Hi Joe,

Enjoy your playing and songs. I admire your discipline in mastering the instrument. Gives me hope and a goal to reach for.

My question or suggestion. Have you ever thought of doing a Christmas album?

hey guys, just thought i'd pop in and say hello for old time sakes :) hope all is well here...and i hope everyone had a great holiday and best wishes in 2004. Brandon...hamdo...just keep your eyes open, and your chin up man. You've set yourself some goals; goals you can reach. Just don't lose focus, or confidence. You've already come a long way, and thank you for making my life happier each day. The encouragment and wisdom you have shared with me in the basics of everyday life have greatly expanded and molded my views from this idealistic way of thinking, to a realistic way of seeing things as they really are. Thank you...

Beezer: try these settings on the Deville, treble 5, mid4, bass 4-6 depending on the room, presence 6, bright switch off. This setup sounds great, and is especially good if you are running something like a ds1 or a tube screamer into the amp. Just set the volume so that it is as loud as you want without any breakup.

MATT: Merry Christmas man, good to hear from you!

Hey joe; it is nice and exciting to talk to you...and i cant believe that i can ask you question...anyway my question is `i really want to know that..How do you get that "Wah tone" in the Love Thing? and what gear do you use for that song?especially for Wah...Of course you have big ROCK units and many more equipment...but i checked your gear list i have seen 4 types of wah...which one do you prefer?...can u please tell me joe? Thank you very much

Also, what i learnt from you is ; a guitar player doesn't need to be SUPERFAST...what a guitar player needs playing clearly and feeling it..and than when learning playing fast to combine them...thanx for that

Happy Birthday, Jeff Campitelli!

I can't believe it's been three years since the LISF gig. Time flies. I still remember waiting in line outside The Fillmore like it was yesterday. Man, those shows (12/28 and 12/29) were awesome. I think SWTA from 12/28 was the highlight of both nights. Joe was going crazy...it sounded great. I'd love to hear that one again.

Anyway, everyone should try to watch the DVD tonight. I feel bad admitting this, but I think it's been at least a year since I've watched the entire show. As I just said, though, I still remember it in my head as if it happened yesterday.

The Prez - I think it's interesting that Bill (Keanu Reeves) has been in several great movies, but Ted (Alex Winter) hasn't done much of anything other than B&T.

michelle: No, YOU rule the board girl!! ;-).... lol on Mr. Weiner being from Reading, hehe, we can now say that he put Reading on the map!!.... lol.... ;-) He seems like a kuul dude from watching the dvd, and he has a great sense of humor....

Clarky: lol man, I remember seeing the red neon sign there in the dvd on the right (from the camera shots on stage).... I'll have to watch it closer now to see if I can see the Grand Master Shredder up there on a stool, lol!!.... Sounds like you were pretty warmed up for the show, and I could picture that clerk at the store in distress mode, hehe.... And the crowd backing you up, lol, if they got a whammy then they deserve to be whammy'd, LMAO!!....

BeeZer: Why, are you asking about the link to the shred-o-logist Clarky ?? ;-)....

matt king in Da HOuusee!!.... Suuup Matt!! ;-)

ovation1 - Jeff's color on the old board was just "red". Eric Caudieux was "blood orange".

Hey Joe..........

Hi joe i jus like 2 thank u coz iv bin playin guitar since i waz about 6 and im now 15 but ova the last couple of years your music has really enspired me. its helped me become a beta guitarists and also undastand more bout music...

also wen u next gona cum 2 newcastle in england i missed it last time so i hope u cum back so i can c 1 of your shows...

to anyone who knows something about gear......would you buy a 2nd hand Yamaha MD8S..8 track digital recorder...for £350??? a Boss cs-3 for about £30 and an old boss delay pedal (10ys+)...purple in colour apparently...for a fiver...

Hey Guys, just driftin' through, one day back at 'work' and then another 6 off - kick ass ;-)

Cube Checked out 'Something you should know ?', nice work man, you really know how to get that edgy, ominous feel into a track, some great licks in there as well and I love the title as well.

Ovation Hey Mike ! I got 'Billy Cobham's Glass Menagerie' for Xmas and your man Mike is loooking very young but sounding very mature, great player in a great context. Nice jazzy DVD as well, put it on the list bro ;-)

Tastey Okay that kinda makes a lot of sense, hope the dice roll the way you want them too.

Michelle Man, bombarded by crap music at work, I had the same problems here with the admin staff, too much already ! Nevermind its all over for another year now. For me the best song of the Xmas period was on 'The Osbournes Xmas Special' with Ozzy and the dog sat at the piano singing 'Cats are c**ts', I nearly choked on my whiskey - classic TV moment.

Mr. Nick --- I bought a Yamaha MD8 8-track recorder some years ago for $800 secondhand and thought it was a steal! Those things usually go new for about $1300 new. By all means, grab it! :) I haven't done any major projects with it yet, but that's not saying that you couldn't. And it can't be beat for getting quick ideas down. Best of all, it's a digital recorder, not an analog. Keep in mind though, that it uses MD Data Disks for storage medium, sort of a 'multi-track' version of a MiniDisc, therefore the quality it records at is somewhat akin to a 256kbps MP3. Of course, if this isn't an issue for you, then I say go for it. It doesn't really sound that bad at all.

Hope everyone's Christmas was cheery, and wishing everyone here a Happy New Year in 2004! :) New Years' Eve and New Years' Day happen to fall on my two days off this week, YAAY! :) Picking up my fiancee at 7pm, going to my mom's house for steamed shrimp, to Gannman's house to par-tay and get appropriately toasted, and back to my place for nookie, hee hee. :) All before the stroke of 2. Um...okay, maybe not. The nookie may last a while...always does. :) A good time to be had by all involved is in the works...

Got some new music coming up soon. Just finished up a new track called 'Virtualita' and am in the process of doing test mixes now. As soon as it's finished I'll put up a link...

By the way, I have re-edited this post 16 times. For a keyboardist that's pretty sad. I need to get my stuff out of storage...I am seriously out of practice. I've been making music with a mouse a little too long...

Take care and stay safe this holiday season.

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Hi, Joe!

Happy New Year!

Tell me, are you gonna play in Brazil with G3? We love you, Vai and Malmasteen, and, even the fact the Malmsteen hate us, don't take our wish to see you.