Joe is not only a master shredder, but writes some of the most beautiful melodies into his instrumental work. This is often missed by other shredders, they don't have memorable lines or solos. Have seen G3 several times and Joe himself in a small club. Unbelievable talent and genuinely nice guy if you listen to his interviews- polite, not ego trip, just a creative genius.
A friend of mine attended a few of those Mini camps that Joe does, and absolutely loved the experience. If you have the time and cash, seems like a thing to do. I have a long way to go before I am at a good enough level for that, but... one day! 🤘👍
What do I like about Mr. Satriani , he's a humble guy . He's not a diva , no bragging , just a real genuine person. Very talented and my favorite shredder guitarist .
There are all of two music stores in this county. When I first went to one of them I mentioned to the owner I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley. So he said _"You know Rick Hunoldt then?"_ Funny thing is I do. I met Rick and his brother Lonnie back when I was a little kid in the 70's. I still haven't seen him since the early 2000's in Oakland, but this county is huge, though sparsely populated and we're both middle-aged folk now too, so no wonder.
Larry LaLonde - did not know that. Larry is truly amazing and often overlooked, maybe because he has to stand next to Mr. Claypool. But his musicianship is astounding.
I absolutely love your playing David! That beginning jam, especially that legato lick at the end, blew me away! It was so smooth, and you made it look effortless. I'm pretty decent at guitar, but I can't seem to get my legato that smooth. Thanks again for your channel, my man! Edit: I'm a sucker for harmonic minor, and the phrygian modes, as well. I get stuck playing them for hours lol.
I'm 53...so I love watchin' your videos! I have to say, however, that you have the coolest room ever! Anyone who has a speaker with the Van Halen symbol on the side, along side a mini Hendrix...with a Stormtrooper pencil holder on top?! Now come on! You, sir, rule! In all seriousness, thanks for all the content. I appreciate you, Dave!
Love your content. Instead of just reciting, "Ring finger on the 7th fret on the G string, pull off to the 5th fret with your index, etc etc", your lessons come across more like buddies playing and talking over a couple of beers. Informative and vastly more entertaining than a "note for note" explanation. Great playing, great job. Keep it up!
I had forgotten all about Joe until Chickenfoot came out. I watched the live DVD here on YT and I completely forgot how insane his tone was. Just an amazing player.
I like Satriani as a guitar player mostly because he is so musical, his melodies and sense of harmony is just so beautiful, I know that is not terribly macho of me, but music is the language of the human heart, in my book it is.
Anyone who says you can’t get sensitive and appreciate beauty in music is a freaking insecure fool. Like you said, music(art in general) is the language of the human heart, it needs to be appreciated and respected
@@Johnnysmithy24 I second that emotion. The false facade of macho manhood is, of course, a mask for weakness, fear, and insecurity. Sharing one's authentic self and genuine experiences, including showing the world what moves us, without a second thought, not even noticing if anyone cares or criticizes? Now THAT is a true bad*ss m*therf*cker!
Always learning top notch lessons from you Dave. I've been playing Guitar for 44yrs now. Enjoy Exploring new ideas to this day. Keep on educating us. Tnx a million. ROCK ON 🎸
Same here man...big part of my teenage years and a major influence of why I fell in love with 🎸🎶...guys a genius...thanks for this bro.. awesome work as always..I saw Joe from 5th row with thin Lizzy and deep purple at SPAC in upstate NY... AMAZING 🤩...stage FULL of legends all night long...then Joe came on...lol....game over... 😂🎸🎶🎼🔥🎵❤️
Funny. I totally copped the first bar of that second warm-up exercise as a bass groove for a fusion band I was in years ago. I think so much time has passed that I forgot where I stole it from.
Check out Geoff Tysons new album too. He recently put out his first guitar instrumental album. Geoff is one of the most talented musicians I've ever met. And not just on guitar either. Dude plays pretty much everything except drums, he claims. I bet he's a good drummer too. Pretty funny though going to a party with him. He'd be drunk at 2am playing any song anyone requested just from remembering the song, never having played it before. He could just play anything like that.
I've been doing Smart Fingers warmup for couple of years, it's the first thing I do when I pick up guitar. It was on some old Satch video on youtube some 10 years ago.
Now that you've broken the ice on the subject, an episode of Chordplay on T-Ride would definitely be the most complex and interesting in your series! Some in-fucking-sane progressions on songs like Backdoor Romeo and Bad Girls & Angels
When I was a kid growing up in Berkeley and Oakland, Joe gave lessons at Tupper And Reed Music_ in Berkeley. I missed my chance to take lessons from Joe too. I used to spend a lot of time in the music books section there and remember seeing him talking to students downstairs where the lesson rooms where. This was before I heard _Not Of This Earth._ just a couple of weeks before _Surfing with The Alien_ and that was that. No lessons for me. :/ I got to learn stuff from his students though. I remember meeting Rick Hunoldt, and his twin brother Lonnie, when I was just a little kid before he was in Exodus. Supposedly in recent years he lives up here in the mountains not far from me in the same county. I haven't seen him since the early 2000's though. I heard he's doing better lately. Another one is Geoff Tyson. Not only a great guitarist but an awesome recording engineer. I believe he was an engineer on a couple of Perfect Circle and Smash Mouth albums. He recently put out his first solo guitar album, I think ever. Really great stuff any electric guitar fan could enjoy.
Geoff Tyson is a freakin’ monster!!! I wore out that T Ride CD 💿 back in the day. Like David said, If you haven’t heard him, go find T Ride right now and check them out. He does some amazing things as a guitarist. Thanks for the upload David, great stuff 🎸🎸🎸
Geoff is an old friend, but lives in Eastern Europe now. I haven't seen him in more than a decade. He just put out what I think is his first solo guitar album ever. You should check it out. He's never stopped evolving as a musician. When I was hanging out with him he was recording bands and singer song-writers in a recording studio he had. He would play all sorts of instruments in the studio, and did it well too. Keyboards, cello, violin, bass. Basically anything except drums, witch he claimed he couldn't play, but he's got amazing rhythm skill. First person to teach me about poly rhythms actually. Definitely check out his album though. It's really unique and in a very musical way of course. Geoff is absolutely one of the best musicians I've ever met. Really cool guy too, and great teacher too. I learned a lot from him about sound in general.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 Awesome, thanks for sharing that! Yes, he is a fantastic musician, I was blown away the first time I heard him. I’m definitely going to check that out. Thanks again! 🙏🏼
Damn right, I wore that CD out too! I think Steve Ouimette played on that album as well. Great stuff. Geoff's album Drinks with Infinity is beautiful.. definitely go check that one out.
I literally bought a few copies of the T-Ride CD back in the day. Tha album was so interesting and ahead of its time. It's still in my typical rotation, and I love it when those songs come on.
Iirc from an MTV interview IN THE 80s, he said an hourly rate for a guitar lesson was $349 dollars, similar to a studio musician rate. It seemed that that was a, "I'm not teaching anymore, don't ask," rate.
I’ve seen Charlie Hunter twice. The first time he was playing rhythm and lead. And yo could see that it was hard for him. But he was still killing it. He second time, he was playing rhythm and lead - but he was singing too. It was amazing! My brother was getting his master’s in music at Dartmouth, he sat in with Charlie and my brother was really happy.
Intriguing shoutout to Phil Kettner, quite an under-the-radar shredder that has never gotten much attention. His shredding in Laaz Rockit can cremate faces. Awesome video as always 💀💀
Great lesson! The exercise at 8:24 is a mind game for me, the pattern makes sense but hearing the notes is just strange. Thanks again for the great lessons, have been listening to your Bandcamp stuff and enjoy the variety of tunes along with the influences from other guitarists approaches that you incorporate. Rock on! 🤘
Joe inspired Kirk. Kirk inspired thousands young boys and girls all around the globe, including me, to start playing guitar. Maybe Kirk only learned a tiny fraction of Joe's teaching, but he makes best use of it. He made his name, got rich, and had fun doing it. What more could a man want?
I always used Satch as background music for my answering machine message... "Hello..? Hello..? I can't hear you...ahhh cause I'm not home"...remember the good ol' analog days gone by...great video...
Another great video Dave! A couple of years ago my friends and I were the last in line for the pre concert Joe meet and greet. He spent about 20 minutes chatting to us, he had to get pulled away by his people to stop talking. I jokingly asked him if he wanted to play at my birthday party in a couple of months time, and he'd have to bring his A game as there would be a few guitarists there. His reply was, "sounds great, do you want me to call Page and Clapton and bring them too?"
I remember seeing Joe Satriani several times before he went solo. He played in a band called The Squares. He also used to lay down some rudimentary tracks in a studio on College Ave in Berkeley.
I'm SO GLAD you mentioned Phil and LAAZ Rocket!! SO VERY unheard of and... can't be underrated when you're unheard of... Interviewed LAAZ at "Zone DK" in the warehouse district in NYC.... OMG!!! THE MOST INCREDIBLY, UNSANITARY ANYTHING ANYWHERE!!! I forget the name of the all female band, but DAMN THEY KICKED ASS TOO!!
Man I really enjoy the sheet out of your videos. Your content is always on point and very interesting. Thank you for being my favorite guitar channel 👊
AND.... He has achieved something that none of his famous students have achieved... That is? "Solo Guitar Radio Airplay!" Like it or not, it needs to be said... Sure Steve Vai (student) had the Audience is listening but even that had people voices... So whether it be Summer song, Surfin' with the alien or Always with me, Always with you and others, Joe (Satch) Satriani ROCKS! Student of Jazz... One more Epic! Satch... (Jazz master) What a wonderful world. Great lesson David Brewster!
"Okay, Kirk. Today, we try to expand our knowledge beyond the E minor pentatonic... Kirk??? Kirk??? What are you doing with my Wah-pedal? Kirk???... Where are you going??? KIRK!!!!!" ;)
LATE NIGHT, Joe Satriani using the lydian scale mode often I have heard by using the aeolian scale or minor pentatonic scale by not using the same root note of the chord to make it sound unresolved. Steve Vai has learned this from Joe Satriani by using the lydian scale mode but its not the same root note as the chord so it gives a very unresolved sound. I hope you will make a video lesson about this Joe Satriani trick that Steve Vai uses often playing lydian mode.
Its funny what you said at the end. Van Halen/Satriani being your comfort zone. I grew up listening to classic rock and Van Halen. But i could never play Eddie stuff. Except a piece here and there. In the end, i moved on to stuff like R.E.M. alternative/punk and of course grunge. Because that i could figure out. And Eagles, chordy stuff right. Power chords. Then i finally decided around 30 yrs old to "go back" and try and actually learn that stuff! Man, i leaned the blues scale and one chromatic... and i felt like Neo at the end of the Matrix! I was like F'k me gently with a sledge hammer! Ive been driving without a friggin map!!! Then, when i realized that Eddie plays flat!!! I was like... ill be damned! Half these songs are simple as fk!!! Just down stepped!!! Ha ha ha. So anyhow, my experience is backwards of yours! Now im hungry for more! Your videos make it easy and awesome! Its kind of cool though because i learned how to play in this weird sort of quirky style that has become my own. And now i can see playing from both perspectives. My friends say that they like my playing because they never know where im gonna go. Thats because neither do i, half the time i make it up as i go along! 🤣 Thanks bro. You rock!!!
Awesome video! I haven't seen anyone showcase the students of Satriani like this. I'm going to do a video on this, but I'm going to focus on the careers of his students, not going through exercises he may have taught his students like you did. As a guitarist myself, those exercises are really cool and very inspiring to me. Satriani is a huge influence on my guitar playing, I have a lot of his traits. And I too feel like it doesn't get talked about enough how great and influential a teacher he is! I for one would really like to showcase that in my video, and how many well known guitarists he's taught! 🤘🏻 I have one question though, did he teach Andy Timmons? On Wiki it said so, but I'm not sure
Man, ya got to be around my age and time frame. I am 53. Love the channel, have followed for awhile. I got a ? How tall are you ? You can spread 12 frets with one hand. Lol. Nice playing
I have that book, but w/o the cd. I purchesed mine back in '97 or '98. this newer version didn't exist until years later. anyone know where I can purchase a copy of that cd, please let me know.
I've always loved Kirk Hammett! No one has written more solos that I love than Kirk. It's funny to see some of the comments criticizing Kirk, those same haters would never and could never write one iconic solo let alone many like Kirk has!
Metal snobs flak on Kirk because he's successful. His bandmates love him, his fans love him, and it's enough for him. He's at peace with himself, and that irritates those who envy his legacy.
Anyone would be a fool not to idolize Joe Satriani if you're guitar player even if for some reason you didn't like his music he's an incredible guitarist and taught other Guitarist like Kirk Hammett from Metallica and countless others his technique his playing is incredible.
Yes it's really cool and instructive video. Thanks for your commitent. Why not making a video on suicidal tendencies, Rocky george approach and Mike Clarck rythm. Or the funk of Infectious Groove.🤩😍
joHN PETRUCCI,AND Paul Gilbert,ARE BOTH GOOD SOURCES OF ,exercises,information,it seems these top players ,are such good communicators ,they have done guitar camps ]weekends etc, Joe,himself ,has a way all his own.
