If anyone is listening.....wanted to share that also tonight at the signing in LA was Guitar World's December issue for Joe to sign (he is featured on the cover) and heads up. It is a very deeply felt introspective interview, behind many new song, and the music "shredding" concepts. My favorite song, the entrancing eastern-flavored "Golden Room" and the beautiful "Little Worth Lane" odes to his Mom. .........My condolences to you Joe. A really great, personal interview with some really nice pictures. And for you guitar enthusiasts like myself- a Satriani lesson to feast our hands and ears on. yes! Im breaking into it tommrow.

Joe, please play "THE GOLDEN ROOM" on your tour. What a beautifully fantastic, hypnotic composition. It's gorgeous. And "ASIK VAYSEL" from your last. So amazing... makes me lose all subconciousness. Thank You Joe, for your inspiration. and for sending your love back out to us.

Could the setlist be any more awesome ? It sounds amazing. Really glad to hear that Revelation and Andulasia stayed in the set and putting Hordes of Locusts and Memories in there is a nice touch too.

THANK YOU TRACIE!

Jon - the chat won't work for me either.. just keep on getting the little bouncing ball forever, with some kind of error message super-imposed over the 'connecting to www.satriani.com' text.

smooches,
» Phy³

Hi Joe,

First I would like to thank you for being a wonderful inspiration for over 20 years!

My question is regaurding composing. When you write a very melodic song like "Surfing" or "If I could fly" or "Summer song", do you come up with the melody line first, then write the chord progression to accompany, or the chord progression first, then the melody line?

The new CD is fantastic! Looking foreward to catching you in Los Angeles Jan 2011.

Rhythmsteady, Joe just got it like dat, lol! I dunno how he does it, but he has a way about him that makes u feel like the two of you are the only ones around. He's very focused on the person speaking to him, very attuned...and you feel it...an aura...magic...whatever it is, he's unique :) And he has an amazing memory. So yeah....glad you enjoyed, LOL!!!

Brian, niiiiiice photogs u got there, lol!! And the link to that pro's shots....u don't need my pics at all :) Except maybe the one of you and Joe, and the one of webby Jon's purple hair spikes...we must put that up for posterity. I'll email you your pic, prolly this weekend, more traveling to do today so home late tonight.

Oh, while we were standing outside chatting with Joe, a nice couple walked up and the guy was like..."you're Joe Satriani, right?" I bet Joe hears that a bazillion times a year, LOL! Anyway, they were very sweet, the guy is about to be shipped overseas in January, so I asked if they'd like a picture with Joe. They didn't have their camera with them, but I took a pic and got their email addy and will send to them both. For awhile I couldn't find it and was panicked....but it turned up during the unpacking, so I'm happy :) Ya just gotta have a pic to remember a moment such as that!!

K...back to reality, work is calling....I need to send emails to a couple other peeps here, will get to it tomorrow...carry on the good Joe-vibes peeps!!

I am kinda annoyed Ice 9 and Satch Boogie are on the setlist. I like them but if you search it on youtube you get like a thousand videos, but if you search Souls of Distortion, you can't find a single video live. and Joe's post on the setlist said A Train Of Angels, Ceremony, Crushing Day, Love Thing and Circles but I didn't see them on the actual setlist. -sad, dissapointed face- I was hoping to see Souls of Distortion, A Train of Angels, Crushing Day and Ceremony.

and this tour is for the new album but you left out wind in the trees, golden room, solitude, and two sides to every story.

Does Joe really start our with Hordes of Locusts? I would guarentee he would start with either Premonition or God Is Crying. and I would switch summersong with big bad moon, summersong is the perfect end to a concert.

So does Joe sing the same as he did when big bad moon was released?

And Tracie, you can buy beanies? like Joe's? i gotta bring an extra $25 Any autographed posters? I wanna collect autographs from him. I am only at 5 right now (two CDs a poster, Live in Paris DVD and my guitar) I hope to hit 100 before I die.

So Joe plays in America, then Europe, then back to America?

It saddens me a little to see people complaining about not getting the bonus tracks, especially the people who got autographed copies. This is not the first time there have been extra tracks made available AFTER the initial release, Joe has done this with the last few releases. It's not the end of the world. I may be mistaken but I'm pretty sure that all of the details were made abundantly clear BEFORE any of the ordering took place? (I know that I knew.)
I've seen a lot of hardcore fans ordering multiple copies and still going to the BestBuy for another or three to get their bonus tracks. I know that we're not all made of money, but most of us can afford the measly coupla bucks to download JUST the bonus tracks, and most of us now have the ability to burn our own CD's (1 for the car, 1 for the kitchen, 1 for the bedroom, etc.) so it's not all that difficult to make your own CD copy and add the bonus tracks on at the end.

Its' just that, to me, this is an extraordinary album, and to be bickering about a few tiny marketing details detracts from just appreciating the brilliant, masterful work of art that it is.

I'll quote the great comedian Steven Wright:
"You can't have everything.... where would you put it?!"

smooches,
» Phy³

Hey Joe, greetings from Holland once again. Been following you as always and found out some interesting things. First of all: the new record of course, duhhh! haha Got it for my birthday, as well as a ticket to the Tilburg show, november 1st, ah yeah! I also saw on youtube that you went for a stroll through Tilburg on the Satchafunkilus tour, you really should do that again this tour! I will be strolling too and looking for you, I AM NOT KIDDING :-)

Also added myself to the attend show list. I didn't upload a set list of favorites, because i honestly like (and own! haha) every song you ever made :-)

Anyway, I hope i can meet you for a quick autograph/photo soon then. Sure hope you read this!!! It would mean a lot to me, seeing that I would frame the picture and hang it in my room, RESPECT haha

All the best kicking off the tour, I will be waving in front row my friend!

Rock on,

Hmmm, maybe its just me, but the setlist is kinda disappointing. 10 of the songs appeared on the Live in Paris DVD and apart from the new album, I've seen Joe play the others live over the years.

I was hoping he would pull some that haven't been played before. I realise there are people that haven't seen Joe live before and want to hear this stuff, but for me, I'd rather sit at home and watch the regular songs on DVD, better view and better sound. Not so keen now on travelling up to London and all the hassle of getting there, just for half the new album and the regular songs

@Phydeaux_3

@ Urbzz,