962 - Yeah, I agree. I've had nothing but good reoprts from my students and their parents, so I'm pretty chuffed!! I also helped one guy achieve an A* grade in performance for his Music GCSE, as well as an A in the composition unit. He bought me a case of beer for that!!!!! Little suck up... lmao

Phryg Dom - Hmm, personally I don't let them 'run riot' like that until they've grasped the basics. I'm a firm believer of learning the rules before trying to break them; that way, you can figure out how to break them, and which ones to break. But you're right - it's all about the sound. Something I forgot to mention in my post yesterday is that I have this one particular student who has learning difficulties (I think he's autistic), and as such simply cannot remember the names of scales. So he names them according to the colours they make him 'see'. I'm not sure of all of them, but I know that Lydian is yellow and Dorian is blue. It's pretty odd, but it works for him, and that's what counts.

mowlie - Grrrr! Go on then, but I've really got to start copyrighting my exercises... lol

Clarky - Head, hands, heart - the three Hs; I like that... lol

NM

estrela....hope you feel better soon!

Clarky...just don't try it with Vodka & a Stogie in the tub...might be incindiary...lmao

Anybody got a backing track to Borg Sex?

aussieRGman...nice tune!

mikesb...you're right...like I could show Greg something...one very nice thing Greg said to me was..."anyone can be a great technical player, but you've got ideas..." I was so humbled & excited...really gave me a shot of adrenaline... wow!

any one know anything about dvds on laptops?

ive got an acer laptop and it can play dvds i have joes live in sanfransico and g3 live in denver,

when i put the dvd in it goes to winmedia player 10 and i can here the epic logo thingy then the menu music but when goes into the concert part, no sound at all. any ideas? i have windows xp home

Mowlie: Yeah, usually I go through the E and A derived barre chords first, because those are the most common, and because power chords derived from the E and A barre chords are the most common too. I usually don't move students on to C or D derived barre chords until we've gone through just about every possible chord that is recognised as a standard "chord formula." Anything you'd see in the craziest jazz stuff. I would have to say though, that D root chords are limited use because they will never have the big bass sound of an A or E root barre chords, and G root are less usefull, because moany of the fingerings are very awkward. I think other than E and A, C root barre chords have the most use because they are full sounding, but rearange the intervalic order of the chords from (ex: major chord A root) 1,5,1,3,5 to 1,3,5,1,3 giving a different, yet similar vibe.

Dear Sir

I am a very honoured in order to write to you this letter. I have been visiting your web site many times before I decided to write to you after a kind of hesitation.....well I am 27 years old, I am a postdoctorant researcher and a teacher of English at Oran University, actually I am working with Burlington Ressources in my home country, Algeria.

Besides this, I am fan of Master Joe Satriani 's music and style, and other artists such as Michael Angelo and Steve Vai.

From my early childhood I wanted to be a professional in playing guitar, but could not reach this aim because in my country there's no rock schools. This year I've bought a red Fender Strato Caster guitar and wanted to start playing some sounds, but it's too difficult without a teacher.........I am a very early beginner. In short, I was wondering if you can help me to find a very professional school in the US or UK in order to study and be able to play guitar. I'll be very glad if you accept me as a student. For me music is an inseparable part of my life....it's everything, thus I won't be only a listener but a professional player.........that's my objective. Could you help me to make it true?

Thank you endlessly.

Ken, headache - day 7....ugh!

Anywho, I saw this woman on t.v. this morning and she was a numbers lady. I'm not much into the whole numbers thing, but I thought what the hell, let's go check it out. I went to her site and found it pretty interesting. It tells you how to figure out your Lifepath number, and your Attitude number. My Lifepath is a 7, and my Attitude is a 5. After a bit of thought, it was pretty accurate. My husband's was spot on having 4 as both numbers. I think this makes us non-compatible. lol! There are more numbers to your lifepath, not just these 2, so the reading isn't complete.

So, I was sitting here listening to Crystal Planet, and I got curious to what numbers JOE would have. His Lifepath number is 7 (same as mine), and his Attitude number is a 4 (same as my husbands). lol! Now I understand why I like Joe so much. lmao!! IT'S IN THE NUMBERS! lol!

If you're bored and curious like I was, go to:

http://www.numberslady.com/num.cfm

See if your numbers match your personality. Share them with the rest of the class if you want - just for shits and giggles.

Mari - You humble me greatly. Thanks for those words - they are really not deserved. I'm just struggling on, learning, making mistakes, fixing things as I go. I haven't forgotten about your copyright stuff. I'll look it up again.

Been busy trying to figure out if Feuilles Mortes (Autumn Leaves) composed by Joseph Kosma (circa 1946) is under copyright and who the publisher is. What a nightmare. I think it may be under the French publisher Sacem. Any lovely French people out there that can check into that for me?? I only found the site in French. I do speak a little bit of French but not enought to get through the website.

Good news is that Bolivar Blues is under BMI publishing. I'll have to pay the royalties for a mechanical license, but thats only fair.

I'll put this info on Roy's site. It would help if all those that previously signed the SBM guestbook would sign Slansh's book too. I am hompful this album will be out in 4 or 5 weeks.

JOE - I loved the webcast!! Its just amazing to hear these older tunes that you don't normally play live. Just a thrill. I hope you really enjoy India. There is so much history and culture there. Hopefully you can get out and about too and see the sites. Very proud country.

All the best.

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and the Number 1 Worst Cable Network Reality TV Series...

Ronnie, can ye got get Slansh's interview up on the new site in the next week or so?? Give him a deadline he seems to have removed the finger that was stuck!!! He is/has been workin on it!!!!!

michelle

thanks for the numbers site - kinda on. I need to think about it a little more.

Sammy Hagar Time

Mari - ok girlie... lol... don't say I didn't warn yer... lol.....

song of the day is dedicated to you.....

Average White Band.....

Pick Up the Pieces....

I'll look forward to seeing you on tour..... lmao...

but only up to a point... lol..

shine on..... lol..

stay happy and lucky...

fuck knows what my stupid brain was thinking of......

but you do have to forgive it for missfiring occassionally....

on more than one occasion I have tried to break it....
so it is slightly damaged...

things tend to make more sense that way...

well at least to me.. lol... with my messed up brain....

ha.. you was right about enharmonic.... I looked it up....
jeez... my brain has been defragged enough... lmao..

it'd keep going out when I play submarines...

that numerology Doris is pretty fit.....

Clarky...I'm always counting & hopefully finding zero...lol...nothing like a nice graze in the grass....lmao

AussieRGman for G3 Well, maybe we should all go for a G93799 tour? There are so many fine musicians here.

We are now up to 93, 799 members!!! Prety soon we wil pass the 100, 000 mark! We only need 6, 201 more members.

How's that for numbers

Hey Joe How are you? I hope to see you soon here in México in the G3 tour again I want to ask you if you can send me the name of some music schools and their locations please?