ahh thats cool. One problem i keep having is that when i start improvising some lead over the top it always sounds very 'happy' no matter what i do, thats what im trying to get away from and im seeing now from both of your bits of advice that if i just stick to B aolian it gets me closer to the overall sound of the piece i have in mind. I tend to end up sounding like brian may a lot of the time, but not quite as fast.. whereas i want to be sounding more like satch or malmsteen in terms of the notes im playing if not the frantic yngwie-warp factor. I wish i had spent mor etime in the past learning about modes and what modes work with what. Cheers both!