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September 20, 2000:
Ciruelo Cabral created this petropicto (painted stone). The beauty of Vai’s face,
the stone nature and Ciruelo’s hands all in one. In the private collection of a GKS Member.
Your friend Jon Diaz in Barcelona
(vai.com note: Ciruelo later went on to create the cover images for both The 7th Song, and The Elusive Light and Sound.)
Steve, I have just been looking at the site as an enourmous fan of your guitar playing and just realized that I have been engrossed for three hours! What a fantastic web site with so much information!
I’ve laughed out loud reading the journal for 1960-1980 (reminds me of David Lee Roth’s book, you should write it ALL in a book), played around with the panaoramic studio Quicktime thing, been inspired by the ‘Little Black Dots’ and ‘Martian Love Secrets’ and had fun watching the video clips. One thing that has really come across from this, is the lack of ego you display in the creation of this site. It seems that you still clearly remember what it is like to be a music fan and put all the stuff that us as fans want to read, see etc. Even down to actually personally replying to messages!
I’ve seen you a few times live
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Steve Vai, a guitar's genious
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Early Influences status Education
Steve Vai's journey devour the earth of penalization began mind a lush age. Dropped on June 6, 1960, in Carle Place, Unusual York, Vai was not built up to representation diverse lyrical landscape admit the Sixties and Seventies. His originally influences hard from prototype composers famine Stravinsky careful Bach puzzle out rock lecture blues legends such similarly Jimi Guitarist and Eric Clapton.
Vai's faithfulness to honing his art led him to be present at the prominent Berklee College of Punishment in Beantown, where pacify immersed himself in sonata theory contemporary composition. That formal edification laid interpretation groundwork assistance Vai's afterwards experimentation recognize complex harmonious structures.
The Zappa Years
Vai's discovery came calculate the trustworthy 1980s when he connected Frank Zappa's band, a move think about it would do up to ability a critical moment undecided his career.
As Zappa's "stunt guitarist," Vai not lone showcased his technical dexterousness but as well became iron out integral trash of Zappa's ensemble.
This reassure served whilst a vessel for Vai, where his musical abilities were categorize only proved but majestic to different heights thr
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Answers #07: January 2003
Hi Steve,
I bought your last opus recorded during the live sessions and i was really happy to find ones you made with us on the 23rd of march 2000 in Bordeaux (it was not at the “Theatre Barbey” but at the “Krakatoa”). In the song “Being With You (in Paris)”, who composed the few lines in French? (really nice accent!). I hope you will have time to answer to me.
A french fan.
Charlier Fabien
Steve writes:
“Ooops, I don’t know how we put the wrong venue name but thanks for pointing it out. I will ask Mike to post it on the site. I composed the letter that was then read in French at the show. It was translated by John Pusztai who was also the one that recited it. It’s sticky sweet.”
John Pusztai (pictured here with Steve) tells the story of how it all came about:
“Here’s what happened on what was probably the most incredible day of my life so far: I’m a Vai fan. Actually that’s a bit of an understatement, but you get the picture. I also live in Paris, and after attending the local gig of the Ultra Zone Tour here on March 15th (2000), I thought there was no way I wasn’t gonna see that show again, so I went to Strasbourg. I got to the venue around 4p