Hi Joe,

I hope you have a great time recording your new album! I am excited for you!

I'm writing an essay on you at the moment for my college coursework and I have included written transcriptions! It was tough to transcribe, but fun at the same time. I didn't go to bed last night as I was up trying to finish this work. I've been at it all day today as well and I still have not finished. But because you're so inspirational to me, I;m going to carry on! I have nearly finished it though!

Joe your creativity and way of playing the guitar made me become your fan with my first song I heard from you, big bad moon. now I am listening to all the cd and some other songs from other cds randomly and they are all incredible, their riffs and solos are perfect. last thing I wanted to tell you is that when ever possible, come to Argentina, we really wish you to come...

Joe: Thank you for posting on here Joe. Great to see the blue.

Shuvster: Shuva Das,I agree with Joe; you're going to do excellent. I'm actually looking forward to your final draft/report on it.

Thanks for the praise/comments folks (on my runs). I had my running group earlier this afternoon/evening and it was a very hot one, and (a little) humid. I put in 14 miles of running.

Back to work in the morning & this weekend, plus the following week. Take care peeps.

Mr. Satriani, this is in regards to the SoundStrike boycott, which you have signed on to.

To: Zach De La Rocha, Rage Against the Machine CC: All other co-signers of the Sound Strike against Arizona Re: The Sound Strike

Dear Mr. De La Rocha,

I am writing this letter in response to the musical boycott against Arizona that you have launched, to which a handful of mainstream acts have signed on to. I am addressing this letter to you, as the leader of this campaign, but also to all of the people and bands that have signed their names to this misguided attempt to strike down our law. As a college student and a citizen of Arizona, I am offended at your choice of words to describe our immigration bill, SB 1070. I respect that you might disagree with the policies of our state, but it is inappropriate to stretch reality to get others to join your boycott of Arizona. On your website, thesoundstrike.net, you write that our bill “legalizes and sanctions racial profiling. Straight up.” While the bill does take a hard line stance against illegal immigration, the first bill in our nation’s history to do so, that accusation is just not true. To say that the bill sanctions racial profiling does not make any sense, because it, in fact, does the opposite. To quote a line from the bill, it says that “a law enforcement officer… may not consider race, color or national origin in implementing the requirements of this subsection.” In addition, Arizona’s governor, Jan Brewer, has begun working with representatives from the police departments to create a curriculum to teach officers when it is appropriate to act in response to this law. To sanction something means to openly approve it, which our bill does not do. It is this exaggeration that you use to try to prove your point that I take issue with, not the fact that you disagree with our policies.

Studies have shown that many of the drugs that enter our country come through the Arizona/Mexico border. In addition, in the year 2009 Phoenix was the kidnapping capital of the world. Not the United States, but the world. In addition, a September 2008 report on illegal immigration issued by the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office states that while “Arizona’s population is comprised of approximately 9% illegal immigrants… 21.8% percent of felonies sentenced in Maricopa County Superior Court are committed by illegal immigrants.” According to a May 2010 report by the Arizona Department of Corrections, 14.8% of the men and women in Arizona prisons convicted of a felony crime are in this country illegally. There are way too many illegal immigrants committing serious crimes and these are problems that most Arizonans feel needs to be addressed. This law has nothing to do with racism- it is a response to real events happening in our communities and backyards. I would support a federal law dealing with this issue, but at this point the Obama administration has yet to address our country’s immigration problems.

I am not upset that you disagree with this law. I can assure you that if this bill is abused and there is too much profiling going on, I will join others in lobbying for this bill to be rescinded. What I take offense at is your fabrication of the meaning of the law to make Arizonans out to be racist, horrible people in order to get others to refuse to play music in our state. As an Arizonan and supporter of SB 1070, I can tell you that I am not a racist and do not want to cause anyone of any race or ethnicity any undue trouble. But I can also tell you that at some point, our border needs to be secured and the citizens of Arizona need to be safe and happy. If you disagree with strict immigration laws, I welcome debate as to which laws would improve the safety and effectiveness of our country. Spreading false statements about our law in order to mislead people into joining your cause will not help to fix our immigration problem. If you truly feel that Arizona’s law is not in our country’s best interest, take the high road and engage our leadership with constructive criticism and suggestions. As Americans, Arizonans want nothing more than the best for our state and our country and would welcome your suggestions. A musical boycott will not help to spur change but will create divides in our country. If you truly care about our country and not your personal political agenda, I would encourage you to end your unnecessary boycott of Arizona because of a difference in political opinion and to stop spreading false statements as to the goals of Arizona citizens.

From another website -

"If you are not an illegal you have nothing to worry about. Basically the coyotes hold illegals in drop houses and shake down their family for more money."

Bottom line is Illegal things happen to people doing illegal things. They know the danger, but still they come. What does that have to say about where they're coming from? How bad must it be to subject yourself and yer family to something like that? Corruption in government is the key issue on all sides. This has been going on for decades, and now all of a sudden it's a problem? Hello?

What a week, very intense at work and just bingled the car. Bugger. Now it will take weeks to fix, aaarrgghhhh.

Skippy & P.Lily, okay, then I make 3 for a crap week for girls on here. lol! Spent yesterday with a 24 hr virus or food poisoning or whatever it was. I had lunch, and after that it was all downhill, and it went there fast. Feeling better today, but had to take another sick day from work. Hope you two have a better week in the days ahead. Sorry bout the car :-/

Summer Holidays!! Wool! Time to get rehearsing for recording a couple more covers to go on YouTube. I'm thinking of doing "Surfing...", "You're My World" and Steve Vai's "Die to Live"

Peace, I do believe I've had my fill in the month of July for the whole year. lol! Still a bit dizzy & giddy in the belly, but compared to yesterday, I'm fine. lol! That was just stupid sick.

Another heat wave coming this weekend. I didn't even know we were out of the last one ffs! lol!

:-)

while I'm at it..., why not?

and oh yeah - congrats on the nice raise scubz!

Cheese - you're too kind. I just suddenly realised I was sat to the left of the Marshall, and I was playing that guitar.. then oh yeah, that did happen.. but I can tell you it took a long time from watching that vid for me to actually realise it.. D O H!

So I grinned from ear to ear. Thanks for enjoying it

Glitz - your running exploits are awesome. Hats off to you!

Skip - now you can be like me an drive a Fiat bug loaner : ) No wait, it'll be a Ford or a Holden lol I'm gonna suggest put on some Joe, have a little drop of white, hopefully things will be a bit better with a new day

Peace Lily - ah Murphys Law.... it's a law I'm not a fan of! Hope things are going a lot less Murphy for you

Scuba - congrats, you're definitely going to complete the set now : ) As for those Summer song chords, whatever you've read already I'd just transpose the notes up the neck somewhere. I'm thinking from the A it's 0-7-9-10-0 and 0-5-7-7-0 or maybe just without that high E?

Michelle - that sucks big. Not been eating properly due to tooth and then eat and get sick. How off is that. Big hug