I've been listening to Led Zeppelin's In Through The Out Door quite a bit lately. It's usually toward the bottom of most people's LZ lists, but if I were to rank their albums right now it'd probably be somewhere in the middle. If you have it, give it a spin and let me know what you think...

gruskada - I have a feeling Joe made a mistake when he said there will only be 1,000 CD+DVD versions of the album. If it were truly that limited I think we'd have more information about just how to get it.

I think 10,000 copies seems much more likely, especially with the distribution deals Joe has. I mean, you can find his CDs in Best Buy...and there are more than 1,000 Best Buy stores in the US so 1,000 special editions isn't even enough for one per store (not to mention all of the other CD stores that would carry the album).

I don't even think it'd be a "only available at Guitar Center" thing, because 1,000 CDs spread over the 11 stops would only be about 90 copies per store...and I expect these things to be much more crowded.

Also, I had an aftershow pass to the G3 show in LA last year and brought my copy of Additional Creations for Joe and Jeff to sign. The album was 7 years old then, but still the first thing Joe told me was that he was so disappointed with the way the bonus disc giveaway was handled. So I doubt he'd go through that situation again.

And, if I may ask, what makes you want to leave here? I've always enjoyed your posts. If you're fed up maybe just take a break for a bit...but please don't delete your account; you've posted a lot of useful information over the years.

We definitely need to catch a show together when Joe does a proper US tour. I'll definitely see any LA-area shows he does, but I also think it'd be cool to drive up to San Francisco again or maybe even catch a Reno show...I've never been there. Hopefully I can make a vacation work.

And about my job, "twice the work for the same pay" is kinda misleading. The journalism industry sucks right now, and over the past year or so I've had a smaller and smaller workload. So it's a big change now because it's doubled, but it's only a little bit more than maybe what it should be. I guess all it means is I have less downtime. Still though...change would be very nice.

Clarky:wayaye mon, tis the only way t tackle herLogic Pro looks incredible, i may be converted when i get some extra cash t play with, although i,m seriously impressed with the recording quality of PT i,m likewise unimpressed with various aspects, there are serious probs that need addressed with LE, if you use for eg a drum prog say DFH you have t go t setup/playback engine & increase the buffer size t accommodate the multisamples ok no prob until you go t playback n overdub a guitar part & you have a lovely quarter second latency issue t wrestle with, the way i,ve overcome this is by recording all my guitar parts first with the sample size down at its lowest, rec guitar t click then add the sampled stuff later, like buildin a house from the top down! also Digidesign need their knuckles wrapped for not including enough plug ins for LE, ie a decent noise reduction for crisakes, if y want em ya got t buy em, feckin criminal i tells yer, however as i posted t Ken thankfully fxpansion have made a program to convert VST plug ins to RTAS mac so my prob is now solved...well until i get the software i dunno but i guess...the results after all this are however incredible sounding but *sigh* what a gibber

Ken:Tell ya what bud i have the Waves plug ins for PTHD that work perfect on my old cakewalk & cubase setup & they ARE pro, if i can convert them t work for mac & it bypasses that bastard creation Mr ILOK with no probs, i,ll post a cd for ya, i,ve been simmering over this issue for some time, exploiting the creative musician n suckin their bank acc dry is in the past, clever marketing but Digibollox can suck it, i,m also tired of spending my time weeding through the registration process of every plug in i want t use, ill be in touch bro

edit>just realised Ken this may not be able t convert from VST Windows platform t RTAS mac....F********CK, i,m goin t the pub

Do the Stu:lol Jap humour is the bollox, theres some excellent stuff out on Y Tube, good t see ya around again btw

Do The Stu - I have a feeling Joe made a mistake when he said there will only be 1,000 CD+DVD versions of the album. If it were truly that limited I think we'd have more information about just how to get it.

I'm hoping that the preorderers will get first crack at them, after all as someone else said, we'd be better off just going to the record store on day 1 instead of waiting "7-9" days for it to come in the mail, there has to be SOME kind of incentive to preorder, doesn't there?! I'm gonna be GREEN with envy on April Fool's day when everyone else is already listening to the album & I'm still waiting for Mr. Postman to bring me mine (that is if he isn't a Satch fan & my copy mysteriously goes "missing") so.. here's hoping that my preorder will pay off afterall & that I don't just learn a lesson about not using Amazon anymore. I still can't figure out why Joe & camp are so tight-lipped about the whole thing, there hasn't been any information really at all.

Hi guys

Clarky ~ just read the post about explaining modes. i teach for a living at the moment and you would not beleive the amount of teachers i see explaining modes the first way you were describing....it drives me crazy cause modse are so easy to understand if you deliver the information the second way. i think having ppl show them as the derivative is like punching the student in the face and asking them not to understand them as their own invidividual...self employed entitities to music.

good post ~

and yah man it's been awhile. you know me :) kinda just floatin a long doin my thing! naturally witha guitar in hand ~ nursing my carpal tunnel atm. the inflamation is gettin pretty bad these days but i'm doin what ever i can to avoid surgery. heh i always thought playin 8 hours a day was good for me!

how's you been? stayin lucky << first thing i remember you teaching me !

Matt K:yes sir, you, wizard, clarky & others but Eloquent comes t mind with Clarky, i sound like a wafflin baffoon in comparison, i have great respect for Paul who clearly is able to explain everything in a simple manner, kudos t him.If i were t explain the language every player N E S W would flame me lol, thats the reason i,ve held back from introducing my ideas & feeding them t the sharks on You Tube....ya gotta know how t talk about the turf even if ya know it!

March 18th, slan is scared t open the box of worms again, met some savage old peeps at the bar tho, amazing how the history of the civil war was seen from Galicia, Basco, Catalunya & Madrid dunno if goin t the bar was a good plan, now i get more questions than answers lol

edit "savage" means incredible in scottish slang

MJK....I hear beer is better for you than cheese sammiches....you could get one of those beer hats with the straws in them and just suck it down without any effort....whereas cheese sammiches, you have to keep lifting up to your mouth for bites. No wonder you have carpal tunnel......trust me, dump the sammiches and drink beer from a hat.....that will cure whatever ails you :)

It's strange....now I kind of get what it means to be seeing and living life through a "veil". So odd....people around me want me to be what I used to be...I know it would make them more comfortable and am trying to put a face on and pretend for their sakes...but it's not real inside me. I remember that person very well but can't seem to find her anymore. Does anyone else ever feel this way?

tickets available for the London guitar show now....12th - 15 june....

talk more later...

hugs to all Satriella xx

Amir K - Special hug to you....sorry for what happened...

slan doesnt like Mr Vais spiritual music vanity one bit

the US is in deep shit what i dont understand is why that Trillion dollars a year t black ops aka stealth bombers etc costs cant stop for a couple of years....that would put the US back on their feet!

Heeeyy Joe... Just curious, where did you get the name for the Satchurator pedal? I was wondering if you had seen my post awhile back suggesting that you call it the "Satchuration" pedal and modified the name. Don't wanna give myself any false credit though, but I was pretty stoked when I saw the name for the pedal revealed! Let me know if you get a chance. Can't wait for the new album! Best wishes.

Ryan