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Technique and influence

Satriani is widely recognized as a technically advanced rock guitarist, and has been described as a virtuoso. He has mastered many performance techniques on the instrument, including Legato, two-handed tapping and arpeggio tapping, sweep-picking, volume swells, harmonics, and extreme whammy bar effects. One of his trademark compositional traits is the use of Pitch Axis Theory, which he applies with a variety of modes. During fast passages, Joe favors a technique known as legato (achieved primarily through hammer-ons and pull-offs) which yields smooth and flowing runs. He is also adept at other speed-related techniques such as speed picking (a rapid form of alternate picking) and sweep picking, but does not often use them.

Satriani has received 14 Grammy nominations and has sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. Many of his fans and friends call him "Satch," short for "Satriani". Other guitarists sometimes refer to him as "Saint Joe"; there are numerous t-shirts to this effect.

An influential guitarist himself, Satriani has many influences, including jazz guitarists Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery, and Charlie Christian, and rock guitarists Jimi Hendrix and Ritchie Blackmore.

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1995 Joe Satriani
01 - Cool 9
02 - If
03 - Down, Down, Down
04 - Luminous Flesh Giants
05 - SMF
06 - Look My Way
07 - Home
08 - Moroccan Sunset
09 - Killer Bee Bop
10 - Slow Down Blues
11 - My World
12 - Sittin' Round


1997 G3 Live
01. Cool Number 9 (Joe Satriani)
02. Flying In A Blue Dream (Joe Satriani)
03. Summer Song (Joe Satriani)
04. Zap (Eric Johnson)
05. Manhattan (Eric Johnson)
06. Camel's Night Club (Eric Johnson)
07. Answers (Steve Vai)
08. For The Love Of God (Steve Vai)
09. The Attitude Song (Steve Vai)
10. Going Down (Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson & Steve Vai)
11. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson & Steve Vai)
12. Red House (Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson & Steve Vai)

1998 Crystal Planet
01. Up in The Sky
02. House Full of Bullets
03. Crystal Planet
04. Love Thing
05. Trundrumbalind
06. Lights of Heaven
07. Raspberry Jam Delta-V
08. Ceremony
09. With Jupiter in Mind
10. Secret Prayer
11. A Train of Angels
12. A Piece of Liquid
13. Psycho Monkey
14. Time
15. Z.Z.'s Song

2000 Engines Of Creation
01. Devil's Slide
02. Flavor Crystal 7
03. Borg Sex
04. Until We Say Goodbye
05. Attack
06. Champagne
07. Clouds Race Across The Sky
08. The Power Cosmic 2000-Part I
09. The Power Cosmic 2000-Part II
10. Slow and Easy
11. Engines of Creation


2002 Strange Beautiful Music
01. Oriental Melody
02. Belly Dancer
03. Starry Night
04. Chords of Life
05. Mind Storm
06. Sleep Walk
07. New Last Jam
08. Mountain Song
09. What Breaks A Heart
10. Seven String
11. Hill Groove
12. The Journey
13. The Traveler
14. You Saved My Life

2003 The Electric Joe Satriani - An Anthology
PART I
01. Surfing With The Alien
02. Satch Boogie
03. Always With Me, Always With You
04. Crushing Day
05. Flying In A Blue Dream
06. The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing
07. I Believe
08. Big Bad Moon
09. Friends
10. The Extremist
11. Summer Song
12. Why
13. Time Machine
14. Cool #9
15. Down, Down, Down
PART II
01. The Crush of Love
02. Ceremony
03. Crystal Planet
04. Raspberry Jam Delta-V
05. Love Thing
06. Borg Sex
07. Until We Say Goodbye
08. Devil's Slide
09. Clouds Race Across The Sky
10. Starry Night
11. Mind Storm
12. Slick
13. The Eight Steps
14. Not Of This Earth
15. Rubina