Guitarmiester: I know how you feel, sometimes it can be slow to get a response or none at all. I'm guilty of that too. It happens to everyone I think........It's good to see you back here. Most of the people here are fantastic, just like anywhere you go I guess...there will always be a few that are " less than fantastic". I was at Yngwies last show at Starland Ballroom, George Lynch was one of the opening bands, he was amazing!! I think there were 4 Bands that night....I was 2 or 3 people back. I 'd snuck my camera in but Security had a clear view of me so I didn't take any shots. It's not worth getting kicked out or my equipment taken. I did get a pick from Yngwie, he was flirting with me....I was one of the few girls in the crowd. I met one of my good friends there. Ivan has a great voice & he has about 15 guitars, he's an incredible musician!! I've made some great friends at shows....Yes, I think DT is amazing too! I saw them 2x...most recent at the Tower Theatre in Philly where I 1st met Michelle about 2 years ago I think. I also can't wait for Joe to come around, waiting patiently.........

8:30 pm Night Night! long day tomorrow....up @ 5am for work & Rocking with Collective Soul in the Evening...Oh Yeah!!

Hi everyone... :-)

I need to stop disappearing for months on end, huh?

Man...SO much stuff has been going on over the past few months. It's crazy. I'll fill everyone in over the next few days... A few things for now, though:

- It looks like matt king found his way out to San Francisco this week. I'm leaving here at 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. tomorrow to go hang with him for the afternoon. It should be cool.

- In response to the Sony copy protection stuff, it looks like they've finally released a complete list of the 52 CDs that have the XCP software on them. You can find that list here. Looking at the list, I doubt many people here have any CDs on the list other than the new G3 - Live In Tokyo one.

- I saw Eric Johnson in concert three weeks or so ago. He was absolutely amazing...enough said. ;-) His new (old) CD and DVD are cool, too.

- I saw Zinc Master's post about NBC's coverage of the upcoming 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, so I thought I'd complain for a moment. ;-) Why on earth do networks always include so much stuff from his killer in all of these specials? I remember a few years ago CBS reran part of a 60 Minutes interview with the scumbag on the anniversary of Lennon's death. Come on...can't they pick a different day to show that stuff? I think it pulls attention away from Lennon. Anyway...I'll post this again closer to the date, but if anyone wants to hear a cool interview with producer Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, Cheap Trick, etc...he was with Lennon the night he was killed) from two years ago, click here.

- marimariSRV, I hope you have fun at the Collective Soul show. I saw them again over the summer; they were awesome.

Well, that's all for now. I'm going to be away for most of this weekend, but then you guys can consider me back here for good. I've missed you people... ;-)

Austin....bro so nice to see yu back,,,,welcome to the real world where yu belong.....

lucysorets...hi.....hope yur doing much better today...get well soon...yu have mail..

steven...hi...

zenny.....whats up bro?

suzie2000....how is the weather in those part of the woods now......freezing yet?

marimari.......hi........

Congrats to all Aussies...Spaniards,,Czechs,,,Swiss for making it to germany,,however what happened after the Turkey- Switzerland match is disgusting..........FIFA should take note and do something about it....i knew about the Turks and their being fanatic about their Football but Swiss,,,,,it is a new development..thought they were cool and soft...but what happened at turkey dismissed all my previous thoughts about them........no matter what,they did not deserve to qualify...the Turks deserved more.they wre the better team on both legs of the final qualifier....imagine...Losing Semi Finalist in the last world cup wont feature in the next one...how often does that happen????

Hey Joe!

Long time huge fan. I love the course of change your music has taken. The heavy electronic-techno style on Engines of Creation just blew me away and is still my favorite.

Just have a suggestion. You seem to have two common themes in your songs; aliens/outer space and your family/love. I thought that you could get some miles out of an ocean theme. Some song names like Tenticles, Hammerhead, Enenemy, Coral Reef, Stingray, White Squall, Rip Curl, etc. It would be interesting to hear soft backround noise like water. The song Natural Science by Rush is a classic example.

Stevee T - Thanks...it's nice to be back.

Okay, guys, I gotta go...I need sleep. I'd like to be on the road in about six hours. ;-) I'll be back late Saturday or early Sunday, I guess.

Just saying hi to everyone so...HI and of course to Satch an crew

Gotta say I only recently started learning guitar when I was 17ish (18 months) and a mate of mine said Satriani was "pretty good" After hearing my first Satch song "Summer Song" I proceeded to BEAT that mate with a large wet salmon for UNDERSTATING how awesome Satch music is. Ever since I started learning its all i've wanted to do but alas, I'm stuck looking for 9 to 5 jobs "yay!" -Note the sarcasum-

Heres hoping I get money for lessons :D then maybe become a tutor myself lol

Anyways just wanted to say Hi and thanks to Satch and everyone who helps create the music, can't count the nights i've sat by with a Satch/Vai CD/DVD in chilling.

I will say I find satch music more accessable than Vai, But still see the unreal work both put into the music and love both music the same. Vais music needs a open mind and a careful ear in which to truely get. But everyone I know who hears Satch love it. Both truely skilled in there chosen brush.

Zenpoisson

Dirty sound or no dirty sound, you sound like one f**king tortured soul. Man you got the blues!

hi joe,

we are missing you in germany. whats up with an other europe-tour?

bye

hahahaaaaa... I'm famous... I was watching the highlights of England U19 v Switzerland U19 on Sky Sports...
when England scored the first goal I was in the queue for the coffee stand at the end of the pitch.. so I was really close to the Swiss goal..
when we scored the camera panned across onto me jumping up and down going loopy...

having been on telly.. it is now official...

I'm now famous...

those of you requiring signed merchendise please contact my office.. lol..

"post with me for a bit"?????

you gonna be my wingman.. lmao..

for example.. a I - IV - V progression in Em would be:
Em - Am - Bm

if you used E Dorian it would be a little different
Em - A - Bm

and a VI - II - V - I in C would be:
Am - Dm - G - C
but in C Mixolydian it would be:
Am - Dm - Gm - C

goofing around with chord progressions modally can be fun. You'll find that some stuff works well and other stuff sounds either a bit crap, or feels like it's strongly pulling towards the tonic of the center key... just like our Mixolydian VI - II - V - I will pull real hard to resolve to F [chord I of the key from which C Mixolydian is derived]...

but don't stop at this....
being a mindless neo-classical shred hooligan, if I encounter chord V, and it's Vm.. my spider senses tingle and make me want to shift it to V7 so that I can melt frets via the harmonic minor or the melodic minor ascending scales...

so look at our I - IV - V in Em..
we had the chords Em - Am - Bm
hahaa.. so for me the Bm is substituted for a B7 giving
Em - Am - B7 : then I can go tear-up in E harmonic minor when the B7 is soundig...
what's to stpo you doing this in the modal equivalent progression?? nothing at at...

so our I - IV - V in E Dorian is:
Em - A - Bm

which I'd modify to
Em - A - B7
I'd play Dorian over the Em and A chords and rip up on the B7 using E harmonic minor..

in other circumstances, I'd actually be inclined at some point to use the A as a "pivot chord" to launch me into a new key..
I'd make it an A7 to trigger a perfect cadence into either:
the key of D
the key of Dm
a mode in D [D Dorian, D Phrygian etc etc]
or I'd enharmonically shift the notes of D7 and call it a German 6th which will take me into the keys centered around the tonic of Db / C#

and being a 7-string player... that is a neo-classical thug..

the thought of slipping from D Dorian into C#m to get low down and dirty via a German 6th in D to trigger a perfect cadence in C#m is highly appealing...

in fact.... I like this idea so much....

I'm going to steal it from Clarky when he's not looking...

anyways... nice comments to Keniko's question... very nice indeed...

hahaaa... is "Clarky-style" becoming predictable??
or is it that I simply have not style... lmao...

and this comment:
"The most important thing to do is just experiment with stuff, and see what comes out."
is something I whole heartedly endorse as you'll know from conversations and jam sessions we've had ourselves...
experimentation and composition are the only real paths to fully understand the applied aspects of what you're learning and are the best ways to flex the muscles of creativity..

nice one bro..

if you're interested...
take a little look at my German 6th idea... I'd imagine you'll find it interesting.. especially working out the enharmonically shifted notes.. like a nice little crossword puzzle..
ad it'll sound very sweet indeed..
if you need a little help with the math give me a bell on the mobe..