Hey, hey, hey...

I think I'm almost back to being here regularly, now. ;-) I'll try to catch up with everything this weekend...

I did a quick search for "Austin" and "Do The Stu", so here are a few things:

- I only just now realized that the word "exhausting" contains my name.
- Joe's SMF stands for "Sick Mother F-cker"...
- Someone (cheese101, I think) asked if I would be going to one of the rescheduled Satch shows. I don't have tickets now, but yeah, I see myself maybe going to either the Anaheim or Ventura show. Are you going to either of those? If so, let me know...I'll try to get tickets for your show. I also might go to the San Diego show with a friend...so if anyone down there wants to meet up, just let me know...
- The Steve Morse Band / Dixie Dregs show was awesome. The Eric Johnson show was also awesome. I'll try to post reviews (sorta) in the near future... I have about 20 photos from the SMB / DD show...I'll try to post them soon. In the meantime, this picture and this picture will have to do.
- marimariSRV, it was so cool to meet up with you a week or two ago. Let me know if you're ever out this way again...we have see a show together.

Well, I gotta go... I've been SO busy working for the newspaper this semester. We have a ton of new writers...most of them don't know how to meet deadlines, which means that I've had a ton of late nights over the past week and a half. Fun, fun, fun...

Delfino, talk to DCK about it ;-) Oh, and March 28th, i think, is the submission deadline!

Thanks for your input on both that and the song-writing thing. I dunno....I just find it really hard to come up with anything that sound remotely interesting. I've had no tuition, no theory, so coming up with a comprehensive, but simple, chord/key progression is a real challenge for me. And I have a mental blank at the moment too. Yippee.

update: just read the TZ specs on the DiMarzio site.....they claim it's got pretty good dynamic response to pick attack, and it's output is 375 which is not so bad. Their "tone guide" rates it the same as the Air Zone, so it seems it's an Air Zone but 54 mV louder! I guess i'll find out in 7-10 days! haha

also, maybe you could re-post those details once a week or something, cause there's bound to be others who missed your first post?

Re:scooba do u think that that will work? i'll give them a call but im sixteen so i dont think that they will let me in because of alcohol and stuff, even if i do have a guardian. i guess i'll just have to take off my pink bow and wiggles t-shirt... damn!

16 - man that sux to miss Joe by 2yrs!!

i hope they give you some good news :)

BigBunny.. . . ... p.s. is you forgo wearing your Wiggles t-shirt - i in the name of truth & justice shall forgo wearing my Winnie the Pooh one! it's the least i can do man ;)

Re: michelle I always yell at them in my cat voice and tell them to stay on the grass and stay safe. I think they're trying to commit suicide. lol! I would probably risk an accident if, God forbid, one of the little buggers would piddle out in front of me

that is just the sweetest thing! :) i never thought berating an animal could be an act of love - but in this case it is a life saver!

in case you run out of abusive words - try some of the lines out of the 'Holy Grail' movie - eg 'you don't frighten us pigdog! go and boil your bottoms you sons of a silly person! i blow my nose at you!'

Best regards from Ukraine to all of you!!!! I've back here at last! How is it going guys! Whats new? I have not been here since November.

I got this via email and laughed my tits off!!!

True or not !! An amusing anecdote.

Allegedly Pfizer Corporation is making an announcement that Viagra will soon be available in liquid form and will be marketed by Pepsi Cola as a power beverage suitable for use as a mixer. Pepsi's proposed ad campaign claims it will now be possible for a man to literally pour himself a stiff one. Obviously we can no longer call this a soft drink. This additive gives new meaning to the names of cocktails, highballs and just a good old fashioned stiff drink. Pepsi will market the new concoction by the name of Mount & Do

Juju/Alexandre/Michelle/Cube and Tastey Thanks for the birthday wishes guys. I had a relaxed and enjoyable day, visited the various bits of the family and ate too much - lol. To top it all, I got a call from work to say that the contract that we have been waiting for came through - that's a biggie and it's been stressing me out for weeks, so today I'm truly chilled.

Jazzy 1400 posts and never a cross word - lmao. Congrats man.

Cube lmao man, .........talk to jeff - heh heh ;-)

Civgeek Dude sounds like you should be in consultancy for sure........................ start with the answer and work your way back - lol

Steven W yeah the VFR is a clue for sure - lol. I started posting as R6Rocker a few years back...................... altough between bikes I should have been Walk to live, Live to walk! heh heh.

Tastey Great joke- lol. I'm good thanks. Life is good and I'm not at work this week, so it's even better. This is set to be a cool year, I think. How are you ? How's the job ?

Fab lawyer Lmao man, I'd put nothing past either of those shady dudes ;-)

962 Writing - find a collection (random) of chords that you like, string them togther as best you can, maybe into two sets for 'verse' and 'chorus'. If you can't make them fit, find some others to link them togther. Now if you're thinking, 'but I was going for 'power' chords - bear with me. Once you've got your chords, figure out what choice of scales / modes that you've got open to you, the full chord voicings will give you more scope and you switch back to power chords later. Pick your melody out, either using a scale / mode per chord change or grouping your 'keys' together. Base idea established. Now go back to the begining. Figure out the tempo and rythym for the track. Programme drums, lay down bass line. (root notes/ riff style or pedal tone). Put chords/ riff over the top, lay down the melody. Make it more interesting by putting in a 'middle eight' section as a riff, and harmonising some of your melody. Of course all easier said than done - lol, hope this might be some help to you. It's a bit of a 'formula' approach, but if it's a different approach to the norm, perhaps it might spark sonmething off for you.

STRENGTH OF HEART Dave's doing okay, he's down in Atlanta GA, working on the odd job, getting himself sorted. I think he may have a guitar student or two lined up. I spoke to him about three weeks ago, he was happy enough, thought that he had made the right move and is thinking of training as an electrician. He can't get on line that often at the moment but his web page is now www.sharpiv.com, there's a contact mail there and he occasionally updates his news section with what he's doing.

Michelle Yeah, after I posted, I was left with a dark feeling inside of me for a while, not something that I posted lightly. A lesson in life, learnt and not forgotten - character building, as they say - lol ;-)

Zenfish,

Nice tune selection...what are your favorite Eddie tunes rated by solos, then rhythm? If that's too much work...you don't have to bother....Peace!

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962, you're very welcome....my pleasure....next thing I would do is to play in a key that you don't normally practice in, change tonal settings, play another instrument if you have one, learn some new weirdo chords....you know mix it up...force yourself into a new place....

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Clarky....any chance of you offering a Shredz cut to T2J?

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Yeroma...welcome back!

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mowlie_2000...that's funny shit!

Alumiboy? Alumiman?