Hey Tool. I dunno if you got my last message but I was wondering what program exactly you used for the cd covers? I'd like to keep in touch so you can email me at DrMindcrime@comcast.net, look forward to hearing from ya.

And Robert Fripp mistery continues

Duff - I don't know about that show but Fripp often sits fairly back on the stage, out of light whilst playing his music, which is probably what happened with your case. That spacial stuff was him doing soundscapes which is what he plays for G3.

Travis, the TS9 is a no brainer. It's been a great choice for me. The Distortion plus will give you a lttle more bite than the TS9. With all of the pedals you might want to consider a good noise gate pedal as well. That will cutt out any hissing. The Schecter is one I almost went with. Nice guitar for the money. Good Luck!

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What a loss for the music world.Dimebag fucking Darrell was shot and killed.

Hi all, back from a week and a bit with no Internet. I'm fairly well, my feet are still recovering from an infection and the hay fever symptoms are keeping me entertained.

I have my drum kit at home again for a few days. It's set up in the lounge room heh heh. I thought I'd take the opportunity since I'm on holiday and there was no one in unit 4. Imagine my disgust when this morning some lady moved in next door. Well if she doesn't like high volume metal in the evenings and bash bash bash on the drum kit during the day time too bad.

Gigs are coming every weekend. Note that there is practically no band music scene here. We didn't play on Sunday afternoon though, as our front man was unwell and told the others not to turn up. So I hit the stage by myself and played a couple of our songs just with the drums. No way I was doing a "no-show". I refuse. Was received a lot better than I had expected. This weekend we're playing thrice.

Bahduh: ODI results are always unpredictable, since so many little factors can affect how the game pans out. Funny how the 1st and 2nd ODIs were so similar, Australia batting first and getting a great start, collapsing in the middle and posting a half decent total, then New Zealand battle through towards the end with the tail-enders turning it back into a contest. Only difference between the two was the final result. Friday's game is going to be interesting!

So how is everyone else? Sorry to be a stranger!

Hey guys, im new to this lil site, and i was wondering if Joe really replys to us. Thats would be sooooooo cool if he did.

If so, i have a few questions that i have always wanted to ask.

What wah pedal did you use on belly Dancer, i really like it and i would like to buy one =)

How do you think of these crazy amazing guitar parts?

And when do you think you will be in Portland, Oregon next, hehe, i know you where here not long ago, but maybe your gonna be here soon and i would like to know about it.

I have so many other questions, but i dont wann annoy you. hehe

Thanks Bro

I think we all should have a moment of silence for Mr. Dimebag.

dimebag darrel is dead.................pantera and the music world has lost someone very influential............."I'M BROKEN"..may his soul rest in peace....i.e. if he ever did believe in god.

steven....whats up bro////// no mail from yu.........yes indeed i am also looking forward to our next conversation........sayanora.....god bless and prayers always...regards to yur folks,,,yu have mail.

lucy sorets........madrid are thru......winning in an empty stadium..........hmm,,,let us see how far they can progress.......

artanis............mills and vettori.....vettori can surely be classed as an all rounder now.. nearly won the match for the kiwis......honestly after the initial onslaught by gilly and hayden i thought australia was going to get 300 plus....yu r right about the nature of the first two games.....very identical.......hope fridays' game is a humdinger....as bill lawry would say it..."it is all happening out there"...he is my fav all time commentator....new zealand to win...they have a chance to overtake australia in the odi world rankings..of coz all matches till april 2005 counts..a long way ahead....btw,,,how r yu?......take care and god bless...happy watching..i.e. the 3rd and final odi........

austin....heyu bro...how r yu??????......looking forward to yur mail....hopefully yu will mail me once b4 christmas.....i shall be away from the 20th of this month and so please try to make it quick.......btw....my questions haven't changed,,!!!! adios..take care..god bless..

michelle.....hi...!!!!

alexandre....hello.....!

joe.....hi>>>>>>>>>>how r yu!!!!!!?????????????

webmaster....when is joe visiting the community again..please inform b4 hand...ok..boss.!!!!!!!!

capri guy....buzz off...madarchud...du yu like joes latest album in nepali????

vai...nominated for grammys''''''...interesting....whispering a prayer was taken from "alive in an ultra world" which is an old album....anyway it is not a surprise...bottomline is who gives a shit about the grammies.............usher..alicia keys...etc etc..they suck..........god knows how the grammys are judged but i guess fuckers with the most number of sluts in big boobs in their videos win grammys...personally i rate the "american video music awards" more than the grammys....remember nsync...the smfs.....where are they now..they won so many grammys in one year...grammys is about one year wonders...bring out the best in yu for a single year and yu will win it,,,,,,,,,,,,no big deal........hope the grammys are not fixed.........lol........anyway at least let us hope vai wins and does not lose out to any tom ,dick and harry who pretends to play the guitar but actually has a recorder playing behind the scenes.......fuck man the music world is becoming so predictable and obvious.......how about a musical revolution.............?satch.....keep on rockiing man..yu r a legend and please dont let the fucking cheap commercial music world ruin yur originallity...live on man......peace.

What???!!! Dimebag's been killed? Holy fuck.

He brought so much to the 'modern guitar table'. What a loss to the metal world. May he R.I.P.

Opticalstudio, yeah man, EQ and compression is some crazy sh*t! hehe, the science of sound! It takes so long to get a decent understanding of, but it's kind of exciting too, as well as challenging. Guitars tend to be a little tricky to EQ anyway, cause they belt out a massive range of frequencies. Not just the notes and their pitch, but there's harmonics, there's the high-pitch scratch/hiss noises, and also the sub-bass level 'thunk' that you get from pick attack and other such things.

It's satisfying though, when you work it out and get it right, and it's amazing how much can be accomplished by panning, and expanding stereo images. You take it easy too bro!

I know it's kind of a tricky question, but can you say why Airhead is Repetitive and so on? it really helps if people can explain the things they do and don't like about my stuff (and why), cause it helps me work on areas that I might not think to work on! Cheers again dude!

forgot to mention; New Igor Belsky music is now available at Guitar9.com - http://www.guitar9.com/equilibrium.html

night....night.....guys.....................gotta' go...

steven.....austin..michelle..........alexandre......lucysorets....artanis.........jazzy...........evrybody else............--------**&*&******//////////////............bye......expecting something else...lol............bye guys..c yu all tomorrow...

slansh - the David Cross set will be something along the lines of 1 1/2 hours of counting me ass off in 7/8, 11/8, 17/8, 7/4... ... in the key of M

funny.. I used to watch CNN a lot... and since the war... thier coverage has really turned me off of the channel... there is obvious bias in favour of the UK and US military [which is understandable of course - and that don't really worry me.. I can see through all that crap..].. what really blew me away was the poor standard of reporting....
a while ago there was a French eye witness to some event in Iraq.. as he was speaking CNN was providing a 'voice-over' in English.... and even with my crap French skills I spotted that the translation was a little off the mark... then a brief overview of the interview showed up on the scrolling banner at the bottom of the screen which was further from what the French guy said again... and then later on, a news reader was obviously reading out the same crap from the scrolling banner, reading it wrong, and interleaving it with utter crap that he was clearly inventing on the spot....

I was totally amazed that dispite the swarthy confidense of the confident and quick speaking news reader, he was in fact remarkably stupid and had a real knack for completely missing the key points of the story and 'filling in' the gaps with utter shite....

so these days, if I want reliable and well informed commentry on current affairs across the globe, I watch Sponge Bob...

962 - when choosing pickups for Avarice the big question for me was "hot or not".... Avarice by her sheer styling is not really intended for EuroPop.. lol... so I wanted her to scream.. but I also wanted a fat tone too.... all 7 string pickups have more grunt than their little brothers anyway.. just because they're bigger.. so I went for the PAF7 neck and bridge.... it has a sort of nasal honk to it.. but with warm-ish lead tones.. I wasn't sure at first.. but the tone is growing on me.... Envy has an Evo7 at the bridge... she really barks at you.. totally different.. when I recoder the rhythm guitar part alway record one on Avaravice and then the same part again through the same patch in the 2120 with Envy.. Avarice provides the body of the overall tone and Envy makes it cut through and provides a more aggressive edge... personally I like this combination....

I just checked the DiMarzio catallogue... no Fred7... just Air Norton7, PAF7, Evo7, Tone Zone 7 and Blaze...
Evny has a Blaze at the neck... the only difference between the Blaze and the PAF7 is that the Blaze [neck] has a touch more bass... but it's hardly noticable... they sound really similar...

but even dispite this little hang up... it's still worth it...

best of luck in the exam bro...

this seems to be taking forever.... 18 months to right and demo... and over a year to record...

the next album will be much easier because there will be no demo phase.... I'll write and record as I go...

the 'synth' stuff was actually guitars... Fripp calls these "soundscapes" and uses a collection of effects [mostly Eventide I think] that he calls Frippertronics to create these synth like tones....

the reason that you couldn't see him is because he plays seated... always has... and he always sits towards the rear of the stage.. which means that one side of the audience won't see him because he's obscured by the PA speaker stacks on one side...

I've met and worked with Fripp [we appeared on a David Cross album together.. he's a very remarkable guy and a monster of a guitarist....

and given the stereo-type attitude for G3 events, maybe not the wisest choice of player... although, when I saw him at G3 I enjoyed him playing greatly..

Dimebag - he was shot dead on stage during the 1st song in Columbus Ohio... seems like the guy killed 4 other people and wounded to more before a cop shot the stupid bastard dead...

jeez... I just don't know what to say......

I second what Clarky has already said.........

RIP Dimebag Darrell..................

RIP

Dimebag Darrell

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