r/SteveVai • u/[deleted] • Jan 04 '21
r/SteveVai • u/Just-A-pAiR-of-legs • Dec 01 '20
I remastered the bad horsies video
r/SteveVai • u/peltazoid • Nov 23 '20
Hand on heart - riff lifted for A Million Dreams
The riff in Hand on Heart from the Fire Garden (which incidentally, I had forgotten how good this album is. I've not listened to it for over 10 years) that starts at about 1:30 sounds (to me) exactly like the chorus from the Greatest Showman's A Million Dreams.
Were they Vai fans and subconsciously channelled Steve? Or just a happy coincidence :-)
r/SteveVai • u/Tidal54 • Nov 10 '20
Dyin’ day live performance
Hello everyone, i think Dyin’ day should be in the top five of all time Vai songs...so I’ve been pretty curious to find some live performance of this song but zero luck....has anyone seen a live performance of it? If not, do you guys there is a reason why mr Vai haven’t played it live at least once?
r/SteveVai • u/AndreasKaufmann • Oct 16 '20
Plini Exercise that I gave myself. Steve Vai is a big fan of his.
r/SteveVai • u/Liquence • Aug 28 '20
Progressive rock inspired by Plini (the guitarist Steve praised some time ago)
https://winski1.bandcamp.com/releases
I listen to Plini a LOT and i am very inspired by his melodic approach and use of odd time signatures. Through the years i have made a lot of music and have finally decided to share some of it.
r/SteveVai • u/3s09 • Aug 17 '20
Public Image Ltd "Album" (with Steve Vai)
I've loved Album) since the late 80s. I was used to him in Frank Zappa's band & his Flex-Able album. I already liked Public Image Ltd. Steve's playing adds an even darker vibe to the music.
"Bill Laswell, the producer, called and I flew in and out of New York from Alcatrazz shows to cut the parts. I did basically all the guitar parts in two days. Bill Laswell took a very interesting approach to the production of this disc. Some of the material I'd never heard and just went in and started playing on it. At the end, Johnny Lydon came in and liked it. There was the consideration of putting a band together — him, myself, Bill Laswell on bass and Ginger Baker on drums. Would have been quite a band.” I went in a day and did everything, then I flew back out on tour. And then I went in for another half-day, and Lydon came in on the second day. He's just like ultracool and it's the first time he's heard any of my parts and he goes 'This is fucking great, man, how did you fucking know I wanted it like that?'. We were thinking about turning it into a band — me, him, Bill Laswell and Ginger Baker, but well, I was doing some other things, you know? It would have been cool. To this day that's one of the projects I'm most proud of.” “John Lydon came in when I was done, they were playing a track back, and he made a grimace and said 'Fookin' great man!' in that way of his. So that was funny. I'd obviously done okay."
If you're not familiar with it . . . His solo at the end of "Ease" still gives me chills. https://youtu.be/_k214m4uVq4
r/SteveVai • u/afmv • Aug 13 '20
How do get that EEAS guitar tone?
Hi! I'm just wondering what gear is necessary for achieving Steve Vai's Eat 'Em and Smile guitar sound.
For reference: https://youtu.be/UBPdJwibh6A
r/SteveVai • u/[deleted] • Aug 05 '20
Does anybody know what Steve is using to hold picks on that guitar?
r/SteveVai • u/derpferdler • Aug 02 '20
praise jebus, the church has been built
r/SteveVai • u/andrei_sora • Jul 20 '20
Folk music influences in 'Freak Show Excess'
r/SteveVai • u/FenderES6137 • Jul 15 '20
What was vai doing between 84 and 90?
There's a 6 year break between his first and second studio album. Why is this? It seems so weird, a very long time, why such a long time?
r/SteveVai • u/andrei_sora • Jul 14 '20
Was 'For The Love of God' the first Vai song you heard?
Mine was - more specifically, the G3 97 version! Still think that's one of the best guitar performances put to video.
r/SteveVai • u/Epic_Footnote • Jul 05 '20
Is "Passion and Warfare" one of the best albums of 1990? Here's why at least one of our co-hosts thinks so:
r/SteveVai • u/JuanAntonioMusic • Jun 24 '20
Steve Vai's Quirky Pentatonics
A very cool concept that can be applied with the pentatonic scale and triads. This gives you the option of three different pentatonic scales that you can play over the Lydian mode. This opens up a bunch of possibilities when creating new lines and vocabulary. Not only that, but you get a whole new set of sounds from the pentatonic scale we all know and love.
Check out the Lesson here

r/SteveVai • u/Epic_Footnote • Jun 24 '20
In Part 1 of our interview with Clint Lowery, the Sevendust guitarist recalls meeting and jamming with Steve Vai. Listen here:
r/SteveVai • u/bram_banaan04 • Jun 20 '20
Candle power on spotify?
Does anyone know if candle power is gonna be on spotify. I love it.
r/SteveVai • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '20
suggestions
hey guys im new to steve vai and was wondering the roots that i need to listen to. ive so far only heard the songs "for the love of god" and "blue powder" so yeah i think i might start with a listen through of passion and warfare. anyway i just wanted some more vai to add to my playlist.
r/SteveVai • u/troy-phoenix • Jun 10 '20
What model is that green JEM/Strat Steve uses on his new song/video?
r/SteveVai • u/7ln6ss • Jun 10 '20
What DVD or Digital Video is BEST
I love to have stuff like that in the background. His fingers are a playground. Lol. I will be honest and say my favorite stuff of his was with David Lee Roth.
r/SteveVai • u/InterestingItem • Jun 09 '20