Hi everyone<br>

<br>This is my first post... so go easy on me if I say something silly<br>

<br>The way that I heard of Joe Satriani was when I was reading a guitar Encyclopedia that was given to me as a present. Naturally, I turned to the metal section of the book where there were a few short descriptions of Van Halen, Steve Vai, and then I saw Joe Satriani where the description said, "Joe Satriani: respected by musicians and non-musicians alike, known for many techniques, and master of the staccato method". I looked further to see that the, "Surfing With The Alien" album was mentioned as a recommended research for the heavy metal guitarist, along with Steve Vai's, "Passion and Warfare" album.<br>

<br>One day, me and my guitarist were talking about good guitarists, and then he said, "oh, you know Joe Satriani?" and I said, "I've heard of him, but I haven't actually heard him". He then said, "oh, well, he was Steve Vai's teacher" my ears then pricked up, "REALLY?"<br>

<br>The first Satch song I ever heard was "Crushing Day", unlike most people, I would listen to that song over and over because I loved the rhythm parts. I then wasted no time in getting a CD, I came across this double CD called, "The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology" I thought it would be a good way to start listening to Satch and so I bought that album which is sort of like a "Best of" CD literally on the same day that I bought my first electric guitar.<br>