OK. What's all this Vai/Satch comparison crap!!! DON"T MAKE ME GET THE JIGSAW OUT,PEOPLE!!! Sure,everyone has their opinion and they're entitled to it,but in my opinion,when you are talking about musicians who are on the level that Joe ,Steve,Yngwie,Eddie or any other well known guitarist are,don't say one is better than the other. They all have their own unique style that they as individuals are best at.Carlos Santana once famously said"Your tone is your face",so when you here something by Satch, you KNOW it's him by his tone.Same goes for every other guitar player you could name.And while Joe is probably my biggest influence as far as style goes,if you were to hear me play,you'd know it wasn't Joe.I have my OWN unique sound and no one else plays like me.That would apply to all you others out there who play guitar. Just remember,guitar playing is NOT a competition.It's YOUR musical voice to express YOUR emotions.It shows who YOU are.It's YOUR face.Keep it real people!!! Ok,now I'm off to find some timber!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CappySteve :- I coulda said that!!! Here ,have a beer,my good man.*Slides said beer along bar to above mentioned recipient*

comparing Steve and Joe's abilities and careers is not Joe vs Steve / who is better...we all agree you cant say any top guitar player is better than the next...its a discussion on how their careers/styles have gone in different directions..and most of us are fans of both so no ones pitting one on another...and as far as ive seen..this site is talk to Joe ..right?...well he can tell us to shut up too..lol

Do the Stu: I love playing both of those songs, they both rock! My favorite t shirt is a Cabo Wabo shirt that says " the Tequila made me do it" on the front.

welcome Hawk Feather. any relation to TheHawkGuy?

I'm still catching up on posts....What else is new? LOL!

DoTheStu--You and Tracie taught me how to be a Satch fan at the Fillmore. My first concert seeing Joe in Chickenfoot was amazing. I guess I wasn't as forward as I could have been. I could have stood next to you seasoned fans and seen Joe close. Did I miss my opportunity? Maybe. I just wanted to sit with Steve because he has been through so much grief this year (healthwise). We were back in the shadows and yet we still saw the whole band from where we were. I think Joe understands. Besides, I was making enough noise yelling his name during the applause. LOL! It's a wonder the roof didn't come off! I can't keep my volume turned down sometimes.......bad habit from childhood??? Last time I cut loose at a concert was when Steve and I saw Journey and Foreigner in August 1999 at the Concord Pavillion! We had a "love fest" with the peoples around us! We were hugging each other during the song "Open Arms!" I learned to laugh with the couple behind us who told me my hat caught fire!!! LOL!! I guess that's what concerts are for....loosening up and having fun.......something I forget in the fog of depression.

The Hawk Guy--A feather friend from Oklahoma has landed!

Hawk Feather--welcome to this eclecticly peopled forum!

Joe Satrini--Thanks for your performance of "Dog with Crown and Earring."

The youngins are still restless!

Austin-Yeah, I did post there fairly recently.I have been on JP and MPs forums since like, 2000.I recently decided to stop visiting those sites, since I don't really like their music anymore.It just dawned on me one day that it made no sense to go to a site for something I don't like.

Joe & Steve have that telepathic thing when they play together. I prefer Joe's playing over Steve's hands down, but Steve has a few songs that I really dig. Whoever said Steve was more a showman, and Joe was more a player was spot on. The one major thing that turns me off about Steve is some of the shit he wears on stage. lmao! Joe's more of a manly man as opposed to Steve who is more of a ....girly man. lol! With the fan and the posing - jayzus! lol! Don't get me wrong, I think Steve is absolutely brilliant. His playing is just sometimes over my head.

Dime mentions Steve Vai

Jon Luini--I have a question about the survey you gave recently. What happens if I am between categories of fan? I clicked on the box indicating "Big Fan" even though I have been to only one of Joe's concerts. I have most all his albums and I listen everyday to his music and I play guitar (very slowly and ackwardly) and take lessons from one of Joe's former students. Somehow I am in between "Casual Listener" and "Big Fan".......Just call me unique......

Interesting that Chickenfoot will be in Detroit in a few days.....Alice Cooper's home town.........ooooooo......spooky! LOL!

Canadian Mr. TK became a US citizen in the early 1990s. Now why would he have done something like that unless it had something to do with employment! And now the employment outlook has crashed and is smoldering........Is it time for him to return to Canada??? Oh.....TK......Please take your friends Milli and Steve with you!! SIGH!! ;-/

fatape--Bless your heart! You got that spot on about Joe and Steve Vai and Steve Morse and Yngwie and all the other super guitar masters! Each is unique!

Does the word "unique" ring a bell???;-)

Blue_Moon--A haystack man? I guess it's more comfortable than a cold stone castle........I always suspected you were a unique luni.!.....;-D

Good night all!

Alan sunrise above haystacks is brilliant! Now I'd like you to put THAT image ánd feeling in an original McKenna guitarsong. (Your own "Out of the sunrise") No noodlin around on somebody else's chords anymore. I give you 3 weeks to write, record, mix and master.

Scuba - So you think your a fan eh? Well have you ever written a 7 minute long anthology for the keyboard of the rise and fall of Anakin Skywalker?

This is one of my current projects, using several tempo changes, "illegal" movie sounds bytes, and powerful emotional chords based in the D Major - B Minor scales, I am creating my masterpiece, it's at 6 minutes long now and counting.

So put that in your "Star Wars Aficionado" pipe and smoke it :-) :-P

WhammyFreak

Ethn Hayabusa - I find it's hard to fit in at the MP forum...I've posted there off and on for a few years, and I just haven't made many friends there.

I like how MP posts so often on his forum and interacts with fans (more than Satch, in some ways)...that, with the little pieces of inside news he shares all the time, is enough to keep me coming back.

It's not at all like T2J, though...

They absolutely do! I like watching them during G3 jams...it's amazing how with nothing more than a glance, one can tell the other exactly where he's going on the guitar. It really is rare for two people to click like that...I'm glad we've been able to see it.

I'd love to hear it once you're finished...

How to pass 5 minutes.... Parachute game

Joe's Intro at 47 seconds & then

Steves Intro at 25 seconds

I guess had that feeling because I prefer Joe's music. At the end of the day they're both awesome, and we wouldn't have one without the other (i.e. Joe teaching Steve & Steve getting Joe's music to the right people).

Interesting discussion peeps!

Joe Satriani and Jimi Hendrix

Steve Vai and Frank Zappa

For me the big test is what do I enjoy listening to, and how long can I listen to it without the ever powerful "next track" button?

Lets just say Joe rarely gets "next tracked" while with Steve I have a hard time making it through a track with a very few exceptions, Steve is a showman, a spectacle, to be witnessed, not really to be listened to and enjoyed. I am still a 95% listener and maybe 5% viewer of music so substance is important and Joe rules Steve when it comes to substance. Steve's beekeeping thing is cool though!!!

Listening to:[Mellissa's Garden - Steve Vai Can you guess my mood?

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