Joe,

I just listened to your new stuff. And I have only one thing to say:

Take a vacation away from musicians! ;-)

I didn't care for this new one much. You start each song with a cool melody then stray off into noman's land with focusless shredding that goes nowhere, and seems to last an eternity. It sounds like you're warming up and not really playing a song. No offense. But I can do that. And I don't even play that much. It's your somg melodies and hooks that make your stuff great. And this one doesn't have much of that.

The first few bars of each song are fantastic! But even though all that shredding is done well. It's extremely boring to listen to. We already have enough Joey Taffola's in this world. What we sorely need are good song writers. Your song writing is what makes you stand out. NOT YOUR SHREDDING!

I have a feeling you'll focus more on writing "Songs" on the next one. You seem to go through these wierd spats of wacky off- the -wall creations between writing cool melodies. Like excorsizing demons or something ;-).

Thanks for the strange twisted road you're taking us on. Although I don't care much for this one. You've already created a lot of cool stuff I really love. And I'm sure you'll create more later on down the road.

-Scott

-P.S.- Thanks to your influence. And playing along to your music. I can now create my own songs. So thanks for teaching this man how to fish. Say "Yo" to the family for me.