Steve Vai - Guitar Teachers and Classical Symphonies : Interview | NAMM 2020
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- While in Los Angeles for NAMM 2020 I talked to Steve Vai at Boutique Amp Distribution HQ where he was promoting his new signature Synergy Module. We talked about guitar teachers, classical symphonies, and riffs he wished he'd written.
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While in Los Angeles for NAMM 2020 I talked to Steve Vai at Boutique Amp Distribution HQ where he was promoting his new signature Synergy Module. We talked about guitar teachers, classical symphonies, and riffs he wished he'd written.
Steve Vai Signature Synergy Module:
www.synergyamps.com/
Ibanez PIA - Green:
www.thomann.de/intl/ibanez_pia3761_evg.htm?offid=1&affid=367
Ibanez PIA - White:
www.thomann.de/intl/ibanez_pia3761_slw.htm?offid=1&affid=367
With thanks to Boutique Amp Distribution for organising this:
www.boutiqueampsdistribution.com/
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I totally get you feeling nervous sat next to Steve for an interview; but he is such a nice guy, he was aware of you feeling nervous I think and tried to make you feel welcome. Great interview too he enjoyed that you thought more of his answer and concept about onenote for 18 mins than "epic Via solo here " To my eyes, he was thinking "great this guy really gets it" I think you did better in this interview than you might think you did.
The interview was great because your questions really sparked Vai's mind into having to recall various key points in his musical development.
@Eros Delorenzi Never be rude to an Arab.
Some unexpected answers to your questions which made for a fascinating interview. Understanding what makes an artist great is rarely explored.
Oh noooo I hope this video has not been demonetized because of smoke on the water...
Great interview by the way
Colin, is this the most nervous and uncomfortable you've ever felt while making a video?
X2
One of the greatest guitarists out there. We're not worthy! We're not worthy!
Steve is good too lol
Take note this is a good interview, some playing. Gear talk. That’s what we want. Polite in depth questions. Boom.
Vai would be the one to say his favorite piece is him hitting one note for 18 minutes
..and interviewer 'gushed' enthusiastically about the concept. Emperor's New Clothes in action...
I played in orchestras. I appreciate the musical concept behind having an entire movement revolve around a static note.
Try gaining some appreciation for composition some time.
@@Guy-bm5wh it's not particularity modern. Composers have toyed with it for a while. Or there's the 'motif' which is where you repeat a melody or have a phrase that gets repeated and evolved and expanded upon.
@@Guy-bm5wh check out Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini... The 43rd movement... It's stunning.. it's the notes of Paganini 24th Caprice from minor to major, in D and it's just so much different and so pretty
ok so i never reply on youtube comments but i think this time its worh it. The idea behind the 18 minutes sustained note is to be able to explore lots (not even all) of the characteristics a single note have. I didn't listen to his composition, but knowing mr.Vai The orchestra probably plays in every modes of that note (f#). Try it, put a sustained note of your choice on youtube or whatever and play all its modes. Ionian, dorian, phrygian, ect. You'll be surprised on how much a single note can affect the whole piece. Absolutely nothing to do with modern minimalist lol. Sorry for my bad english
Love the way Steve Vai speaks. Super awesome!!! See everyone....having a teacher is good.
That most have been both stressful and amazing to interview such a guitar icon. Great job with the interview. Cheers
9:36 HERE is the answer for those who said "But can he play smoke on the water?"
wow... great job Colin! Happy for you!
Bro that was a great interview! I wish it could have gone another hour.
how intimidating it has to be interviewing Steve Vai!
I'm fiddler, but steve vai is my Hero too. greeting from bali island
Vai, jokingly: Noooo, smoke on the water!
Collin, internally screaming: NOOOOO SMOKE ON THE WATER
Okay, so Ive seen Ryan, then Henning, now Colin with Vai. Who else am I missing? lol
Great interview Colin, Steve is a class act all the way, nuff said! Thank you again!
A good few more of us had the opportunity, but I'm not sure who else has their video out yet. Keep an eye out for others.
Now I need to hear that 18 minute long one guitar note song!! Summer 2020?
1:35
Literally nobody forgets this moment in their lives.
starstruck af hahaha
Everything he says is beautifully layered in meaning. He's so much more than just a musician. I could listen to him talking for hours!
5:12 Tempo Perdido - Legião Urbana
Wow, my favourite guitarist got to meet Steve Vai
Steve is one of those who wrote history with the e guitar
Steve could have said Pies are much nicer with brown sauce and Colin would have said, yep, that's right and how do you write a great piece?and Steve could have said by clearing the grid outside and Colin would have said wow, I agree. #nervous!! 😂💪
But pies are much nicer with brown sauce.
A little awe struck, its fare to say. In all honesty, I would've went straight into fan girl mode, thinking, shit, this is the devils guitarist , Jack Butler. Mr Passion Warfare, Im sure Vai is used it. I saw a little smile on his face around 8:00 that said "yeah, I know....happens all the time"
@@thescriptwriter824 I know, I'd have been shiteing one too!
Wow I don’t think I’ve ever seen Collin nervous b4
Steve.. please start playing some straight up rock tracks again, with just good riffs and cool solos.. forget the stand in one place for 8 minutes.
I'm not really into Vai's music, or shredding as a style, I'm a bluesman, but this was a great interview and Steve is a very interesting and amenable guy. Top marks Colin. 🥇🤘🏻
And the first thing I ever learned to play..."Rumble" by Link Wray.
Despite what he says a good teacher is vital in music just as they are in any other subject. Who would you rather have perform an operation on you, a licensed physician or a witch doctor?
Why not a licensed witch doctor?
Terrible analogy.
@@3ASY355 I'm afraid that your mind is too narrow, shallow and one-dimensional to understand.
wenby 505 ouhhh trying really hard to sound formal/proper 😂.
wrong,
I actually never had a proper guitar lesson , i just bought books , youtbe watched artists and stuff , but sure enough , the teachers instills an indefinite discipline
Super cool! 🔥🎸🙌
I like guitar steve vai
Fantastic interview! I love Steve Vai and it’s awesome you could get him on the channel. Thanks Colin!
Good teachers are a blessing and Vai has truly a blessing on us🤗
Momma Mia I love that Pia 🎸🔥
Pretty cool! That first couple minutes I could tell you were having a "oh f***" moment. Good job on hanging in there. Congratulations on the opportunity.
wow Steve makes drone music? that's cool, that's up my ally or taste now, with Glenn Branca and what not
I guess Steve Vai *would* be the guy to write a piece where a single note gets held for 18 minutes.
saw Steve first show ever with Alcatrazz DeAnza Theater Riverside CA, 1984. They had just kicked out Yngwie whom we were expecting to see. Anyway even without Yngwie the show was still rocking, although he did struggle a bit playing Yngwie's parts in the songs and Steve's unaccompanied solo was a little lacking in variation... he played mostly funky wacka-wacka wah stuff and some two handed tapping... that was somewhat cool. But overall I think he tried his best and when they finished their set the audience was still continuously yelling out for Yngwie. I yelled for them to come back and do an encore but the Yngwie trolls won and the band just left. I really did like Steve's tone with the Carvin X100bs and that X2N pickup was loud too. I think he had that Frog JFET preamp in his sticker Strat at the gig or something
Great vid Colin. I could tell you were in awe of the person sat alongside you.
Wow. Fantastic interview, I saw Henning’s video then yours. Steve Vai really seems like a nice guy.
Your nervous sense of awe climbs out of the screen Colin! Must’ve been a pinch me moment to actually interact with a true legend!
Steve Vai is Bruce Lee
Joe Satriani is IP Man
Love this. Yess!!!!
First for me it was a Beatles riff then Sabbath's Paranoid also Jimi's Star Spangled Banner
Always in awe of Mr Vai
Great interview Collin!! Nicely done. It’s exactly what I needed kick my butt, into 2022
Fucking A sir 👌 Cheers and All Respect from the Big ASS STATE OF TEXAS
That’s wat we always heard from Vai, “Joe”.
That Pai is beautiful
Pia
Always nice to listen to the master
I'm broke i can't take lessons so i watch and try to imitate.
Steve Vai gets paid to strum the guitar but said he'll do a bunch of bends for FREE!!!
18 minutes???!?! What? First off, he has the Sustainiac..... I look forward to hearing everyone do the work around him... but....... ok... go go battery life!
That green pia is the best looking guitar on the planet
At least you were not nervous.
вижу вая, сразу лайк
18 minute note...hmm seems rather pretentious
Dead Babies by Alice Cooper. What a tune, incredible to know that Steve learnt Alice Cooper songs when he was younger!
im super early here 😍
Dear Steve Vai... we like you to come to show big concert in Timor Leste... Timorese... East Timor....
oh shit the 0 3 5 riff watch out
Steve Vai writes an 18 minute symphony where he holds one note on the guitar
throughout the entire piece..... the 80’s are truly dead 🤣 Somewhere Yngwie is weeping 😜
Cool, interview Colin! You definitely looked a little nervous. I probably would have soiled my pants if it were me. Lol.
So much heart in this interview. You're both speaking intelligently. Thanks Colin!
Such a humble and nice guy
nossa como vc esta magro steve
Maybe we will finally hear expanding the universe on record?
Very low action on his guitar. Every bass note he plays rattles.
I cracked up when he played 035. It has just become too much of a meme.
Size of those frets 😍
Were you nervous Colin?! You didn’t look it tbf
Oh no! Steve vai played smoke on the water!
Como cuando le preguntas a tu Tía si puede darte unos tips para mejorar en clase de guitarra y Ella termina contándote como fue que se adentró en el mundo de la música desde que era una adolescente y terminó convirtiéndose en la mejor guitarrista de su generación 😂😂
กูอยากฟักให้รู้เรื่องจ้งว่ะ....
so... Still Small Voice, not a song we can hear anywhere??? I don't see it anywhere online
No, I have not released it yet. This summer (2020) I will be recoding perhaps 4 hours of my orchestral music. Some of it's pretty inside with songs you might know, but there are 3 large symphonic pieces that are as far away from anything of mine that you've heard, and we will be recording those too. One of them is "The Still Small Voice". I don't know when I'm going to get to release it all but when I do it will be under the "Sound Theories" moniker. Some of it's pretty out there. I can't help myself, nor do I try to, ha. Thanks to all you folks for chiming in here. Sometime I wonder who you are all talking about. You are very inspiring to me. Steve Vai.
I want to hear that symphony, will be looking out for it!
Colin, is there a question you wish you would've asked Steve that you didn't get to?
Nice vid...though imagine going to see mr.vai perform and he holds 1note during 18mins...🤪
..and stands perfectly still whilst doing it! (cue swapping in the Vai mannequin whilst Steve pops out for a Starbucks...)
Let me start off by saying Steve Vai is my favorite guitarist but I am not digging this sound better than his older sound. Could be just the clips I’m hearing. I also have to say that I love the PIA guitar!
His old tone was beefier and brighter his new sound is thin and muddy like it's been subdued
John J. Sanchez Wasn’t sure if I was the only one hearing that. It’s really hard to tell off these RUclips clips. But apparently you-are hearing the same thing that I’m hearing. it’s like there is no substance to his tone now.
Cant wait to hear this song🇳🇿🤙
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It says 'interview' right there in the title.
I'm not sure what the fuck you were expecting?!
This Vai dude has a future
Good Lord, my hands are half the size of Steve's! No wonder I play like crap....yeah, that's the reason (and I'm sticking to it!).
He look so old :(
My tata how you do that Steve
Great Interview !!!
I never knew he was taught by Joe Satriani. Oh wait I read and heard it millions of time before.
Good job it was only mentioned in passing then while making a more global point about the importance of music teachers.
@@ScienceofLoud it was a great video, good interview. It was unfair to put it in this section but I am just so tired of hearing that Joe was Steve's teacher.
Steve vai is the worst guitar player I ever heard his guitar is no emotional moving~ even little
Why are you watching a Steve Vai video then?
What did you expect to get out of this experience? You did this to yourself.
Who the fuck put a thumbs down?!
Is it a normal thing a guitar that expensive buzzing like that? Just asking.
Go auntie Julia, go!:-7
did he switch to Shecter Sustainiac or still a Fernandes Sustainer?
White Pia had Fernandes installed. The Green had a Sustainiac...
Fernandez still for now, but I may be working with Sustaniac for something in the future.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand demonetized by the smoke police
Enter: Jealousy
New gear new album........
I'd like to see an interview with Steve by someone who is from a completely musical background. Just to see the common ground they share.