DJR!!! BEAT ME TO IT AGAIN!!! NOT ONLY AT JEMSITE.COM!!! :D

Tony23 This ^ ^ ^ should wet yer cockles a bit m8!!! Just think: one of satch's songs hits the air and a generation of nu-metalers and 'punks' get converted over night!! well... here's hopin

/ I \ I N D Z T O R / I \ !!!!!

There! finally done it!!! :D Looking forward to seeing you in machester JOE!!! c'mon, u know it makes sense joe; donate to the JS for KeV campaign!!! :D

KeV

My savings for my first High-end guitar are now open!!! JS1000WH here I come!!! Man that is a fine looking/sounding/feeling guitar... damn...

Kev

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOE!!! hope you continue to remain succesfull and as great a human being as you have always been!!! Getting really excited now for the manchester gig on saturday!!! hope you enjoy yourself in sunnyold england!!!

HELLO EVERYONE!!! can anyone help me with this theory question??? What is a Phyrigian Dominant, Lydian Dominant??? can any of the modes be dominant??? was is this??? cheers

Joe, just like to say congrats on the great european tour and basically you did a damn good job, kudos to Matt and Jeff who played their hearts out...

Well, in other news... I might be going to see gary moore in November so that should be pretty good...

k,

hello all, thought I'd drop in and say hi!!! My legato is steailly improving...

In light of my earlier post I feel the need to expand:

It might have seemed too brash to openly ask if joe had done drugs... I personnaly believe that he is too intelligent and too big a family man to do such a thing

A question arose on jemsite.com about Joe's health (at which point I noted that Steve Vai will be young forever -watch this space-)

It was asked whether there was the possiblity that he did drugs during the 80's to which I and several others said was probably a load of rubbish...

hello all, its the day!!

I finally get my GCSE results back today (high school terminal exams in the UK) i need 4 b's to get into college and I was predicted A's/B's for them so here's hoping...

hhmm perhaps more time revising and less time practicing guitar could have helped...

NAH!!! :D

oh well, wish me luck..

funnily enough, I got my Js1000BTB yesterday,

Just thought I'd say Joe, u are still the coolest and your guitars rock.. but DAMMIT!!! WHERES MY CHROMEBOY :D!!!

Matt Selph:

That could be caused by blunt knife-edges... those are the little rectangular bits of metal on either side of the trem... the have those little post things that they pivot on... If your knife edges or blunt... or more commonly, just one side is, it could mean you have to replace the whole thing... get it into a guitar repair shop and get them to check it out... if they say it needs replacing, get em to stick an Ibanez Edge/lo-pro edge trem in instead, as on the 470's its the lo-trs trem which is made out of di-cast parts as opposed to milled parts...

If you want to check the knife edges yourself, email me and Ill guide ya thru the process... its quite simple really :D

Listen to this guy's music:

He likes to go by the nic Frozen and he's an extremely exciting musician that is as of this moment someone who I am gonna try and keep up-to-date on...

http://www.kolumbus.fi/sami.viitasalo/frozen/neon lights.mp3

on another note... my band is currently at the number one spot in our local battle of the bands after the first heat!!!

Mike: Wouldnt the JS2000 with a Lo-Pro be a JS1000 in Champagne Gold??? :D I agree on the JS1000 and there are three nice finnishes to choose from

White Black And transparent blue (I have one of these)

cheers

kev

Hello everyone, I've not posted on here for an age so ill make my first post back a gud'un

Basically, I just wanna thank Joe Satriani for being such a massive, massive, MASSIVE inspirtation and if it were not for him and his music, quite simply, I would not be here today :D

also,

I got offered a place at the guitar institute in london!!! YAAAAY!!!!!!!

thats pretty sweet young matt king :D

ooh, leaving college soon...

years full time work...

then...

Not been on here for a long time, so I thought I'd let you all know where Im at musically at the moment, this is my portfollio taken from my local music scene's website.

I figured that it might be a good idea to put all of the portfollio (thus far) together in one place on Prestone for the ease of use for all the fret-wankery lovers out there*.

so here goes

Computer Game/Radio stuff:

[URL=http://64.124.20.70/connX/11/01/freemp3/didnotqualify+kamikazenuns.mp3]Kamikaze Nuns (The Return)[/URL] [URL=http://64.124.20.70/connX/10/05/freemp3/didnotqualify+whendawncomes.mp3]When Dawn Comes[/URL]

General:

[URL=http://64.124.20.70/connX/03/05/freemp3/didnotqualify+canvasofthemind.mp3]DNQ - Canvas of the Mind (feat. Jemma Rogers and Lee/POD/Ghey boy[/URL] [URL=http://64.124.20.70/connX/10/05/freemp3/didnotqualify+battymanboogie.mp3]Battyman Boogie[/URL]

Other Peoples stuff:

[URL=http://64.124.20.70/connX/10/05/freemp3/didnotqualify+singfordeliverance.mp3]Phlegm Fatales - Sing for Deliverance (Acoustamophonic)[/URL]

I'll keep adding stuff here methinks.

Teach Me Guitar:

When I first started out, I always tried to learn the most difficult thing that I could possibly find. It usually sounded completely terrible, but it helps you to find your flaws and develop your technique. I think a lot of people try to put too much emphasis on being a blisteringly fast guitar player and miss the whole point of learning an instrument; to express yourself.

Take the time to sit down with a piece, and really work on it. I spent about 6 months working on Satch Boogie, (for a topical example ;)) and by the end, I could get a pretty good sound. As well as this, try and bring your own approach to your playing... It's all too easy to try and imitate a famous guitarist and end up sounding like a replica Satriani/Vai/Clapton etc.

It takes a damn lot of time to get good at the guitar, and even longer to get great at the guitar. Quite a lot of the getting great part is having the confidence to say "F*ck yeah! I'm a great guitarist!". If you can get a hang of that (but don't over-use it and try to avoid saying it too often in public :-D)

I think what makes a guitarist truly great, is their own unique sound (the same with all musicians in essence) because of this, it's really important to try and develop your ear. Try to avoid using TAB as far as possible and work instead on learning the nuances of a song and it's emotional context... My dad used to say to me:

"You play with your ears son, not with your eyes"