MR VAI WILL BE IN MY HOME TOMORROW!!!

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Via Webcam.... I have an online discussion tomorrow with Steve Vai, doing the Berklee Steve Vai course as part of my Masters certificate. really stoked for it. I have to think of some questions to ask him other than how much chicks Dave Lee Roth banged on tour :lol: :LOL:

Anyone got any they want me to put to him? lol

Apparently we are gonna be getting a lesson as well very soon, its part of some largest online lesson to go in the record books at Berklee, should be awesome.

The course so far has some great stuff from him, he really gives great advice on technique and his approach to practice, songwriting and so on. Really loving the lessons he has been doing on his circular vibrato, really hard to pull off, but he makes it look so effortless. Some great players are on this course including Justin from the band Saison.

Really great hearing what these guys come out with playing wise on the assignments, totally inspires me to practice more and compete a little
 
I'm wondering though, will he have the fans blowing in his hair for the discussion :D
 
lame guitarist":eb08shuv said:
I'm wondering though, will he have the fans blowing in his hair for the discussion :D
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Good question. You're well on your way to a successful interview.
 
tell him he is off the record and ask him what he really thinks about Carvin.
 
- ask him who his biggest, positive musical influence was/is
- ask him what his most significant tool to learning guitar was (technique, practice, mindset, etc)
- ask him if he relies more on the notes for the music, or the guitar effects when he's writing
- does he play when he's not feelin' it, or does he only play when he's 'on'
- what 1 piece of singular advice could he give "any" guitarist, whether beginner or advanced, to better their game

There - that oughta do my "Mr. Vai" list of questions.

Peace,
V. :thumbsup:
 
ask him if van halen ever used a vox on any recordings.
 
I would give him Mentoneman's address so that at 2:00am he would be outside his bedroom window with a full stack and do nothing but bar abuse.
 
When I was at Berklee I heard that he stayed in his room practicing and transcribing most of the time and didn't attend many classes. I'd be interested to know if this was true (it is for a lot of the great players who go there).
 
mobyp":3nmh89et said:
When I was at Berklee I heard that he stayed in his room practicing and transcribing most of the time and didn't attend many classes.
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And probably didn't have air conditioning, fostering his life long fan love. :lol: :LOL:
 
lame guitarist":1pd29vjb said:
Anyone got any they want me to put to him? lol
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The only thing I'd like to know is his thoughts on going from one style to another, in the professional sense. His personal work is not very mainstream and can be down right strange at times. Which is cool. He has his own thing going on. Yet, he goes onto DLR and for the most part writes some of coolest songs of that era. He was able to fit right into mainstream rock, and excel at it, yet his personal style and even prior work was different.

It's not worlds apart, his stuff tends to rock type music, but I don't think much of his personal stuff is very mainstream. I'm not knocking his stuff, I love some Vai, but I find it interesting that he was able to go from Zappa to DLR (with some works inbetween) and do it seamlessly. I'd like his thoughts on that transition and what it was like to rethink what he normally did to the stuff he did on DLR. Was it no problem at all? Was it a challenge?
 
mobyp":3tdf0f7g said:
When I was at Berklee I heard that he stayed in his room practicing and transcribing most of the time and didn't attend many classes. I'd be interested to know if this was true (it is for a lot of the great players who go there).
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Yeah I was at Berklee too.

When I met him at a gig once, I asked him about that... And yes. He hated the whole thing. Too jazzy. So they would lock themselves up the rehearsals, and play rock all night.
 
ask him if tone is in the fingers....or if it's in the ibanez/carvin/effects mixture he uses...lol...seriously...a lot of the questions I thought of Ventura posted above....good luck with the interview !
 
lame guitarist":1qi91vj5 said:
I'm wondering though, will he have the fans blowing in his hair for the discussion :D
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Too funny...when I first read this I got an image of a couple "fan" boys blowing into Steve's hair...yikes!!! :confused: :lol: :LOL:
 
Rogue":3sx008vx said:
mobyp":3sx008vx said:
When I was at Berklee I heard that he stayed in his room practicing and transcribing most of the time and didn't attend many classes.
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And probably didn't have air conditioning, fostering his life long fan love. :lol: :LOL:
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Love it.
 
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