! But you better get on it. It will an insult to everybody if you don't. There's nothing worse than a poser with a truck load of cool gear who can't play. There's a bunch of those in my school!
I apply this philosophy to myself every day. See, I never meant to move the States, things just happened that way. But now that I'm here, and just by being here, I have access to things I could have only dreamed of in Ecuador. I can get a job that will let me buy stuff and not just pay for housing and food! I can go to school. You can't get student loans where I'm from! And here, even though it's been very difficult to just get started, I have been able to do it and pursue my dreams. So, I'm on it.
Time will tell if this guy's good. Right now, I hear lots of skill but I think he needs to mature in terms of musicianship and taste. And that is something you can't buy... So, he better be on it...
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Sat Apr 25 '09 9:55:03 am
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cosmic_ape
Aron Ortega
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yeah, well I didn't mean unemployment in that sense... you gotta understand where I'm coming from... I go to school with a bunch of teenagers who don't work because they don't have to... Their parents pay for all their shit... you gotta love it when they complain about how "broke" they are and they can't afford to go out and drink...
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Sat Apr 25 '09 10:52:46 am
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cheese101
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I have a question I'm asking on behalf of my son, I'll read him the reply(s) and if there's an internet site that would work, he can check it when he comes home for a visit in a coupla weeks....
The question is....He's been working on what he thinks is called the 2 & 3 octave scales...he'd like to know how to take a scale that's within a 5-fret box range and turn it into a much more expanded scale that uses more of the fretboard...
For example, if he's working in E Phrygian in 3 different positions on the fret board, what notes are changed or removed to go from low string to high string, low fret to higher fret in a linear fashion? Joe touched on this during his lesson with Chris and he's trying hard to work on it, but is having some trouble. It's the transition from one position to the next position without starting over back on the same string he started on.
Thanks, he sez any help would be very appreciated all u guitar players!!
Joe, he's trying, LOL!!
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