Zinc Master, haha, that was really funny! First try I failed, but I managed to do it the second time, but it was tricky!

Also, I don't know whether to go for the show in Paris that he's playing with Sharon Isbin? Anyone got any suggestions? One part of me says "yeah go for it, it'll never be repeated" and the other part says "it means going to Paris.....what if I then find out there an Aching Hunger part II in Holland and I can't afford to go?".

Anwers on a postcard please!

HOWDY FOLKS! Please excuse my absence....I have been....I dunno actually, what have I been doing? Think I got lazy, and last night I went to see Blade Trinity. Which kinda blows. It tries so hard to be cool it's just awkward, tho there's a small handful of funny lines in it.

New music uploaded here: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/5/simondaultreymusic.htm

It's a 2 parter, so check it Revolve (Parts I and II) if you have ten minutes spare.

That'd be great if you can give the nod to Buzzy about my tracks....if you do, please give him my email address! (if you don't have it, it's as follows; airman_siro@yahoo.co.uk).

Thanks again bro! YOU ROCK!

update

Wow, I just read your recent post that you already passed on my tracks to Buzzy! Awesome dude, I'm stoked. That's and honour, for me, and especially for hearing that he liked them! Don't worry about the mail address - I'll mail him and say thanks. Also, thanks to your ex-girl for her feedback, it's all useful and encouraging!

For Red Square I used my RGT for all the main parts - that's the one with the PAF Pro and Fred pickups in it. Tho for the clean parts (intro and outro) I used my GIO, and that was just using it's Ibanez standard neck pickup! hehe, it sounds okay tho!

Clarky, I take it your son is under 18 years old? if so, how did he come to have a copy of all 3 GTA's, cuz they're all 18 Certificates?!

I think that's where a large part of the problem is. The blame cannot be placed on the producers - the retailers and marketers are the ones responsible, and often the parents too (tho I'm not saying that's the case with your son!).

Everything these days is marketed at kids....kids are lead to believe they need to act like adults, cause it's a great money-maker, which is why we see 5-year-olds dressed like 25-year-old hookers. It's not cool.

DCK, thanks a lot for checkin them out, glad you liked them!

I'm glad you're enjoying the new tunes, i'm really pleased about you guys all following my new music, it's very rewarding! Kind regards my friend, take it easy.

LucySorets, haha, fair enough! Yeah it's a cool photo, better than his new photoshoot ones where he looks like an elf. :-D

I been checkin out your stuff too amigo, it's cool, keep it up! Please post more as and when you get chance to record stuff....the more the merrier!

pp0, go play my middle finger. don't be a cock sucker, there's no need for it. Sorry man, I just don't have the time or the patience for putting up with bullshit this evening, I really don't.

We were there for new year at the milennium, and the day we left was my birthday, january 3rd. We were walking along Venice beach and it was 28 degrees celcius or something - that's about as warm as it gets in the UK in summer! haha. I wanna move to Switzerland....it's hot in summer, the most beautiful scenery, and the greatest skiing in winter time!

Suzie, to be pedantic, I didn't mean any harm to pp0 but it didn't stop him getting all juvenile on me....I just responded in an equal manner. Sorry, I know it's the "season of good will", but I'm not in the mood for disrespect.

I bet you're happy term has finished! have you got much work to do over the break, like marking work? Hope you enjoy a good chance to relax, and yeah, roll out the red wine! hehe

opticalstudio, thanks for your mail. I've been checkin out the site and cdbaby page....it's all good, but I'll have to wait until I strike lucky with a decent connection to stream some of the sample tracks. It's annoying cause I really want to hear your stuff! have either of you guys thought of putting a few mp3's up on soundclick or something? it is free, and they're downloadable!

opticalstudio, thanks dude, I hope Buzzy will be ok to read it. I'm sorry he's been put on morphine....that really sucks. I mean, I know, people say morphine is great and kind of addictive, but it's not good, the bad thing being that you're in such a state to require it. My best regards to him, I hope it eases his pain without f*ck*ng his head.

Some people say you suck so bad you shouldn't be recording? well those people are just plain rude! hehe. Man it's all kind of irrelevant really....you should be recrding cause you want to....you should be doing what you want to do for your own purposes. I am not a particularly good player, in my opinion, but I record stuff cause I want to! The main thing is keep doing what you're doing!

And thanks for the help bro! yeah the music links on the ATN website are links straight to the CDbaby page, where you can't download mp3's....you can only stream them. I can't stream audio, but I can download complete files! Maybe you guys could set up a soundclick page? www.soundclick.com and just register as a band, not a guest or "listener"! I know, it takes a while to upload whole tracks, but it's kinda useful to have the free host. if either you or Randell do get a chance, check it out! Sorry, if those directions are kinda vague just shout and I'll explain better! hehe. Take it easy dude!

namm man, I think it's interesting you said "terrorism is an epidemic"......I dunno, I didn't read the whole post so I may have ripped it from the roots of it's context (hehe) but if not, please explain!

I'm just curious about it cause that certainly isn't the feeling we get here, and I'm wondering if there's the general feeling of a constant threat from unknown sources, in the US, cause that's what the government want you to believe?! It's interesting.

p4uljs2k, my suggestion would be to check out an Ibanez AT300 - that's an Andy Timmons model. They're great. You kinda get the best of both worlds, cause it's got strat-sounding neck and middle pickups, but a nice fat, warm-to-very hot fullsize humbucker in the bridge. mahogany body too, and a wilkinson VSV bridge and locking tuners. You can't go wrong.

My mother and I have had to deal with a lot of customer services lately, cause it's been one of those months where one thing after another just goes wrong. We have had some serious sh*t from people. I honestly reckon i'd get a better reception if I walked into the middle of harlem/the bronx wearing a Swastika T-shirt and asked the nearest gang where I might find the local KKK meeting place. Even if I did start it all by saying "wassup my niggaz?".

Suzie, haha, a perfect example! "Clowns" is such a great description too! hehe

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you're all dumb and easily lead and so on. Not at all. I just reckon you all need to try being a little more cynical about your government! hehe. I dunno, we've had countless terrorist attacks here killings thousands of people, and from different sources, but mainly the IRA. But it has never created a national tension where we're all just waiting for the next one. I dunno, I just find it interesting how different people in different cultures and societies react to the same things!

OCPS470, I can understand your concerns, but I think they are only concerns of yours because you have been conditioned to believe there is a threat.

Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canavarel (I have no f*ck*n clue how it's spelled! hehe) may have some military significance, but terrorists aren't actually going to target them. Try thinking about it differently - a terrorist attack against a massive, iconic civillian target, one of stature and one which symbolises what it is to be part of the US - I'm talking about the WTC here - is going to get many more people talking than a place where astronauts work.

I do believe that the whole point of 9/11 was not to kill people, per se, it was to draw attention, on a global scale, to the group of people responsible. As it happened, there was confusion, and nobody was certain who was responsible, and it made the president look really stupid, which is probably a bonus for the group who orchestrated it, but basically it worked.

I dunno man....I'm not saying "forget about it there's no threat", but I do think you need to try not to be paranoid! hehe. Oh, and re. the washington Sniper - I had totally forgotten that until you mentioned it.....I think that kind of shows what works at grabbing attention and what doesn't?!

Happy new year to you too amigo!

Joe, sorry to hear you got pneumonia. Hope you get well soon. Take it easy joe!

Also, glad to read your good words about Kenny-Wayne.....he totally rocks!