just checked in to say hi to all yu guys......

atn___thanks for the info on steven and yes,,,WELCOME BACK..

steven,so happy to know tht yur quickly recouping .......cheers...will mail yu later...sorry..out of time.god bless and prayers always......

michellle...... jazzy..... zennny...... lucysorets.... artanis...... austin.....tracie(cheese)....... alexande..........

guys sorry...got to go....just logged in to check if yu guys are ok............. bye for today....

take care people.... god bless.

Hi everyone,

2 mths & 2 days till i see Joe!

at the moment i'm reading 'The Hobbit' (2nd time) i'm up to Beorn's house :) this is such a fun read! i love these dwarves!

Pitch No 8, no I don't have that DVD. When did he start advertising that? was it in the last few days? I haven't checked his site for a bout a week so maybe that's why I missed it! Will go check now...

and yeah, I'm kinda *familiar* with the jem neck! haha. Crazy thing.....I sent my RG for repairs to the bridge and have been playing the SA while it was gone. now the RG is back, I'm used to the SA and can't play the RG any more! Guitars are a proper nuisance! I'm also pining after an EJ Strat too, but they're surely going to be a good couple of grand when they come out :-(

death cube k: thanks for pointing that out. its been fixed.

962: I know what it means to be getting used to guitars! This one hippie guy on my floor (i seem to have many hippie friends!) was playing his banjo today and invited me to jam with him. His acoustic was so shitty....its strings were literally 1.5 inches above the fretboard. I somehow managed to play a chord (Em) and decided to leave after the "jam" session. It was quite the learning experience. I recently kinda purchased a fender strat but I'm thinking of giving it back. I love it to death but money is tight! If my bro agrees to pay for it I can probably have it. But I really love the maple fretboard. Its got the crunch to it. anyways, here is my link!!!!!111one!!1

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Its around 3:40 am here and I cant fall asleep. sucks. My head was hurting when I woke up at 2:30. I decided to take some aspirin but couldnt find the bottle. I knew it was around somewhere in my tiny room. Therefore, song of the day is......

Hy everyone

Just a quick jump onto the site to see whats goin´ on......

Hope everyone ´s ok, good to hear from you Joe, that you´re on the best way to fully recovering!

The last few days were not funny for me..... my Mom got problems with her health and had to go to hospital..... I lost my job, because the firm I worked at has to save personnel costs ....... this year starts not very good for me, looks like I´m out of luck at the moment.....
But in such situations family and friends help so much .....
Because of this I just wanted to thank everyone at this wonderul site to take my mind off my worries and think about other things, ´cause your goin´crazy if you´re thinking too much about such problems.... and I´m looking forward to my birthday, in 6 days I´m gettin´ 27! Happy birthday to me :-)
And I don´t want to get everyone in a bad mood:

So what´s goin´on playing your music instruments and making music ?
I can´t wait to hear about the new Chrome boy.......

hey joe!!!! cant wait to see you at the saint james in auckland, when i first heard you were coming i couldn't believe it, i thought it was too good to be true. its finally some good guitar news for me after the terrible tragedy of dimebags death. i will be waiting after the show hoping to meet you.

im probably your youngest fan in auckland btw!! (15) kids here just follow trends and are too dumb too appreciate your brilliant guitar playing and more importantly your music. i am in a band too, im lead guitar http://www.area35.tk , if you need a last minute opening act, we would be more than happy to oblige!

Joe's getting well oredy! joe's getting well oredy! joe's getting well oredy! joe's getting well oredy! joe's getting well oredy! mebe i posted this message late, joe's probly all good and going =D i wana thank you again for coming into my life, joe I'm gonna learn to play the guitar and to write songs until i find that 1 thing that will alow me to play ever so freely and with full confidence, just lyk u, joe. Better done than said. U've inspired to pick up the guitar everyday and eventhough the end product may just be me learnin a few more chords and improving just a little bit more on that string-bend-vibrato, I'll be more than happy to pick the guitar up again the next day and practice some more. I listen to your music most of the time for reference and most importantly, your music is the only sound i can feel. Thanks again joe. I'm yet to see u live!

jazzzzzzzy,

now who's the post whore? lol

Anyone like Tom Waits? The man is a musical genius. His new album, Real Gone, is sublime.

Was watching Mystery Men last night and was amazed to see that he plays Mr Heller, the inventor. Some of the sounds in his lab (in a derelict old carnival, funnily enough...) have appeared on his many records.

Also, Marc Ribot, his guitarist has a style all of his own. Anyone heard his stuff?

Joe should make a Tom Waits-esque album - full of tinpan alley, drunken guitar melodies. Lying in a gutter being pissed-on by a labrador? Write the album, Joe...

A man and his wife are awakened at 3 o'clock in the morning by a loud pounding on the door. The man gets up and goes to the door where a drunken stranger, standing in the pouring rain, is asking for a push.

"Not a chance", says the husband, "it is three o'clock in the morning!"

He slams the door and returns to bed.

"Who was that?" asked his wife.

"Just some drunk guy asking for a push." he answers.

"Did you help him?" she asks.

"No, I didn't, it is three in the morning and it is pouring outside!"

"Well, you have a short memory," says his wife. "Can't you remember about three months ago when we broke down and those two guys helped us? I think you should help him, and you should be ashamed of yourself!"

The man does as he is told, gets dressed, and goes out into the pouring rain. He calls out into the dark, "Hello, are you still there?"

"Yes," comes back the answer.

"Do you still need a push?" calls out the husband.

"Yes, please!" comes the reply from the dark.

"Where are you?" asks the husband.

From the state where drinking and driving is considered a sport, comes a true story (from Kansas). Recently a routine police patrol parked outside a local neighborhood bar. Late in the evening the officer noticed a man leaving the bar so intoxicated that he could barely walk. The man stumbled around the parking lot for a few minutes with the officer quietly observing.

After what seemed an eternity and trying his keys in five different vehicles, the man managed to find his own car which he fell into. He was there for a few minutes as a number of other patrons left the bar and drove off.

Finally he started the car, switched the wipers on and off (it was a dry night), flicked the hazard flasher on and off, tooted the horn and then switched on the lights. He moved the vehicle forward a few inches, reversed a little and then remained stationary for a few more minutes as more patrons left in their vehicles. At last he pulled out of the parking lot and started to drive slowly down the street.

The police officer, having patiently waited all this time, now started up his patrol car, put on the flashing lights, promptly pulled the man over and carried out a breathalyzer test. To his amazement the breathalyzer indicated no evidence of the man having consumed alcohol at all! Dumbfounded, the officer said,

"I'll have to ask you to accompany me to the police station. This breathalyzer equipment must be broken."

One of my friends serves in our military. He is still stateside, in California. He called me yesterday to let me know how warm and welcoming people were to him and the troops, everywhere he goes, telling me how people shake their hands, and thank them for being willing to serve, and fight, for not only our own freedoms but so that others may have them also.

He also told me about an incident in the grocery store he stopped at the other day, on his way home from the base. He said that ahead of several people in front of him stood a woman dressed in a burkha . He said when she got to the cashier she loudly remarked about the US flag lapel pin the cashier wore on her smock. The cashier reached up and touched the pin, and said proudly," yes, I always wear it and I probably always will." The woman in the burkha then asked the cashier when she was going to stop bombing her countrymen, explaining that she was Iraqi.

A gentleman standing behind my son stepped forward, putting his arm around my son's shoulders, and nodding towards my son, said in a calm and gentle voice to the Iraqi woman: "Lady, hundreds of thousands of me n and women like this young man have fought and died so that YOU could stand here, in MY country and accuse a check-out cashier of bombing YOUR countrymen. It is my belief that had you been this outspoken in YOUR own country, we wouldn't need to be there today. But, hey, if you have now learned how to speak out so loudly and clearly, I'll gladly buy you a ticket and pay your way back to Iraq so you can straighten out the mess in YOUR country that you are obviously here in MY country to avoid."

Clarky:The latin translation for Lucifer is "bringer of light" if i remember correct,so that would make y a technician right enough,lmao guitar solo on Blue Bossa/Pheonix Street- Paul"Lucifer"Clark i,m tempted,..........really,lmao Track changes,hmm,yeah,as y well know,pro bands have a habit of doing that to y,y know, like... look how pro we are...we can change all THIS the night b4 the gig!!!....I recall many a moment with Iron Horse,theyd walk up t me & say "new tune for tomorrow night" & smile... usually followed up with the same chirpy all happy with themself bouncy voice & tell y its easy,yeah right;just as i,m getting over the pre-do i really have my shit together thang.Bro as good as the other tracks undoubtably will be,you have my deepest sympathy,lol

Steven Wilde:Work went well,thanks Steve,i managed t master 8 tracks,i have one more t complete that i,m doing with ol nick upstairs "points up t previous mail"lol & its a wrap,so a very successfull night was had.I should get a chance t listen to your tracks today.On being a beginner.The beginner always gets the true nature of music,its a bit like being a child,your mind is open t all the things & everything is fresh & exciting.Enjoy your time as a beginner bro because one day y wont be,i,ll get back t y after having a listen,a very happy & good day t y sir.

Jazzzzy:Excellent bud,i,m one more step towards the final product after a successfull night in da studio,i figured this would wind up a promo album & i,m going treating it as such,if i manage t cover my costs,i,ll be more than a happy man.I,ll be posting y on its completion & thanks again,ah yeah i nearly posted earlier t say y have a R.R touch,keep up the chops bro,they kick ass!

mikesb:Death cube:Thats Jazzzy turning into a demon,Lmao

Zenfish:Ok friend its good news,bad news time. First the bad:The lad that owns the studio now wants t live in it,lol,typical,because he doesnt have a home!so we,ll have t make do with what i have here on Sat,thats the bad news

The good news is after we record on the Saturday,on Sunday morning my friend Pau,is kindly giving his time t mix it down with pro tools.We talked last night for the first time in months,basically because i work during the day & he works at nights.If you would like we can jam & record the sunday afternoon with him & his friends at an acoustic volume,mix it & go to the Jazz Si club in Barca for a jam session Sun night.Your wife will not be bored i must add during all this,Tura will make sure of that.Sun we could all go down t Jazz Si for a night out t make up for any time lost.The Sunday session is a straightforward blues or funk jam affair,so plenty room for improv.Each musician only has a couple of tracks t get up & play & it swaps to another,so lots of fxs are out,just a couple of pedals run on batts is a better plan.i,m goin t go down & check it out this Sunday t get an idea.I,m told the standard is fair-good,i,ll be posting y soon with my address & any other info y may need after bro,ah while i,m on it,Pau is from Chile,a great drummer & percussionist with a heavy lean towards indian music,his friend is Catalan & plays Sitar,the bassist i,ll meet on Sun,well,all i can say is it should be an interesting fusion with us added,lol

ballad:If your looking for the inverted snob,audition for the music course of further education in Perth,Scotland,that will put an end t your dilemma,lol