Thank you Joe.

In Toronto at the meet and greet I was having a picture taken with you and of course the camera acted up. You said take a couple more just in case. Well the first one didnt show up but the next two did. Thank you Mr. Satriani for showing you usual class and grace, it comes through your music and as you are in person. It was a class show and worth every penny.

jimi fender bender - but of course... twice. And it's beautiful.

the whole filesharing thing - i don't do it at all apart from very limited checking out of bands - it is after all how i got into both JS and LTE. But I then delete the files - in my opinion, if the music's not good enough to make want to support the artist behind it, it's not good enough to pollute my musical ear- extreme I know, but bathe in filth and you're going to end up muddy.

G3-Toronto

Man what can I say, I'll post a mini-thorough review on here, focus primarily on Joe:

Well what can I say... A hell of a lot but the highlights go like this, Got to the venue at around 6pm, word is Joe was around for a short while, and some dude kept telling him he knew his wife's sister, that he's from England, and Joe kept saying- my wife's sister is not from England. haha

Then, the crowd around the side stage was quickkly disbanding, and entering the hall, while we waited maybe another short while and decided to head in before 5 minutes of Y.J.M.'s set. I couldn't last sitting in there, waiting for him to come out when I knew Joe would be coming back from his supper in T.O., with no-one out there, so I grabbed my ticket, told my fellow buds that I'm going to meet Joe, not seeing YJM is worth the sacrifice for making direct and personal communication with Joe Satriani.

No luck, within the time span of appr. 8 minutes- of us entering the hall, and me coming back outside...Joe had waltzed through the side doors, and was inside. Yes...this was very saddening to me, but I didn;t believe it, so I waited another 20 minutes, and walked in halfway during YJM's set, oh well, its the sacrifice and dedication that counts. At least for me.

The Show: Yngwie was I think awesome, i went in as a neutral observer, I've heard both sides, and just being a young guitar player, there is no reason to criticise the guy to the extent that some people on here, and everywhere else do. He did a good number, totally 80's get-up. Rock On.

Steve Vai Awe inspiring, beautiful, powerful. This is how I see Steve Vai, this is what he radiates of, and this is what he displayed for us. Triple neck, amazing... Juice- amazing, NEW SONG- very intricate, and of course, Whispering A Prayer, which was dedicated to someone. Just pure magic, it was played flawlessly. What was great was when he involved the crowd into mimicking his feedback, like Joe did on Live in S.F. it was great. The best thing I found about the set was how when he was done, everyone stood up for the standing ovation of course, and then waves of applause just kept going ang going, he was completely overwhelmed, smiling and looking at the side stage in amazement "When will they stop?" hehe, that showed his true humble character. He also said "Man, you guys got me feeling so good, you guys in the front row better watch it, I might explode later"

The Alien First thing's first, you never notice how short Joe is until you are on the same level as him, last time I seen him I was up top at the 2nd balcony, it was just surpiring to see that he's probably around 5'5''!? Here is the set as I remember (fairly well): 1.Satch Boogie 2.The Extremist 3.Crystal Planet 4.Starry Night 5.Midnight 6.Flying In A Blue Dream 7.The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing 8.Always With Me, Always With You 9.Summer Song

I keep thinking I am missing a song in between The Extremist and Starry Night, my apologies.

God, he was AMAZING! So much STAGE PRESENCE, he had so much power over us, over me! Every song had me in anticipation before it was played, and when it was, I was the only one that was expressing my emotions towards his songs at the side stage, everyone was so conservative and still? Cmon man, it's Joe! I can't believe how good he was, he had a glow in the dark alien shirt, his new (I think) red guitar was his preferred choice, as was the old chrome boy, and the flames one. Peavey Triple X rig is so smooth!

Thanks for the cool G3 reviews, everyone!

sugarbear - There's a tab book for the entire SWTA album available at Amazon.com, if you're interested.

THEPREZ: tell me what your gear setup is like, maybe I can help you get sustain without grit and buzz. That's been the tonal Journey I've been on the whole time I've been playing..."how do I get high gain lead tone without buzz dirt or grit, just fluid sustain"

TOALL: does any one think that "whisering a prayer is written for Japan? It reminds me of Japanese folk songs and some of Tak Matsumoto's work.

OCPS470 - Whispering A Prayer was written for Ireland.