For those of you who have itunes...episode 6 was just released! there's some stuff on there about the new DVD coming soon! 13 HD cameras at that show! THAT'S GREAT NEWS!

Cheese - I think you're right on with people's pockets getting deep with gas prices. The oil companies have been setting record profits every quarter. I just cant imagine how people in other countries are paying 10 dollars a gallon for gas. The cost of housing and utilities much be MUCH less over there. I wouldn't be able to keep my house if gas hits 10 dollars a gallon. I have never not voted Republican, but I have to say, i am very disappointed with the state of our country right now. We are all ready for a change.

Anybody got a fevah?

LMFAO.....the next podcast is freakin hilarious....I think they have a problem with mice....oh, and Joe? Why don't you borrow Stevie Vai's "other" band member...his fan....fer those hot times on stage :)

Did yer nano-techie pants not work for u? Do you need to solar charge their panels??

Hmmm....maybe some pants with air-conditioning would do u better, you poor dehydrated person, LOL.....

And I couldn't help but remember the "ELF yourself" program chelle put up last Christmas time....at one point in the podcast it just seemed similiar...but mostly Jeff, Stu and Galen started to look like mushroom-people, LOL.....or were turning into leprechauns.....maybe it was those Dublin tatoos.........

Hey everyone. I'm new here and was wondering if Joe even talks here.

O.K. I can't seem to find the questions I ask so I'm going to ask again, I'm not even sure if I posted it or forgot to hit post lol.

I was wondering, Joe, have you or is your music at all influenced by drugs? And are you planning on going to the Gorge at George, WA or the Spokane Arena(better for me, I'm a lot closer) in any U.S. tours? It would rock to see you live, man.

REVAN 2008 - No, Dream Theater aren't instrumental. There are about the same amount of lyrics in any one of their songs as there are in a typical five-minute rock song, but most of DT's songs are closer to 10 minutes in length. So I guess they seem like an instrumental band sometimes.

It's cool to hear you mention Led Zeppelin's Presence. That's my favorite album of theirs, but it seems to be rated pretty low among average/casual fans. My favorite LZ song is Achilles Last Stand.

I don't like Kashmir much at all. I don't know what it is about it...I guess it just doesn't change quite enough for me. I like live versions better than the studio version, but not by much.

Here's a short and very incomplete list of some of my favorite shows...it's mainly the first few things to pop into my head though:
- 10/18/97, Aerosmith with Jonny Lang opening; my first concert. Aerosmith was my favorite band at the time...I had high expectations and they delivered. Jonny Lang was an excellent surprise...I only knew the single "Lie To Me" before the show, I didn't expect him to be such a great guitarist.
- 10/19/99, Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes; recorded and released as Live at the Greek. This was right around the time I became a die-hard LZ fan. It was before I knew too much about the Black Crowes, which is kind of a bummer...but the band was so tight and Jimmy Page was ON.
- 4/12/00, Joe Satriani; my first Satch show. I'm sure my story is the same as everyone's...my mouth was wide open the entire time. I was just getting into Stu Hamm at this time, so it was awesome to see him. He played Linus and Lucy in his solo, which was awesome.

I don't know if those would be my top three, but I'll stop there with the details. Other good ones:
- 12/5/02, Yes
- 8/11/04, Van Halen
- 2/18/05, Collective Soul
- 3/10/06, Dream Theater
- 10/11/06, Porcupine Tree
- 11/13/06, Explosions In The Sky
- 6/2/07, Lacuna Coil
- 6/20/07, John Butler Trio
- 8/17/07, Joe Satriani
- 10/2/07, Dave Matthews Band

It's cool that you got to see Page and Plant live. I wanted to go see them in 1998, but I didn't for whatever reason. I don't think many LZ fans like Michael Lee, but I think he's an excellent drummer...I like his stuff a lot. I've seen him live once, actually...I want to say it was with Thin Lizzy (?) when they opened on the Satch and Deep Purple. I was bummed though, because I didn't know he was in the band...and he wasn't introduced until toward the end of their set. Hmmm...Satch actually jammed WITH Deep Purple at that show. It was the only show on the tour where he did that. Maybe it should be on the above list.

Great White and Whitesnake sounds like it'd be a good show...but I'd want to see them back in the 80s when you did. My favorite double bill is probably Dream Theater opening for Yes in 2004.

Well, I have plenty of other posts to respond to, but this is getting long so I'll stop here.

Does anyone else feel like sharing some of their favorite shows?

Kilgelec,

Q: "how did Segovia make an A chord? I'm just using my 1 and 2 fingers not the 3. Is that what he did or was he able to fit those pudgy digits in the single fret space?"

A: I never saw him close-up, only on TV. But from that, and from seeing his fingerings on classical pieces his technique was completely academic. He would have used 3 fingers for that chord. I don't think he would have written fingerings if his technique had not been perfectly maintream.

Don't forget that he was a classical guitarist and that's a context where you tend to stick to "the right way" of doing things(although there are endless discussions on what the right way is).

I've been in the classical guitar world a long time and if there had been rumours about Segovia having unorthodox fingerings, I'm sure we'd have heard about it.

Also, the string spacing is somewhat larger on classical guitars. But then his fingers were massive...

Django Reinhardt, for obvious reasons, is more of an example of unacademic technique. Because there was no way he could have played the same way as everyone else! When my hands were hurting and I thought they'd never work properly again, I thought of him a lot. Django is the obvious proof that mind rules over matter. _________________________________________________

"As far as playing professionally, unless it's determined that I have some supernatural gift, I'm just doing it for personal enjoyment! But maybe..... :) Keep it real dude.... "

A: Yeah... it doesn't really matter, professional or not. As long as your actual job leaves you enough time to play. Guitar teachers run out of time to play just as much as people in "regular" jobs. Even Joe was a guitar teacher!

The fact that Joe was an unknown guitar teacher for years also says something about the sort of talent and... also... luck needed to make it as a guitarist/composer playing your own music. In his case, talent certainly largely created his luck but still, there's a about hair's breadth between success and obscurity.

purple bear, you've asked 6 times (same copy & paste lazy post) if drugs have helped Joe make music. I see they certainly haven't helped yer memory. Don't take the brown acid man!

Happy Monday!

Ken, good vibes going out to yer dad.

I wonder if I'd get fired for saying "But I had to take the day off to watch podcast #6!!"

no good? nah, I didn't think so.... trudges towards the door.....

Superstrings...that really touched me about your wrong diagnoses of Arthritis. My Dad is really musical and plays the flute but he's been going deaf and he's now wearing two hearing aids. Luckily one of the great things about the flute isyou can 'feel' the music as much as hear it, but it's kinda tragic when someone who has a great love of music risks losing the ability to do it.

Markrainy...yep I'm in Nothern ireland too and I can't hold fuel in my car...it's like there's a hole in the tank or something, or could it be that my £20 doesn't go as far as it did not so long ago.

Put 50 Euro in it yesterday...still slightly cheaper in the south of the island.

I'm getting to bring my two children (aged 10 and 11) to their first Gig on FRIDAY><><<<<can't wait! It;s a Led Zepp tribute band (called the Rubber Plants)...Alley Theatre. My good friend who accompanied me to Joe's concert in Belfast is the bass player. I'm going to print out Meet and Greet passes for my kids to meet the band!!

BigBunny; Thanks...could you ask Joe why he chose instrumental music? just interested to know. I 'm John by the way...

Tuesdayschild,

Thank you. I feel for your dad.

In my case the pseudo-rheumatoid arthritis is due to my immune system fighting a virus that it cannot get rid of, and it creates a lot of auto-immune reactions that are misleading side effects to doctors.

Some days I can hardly walk, some days I can go to the gym and do squats. It's very unpredictable.

My hands have now been almost normal for about six months!

so far got 3 messages for Joe - from castle49, dream3 & Igneousiceman. will be printing messages out the week/weekend before the gig.

Hey JOE!!!!!!!!! :))))

Please!!! When will be tour in Ukraine? Ur MUSIC and YOU r SOOOOOO COOOOOOLLLLL!!!!!!!!

i'm a new fan :)

AC/DC to sell new album through Wal-Mart

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock band AC/DC will sell its new album only through Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Sunday, citing unnamed sources .

ZincMaster - It's good to know that AC/DC can even make a headline in the Wall Stree Journal. Times are a changin.

Do the Stu - that's impressive you have actual dtaes with some of those shows. gotta love the passion.

So is everyone on the edge of their seats for Steve Jobs key note today? LOL!! Don't personally own an iphone. Jobs has done something special though, the man's a true genius!

Hi Joe,

My dad and I saw you at Guitar Center in Chicago. It was the greatest musical night of my life and my father's night.

I'm coming to California June 14-21 and was wondering if I could get a lesson with you.

Thanks,

Hi Joe, Don't know how often you look at these but just wanted to let you know I am gonna try and get to the LIMS this weekend!