Greetings Joe and all

Greetings again,

just adding a contribution lol, ....to my shame, guess what..... ??? I took my Raspberry flavoured Ibanez into a local Heavy Metal Pub to try and impress the pretty barmaid...... and it fell out of its case, crashing onto the wooden floor with its body end, taking a small chunk out of the paintwork. So now I'm after some nail varnish to compensate.....(for the guitar, not the Bar girl).... raspberry flavour preferred plz :)) ...cant look after anything lol........ However Im pleased to say it's been repaired and re-setup so should be collecting it soon.... Yikes !! :/

Robin (York England)

Hi all again

Greetings all,

hehe how are ya'll ......

Just got me Ibanez back from repair :)) Playing along to JOE's Anthology compilation album . Scuze me but God I'm in a predicament...... I know it's a Vai guitar but bye ek it can't alf soar. (Joe, Steve, both your music is a great breath of 'Fresh Air' in this troubled and sick world we live in.)... lol btw thanks for Mike Keneally also.... I gotta yet purchase his albums, God Willing. Advice plz if possible, I saw an advert for a book called Screaming Fingers, which apparently contains everything you need to know about playing superfast shred metal, and claims that there is some great secret only known by the best in the business.... Ok it may be an incredible book, and it looks considerably thick.. plus you need a visa card or similar in order to purchase it online. I'll tell you where I'm at.....Modes mainly played, Major (Ionian) Minor (Dorean), Phyrygian and Pentatonics, with knowledge of chord construction etc, Blues runs combined with jazz possibly and maybe a bit of country.... As far as speed is concerned, having listened to players like Larry Carlton, ALan Holdsworth, both who I dont ever think I could match in accuracy and speed. Eric Johnson also amazes me with them incredible string skip runs and descending crescendos. Plz I have trouble with descending scales and usually end up having to use pull offs for the descent.... sounds quite good, but I'm missing out on something I know.... I don't want to have to buy this book which also taunts one with the possibility of endless luxury, I e Lambourghini , porshe, beautiful women, fans galore and being the envy of every rock guitarist under the sun. Even says Steve Vai would have a problem keeping up, once these techniques are learnt.... Oh my lol

Hi and Thanks Scrawn,

yeah I think it was sorta tongue in cheek bout Vai not being able to keep up, Lol he probably helped in the making of the book :)) but the Limousine and envy of every rock guitarist was a lil 'OTT' lol

Thats it, 'First there was Shred, then there was Twiddle' or was it the other way round ?>

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962. I said that I have only heard one accoustic track by the man, which I thought was pretty dull; and now I think about it' I seem to recall reading an interview in guitarist Magazine where Eric mentions using the piano to figure out chords.on guitar..

K listen up metal heads :))) jk lol

ne way, Mickey, whether Eric could lay Joe and Steve flat if he wanted to is neither here nor there........

Hi again :)))) Greetings

GUITARISTS !!!

Does anyone know a good site where I can get some backing MP3s for guitar, cuz I am planning to go busking with my Ibanez quite soon..... BLues, jazz, rock, anything to improvise to .)

Help would be appreciated Thanks

Rgr tht Mickey,

I first heard of Eric Johnson from a guitarist called Phil Keaggy, who mentions him on his Electric guitar teaching Vid...

Wow Mickey thx m8 !!!!!

hehe you know of Phil :)) k right I got your page ty..... though cant put me guitar down rt now lol, as playing along to Strange beautiful music lol..... Man!! talking with you is inspiring in itself lol......

K thx Mickey

Sleep tight and cya l8r m8.....

lol been playing to satch music for last hour at least, and Im busting for a .P. lol...... then must eat hehe

take it easy all

gnite

Hey grey Fox

yup Santana is also a great influence on my playing. Saw him live at Knebworth England in 1980, along with The Beach boys, Elkie Brooks, Lindisfarne and Mike Oldfield...

Supernatural is a great album but I like especially the earlier stuff like Europa, Samba Pa ti, She's not there etc......Those songs live on lol.....

Not heard much stuff of him with other players...though

regards

Hi Dkviva

welcome to all, Im new also lol.....hehe

cya l8r

Yes Greyfox

sounds like we have similar beliefs, I stopped buying Led Zeppelin Albums, back in 1983 and as a matter of fact, prefer Rolf Harris's version of Stairway to heaven now, it's much better.... Having had some aquaintances in the past who were into paganism and so called 'white witchcraft' (ie Wicker) I found out that the Lady referred to in 'Stairway' is in fact a Pagan Goddess....

Mickey are you online by any chance ?

I need your help lol..... THe Midi files worked yesterday but they wont play todayfor some reason ... Have tried on both Creative EAX console and Windows Media Player.... Volume is set to on because it will play other Mp3 files but not your Midi tracks :/ Also I have tested the EAX device and it shows everything to be active..... Dunno whats wrong, it seems those files have died on me for some reason lol.

Hey grey Fox

lol Rolf Harris uses a wobble board on Stairway to Heaven, and the song is separated nicely by numerous shouts of 'Altogether now'!! and a few other funny jibes hehe..... Check it out, you must be able to find it somewhere......

Greetings Do the Stu

Du the Stu

Rolf Harris 's version of 'Stairway to heaven' has no Satanic backtracking messages , and if it has then it was probably made by a Kangaroo on acid lol.....

Good Morning all,

It is 4.37 am.......here in the UK.....

Got some nice Midi trax today to play along to, including some really nice slow stuff, from the likes of David Gilmour, and Mark knopfler.......to name but a few........

Plus Cliffs of Dover...... by vera Lynn ...

Greetings all,

Thanks to Mickey Vai , At last ive found an opening into being able to play the kind of music I have wanted to for ages, even if it is only jamming along to Midi backing tracks. Lol and I was so unaware just how much is out there.

Also after watching Joes TV interview I am encouraged to start looking for ways to collaborate with other musicians over the net....Being a lazy Midi composer myself, I think I need to start work on something quite soon....

You see as a shy individual, I find it almost impossible to find any decent musicians to jam with. Oh yes I get jams lol, but they are usually with the 'Clubhanded' strummers from wherever. Clunk...not another Buddy Holly song.

Plus could anyone tell me please, why when I try to download Real Player (Free Trial Edition) it says I need a credit card, as if I'd agreed to pay for the full version?

Help appreciated :)

Hey slow down y'all .....can't keep up lol.

Sonar 2.0 is a wonderful tool..... Convert other ppls Midi files into your own by simply removing stupid French accordion noises ....lol