Steve has released “Juice,” “The Attitude Song,” and “Tender Surrender” for users to enjoy using Jammit- a music platform app that allows users to isolate guitar or bass tracks so musicians can play along with the original multi-track recordings. Hear Steve’s every lick at full speed or slow down the the track without losing the original pitch while corresponding tablature or notation scrolls by. For more information visit Jammit.com/artist/Steve-Vai
You can now purchase exclusive merchandise from Steve’s “The Story of Light” US & European tour through the Vai.com Store. The items include t-shirts, signed programs & a very bright LED Vai keychain light. Official CD/DVD releases, songbooks and custom bundles from previous tours are also available. Click here to see all items.
Steve talks about Led Zeppelin, lettuce, lost guitars and his love of the bizarre in the March 2013 issue of Total Guitar UK Magazine.
In this video, Steve talks about the US & European leg of “The Story of Light Tour,” upcoming “Naked Tracks” installments, his appearance in Las Vegas at this year’s “Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp,” composing for “The Stravinsky Festival” in Holland, his trip to Chicago for the flour + wine/MEF fundraiser this weekend and more. Enjoy!
Here’s your chance to feel like a rockstar for a day! Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp (where Steve will be featured on March 8th) has opened a contest where you can win a spot at an upcoming Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas.
Follow this link and enter today.
Please note: this contest is open to US citizens only.
Win an autographed Steve Vai Ibanez and help keep music education alive for kids! Join Steve Vai, flour + wine (co-owned and operated by Steve’s brother Michael Vai) and School of Rock in their quest to support Music Education Foundation (MEF) programs. Raffle tickets for the Ibanez are $5 a piece, on sale now at http://bit.ly/flourwine or stop by flour + wine to grab your tickets at 433 N. Main St., Glen Ellyn, IL
Win two days of recording at the legendary Ocean Way Recording studios with Steve’s recording engineer Greg Wurth at the helm! The auction supports Hollywood Arts, a non-profit organization that provides structured creative resources to at-risk youth. Your songs will be mixed by top-talent mixing artist, Mark Howard (U2, Neil Young, Bob Dylan). Click here to place your bid & good luck.
Hey Folks,
As I write this letter, I’m on a plane flying home after just having played our final and 96th show of “The Story of Light Tour”. I say final, but that’s just for now.
It feels appropriate to say that this tour was a revelatory experience for myself and the band. We have grown together in deep meaningful ways that the most brilliantly crafted words could never describe.
It’s been 5 years since my last solo tour and wasn’t sure how I would deliver, but I came to realize that with all of the various projects I engage in, the thing I do best and enjoy the most is performing. I have honestly never felt better, had more energy or been more expressive as on this tour. The goal on this tour was to get closer to the notes and continue to evolve the merging of the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of myself and the band’s expression.
My God it was glorious. The band and I are bursting with appreciation for having had this magnificent opportunity. Feeling the audience again was a reminder of what a great privilege and honor it is to be a performer. Playing the new tracks from “The Story of Light” was like having a new lease on life.
At this time I’m hunkering down for the next 5 months to compose music for a “Stravinsky Festival” that will take place in May 2013 in Holland. In June, we are looking at 10 or so dates in Europe with “The Evolution Orchestra”. Then for the rest of the year I am looking forward to taking the “Story of Light Band” back out to perform anyplace around the world we have missed. More details on all this to come.
To all of you who attended the shows and shared your time and support, participated in the EVO experience and those who have written such inspiring reviews of the show, I am deeply grateful.
Here’s wishing you all the Happiest of Holidays and a revelatory 2013.
s.
The Ocean Way Microphone Locker app is gaining attention from industry-leading recording publications for both professionals and home studio aficionados. The app, created by legendary engineer Allan Sidecar & Mr. Vai, gives you a sonic library of different microphone recording samples with various instruments -great for deciding what mic to use in a particular recording session. Check out MixOnline.com’s feature on the app here. It is also being featured in Electronic Musician, Music Connection & Recording Magazine.
Steve has donated a signed Ibanez guitar to The Ronnie James Dio “Stand Up and Shout” Cancer Fund. Fans can bid online through December 1st, when Julien’s Auction House hosts a live auction in Beverly Hills, CA. For more information and to place you bid, click here. All proceeds will go to the RJD Stand Up and Should Cancer Fund.
Beverly McClellan unexpectedly had to leave the Steve Vai European/UK tour to address personal issues at home in Florida. Unfortunately, she will not be returning for the remaining dates on this tour.
“She is perhaps the finest natural talent I have ever worked with and an excellent touring companion. She will be greatly missed and her Vai touring family wish her the best.” -Steve Vai
The contemporary classical duo “2Cellos” debuts their new video featuring Steve tearing it up on AC/DC’s “Highway to Hell”! The video premieres today in the US on AOL! Click here to watch the video and look for the 2Cellos release early next year. Click here to watch.
Vai.com is pleased to announce Steve’s 10/12 live performance at Club Nokia in Los Angeles will be broadcast, live on AXS TV. Official press release below.
STEVE VAI SHARES “THE STORY OF LIGHT” LIVE TOMORROW EXCLUSIVELY ON AXS TV
Special live concert event with the Grammy Award-winning guitarist to be televised nationally October 12th
(October 11, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA) The Grammy award-winning virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer Steve Vai will broadcast LIVE from Club Nokia in Los Angeles, California for one night only on Friday, October 12 exclusively on AXS TV.
As Steve Vai continues his North American tour to promote his new album, THE STORY OF LIGHT, this special live concert event gives fans a front row seat to see Vai’s lyrically resonant and technically masterful lead guitar, his licks and solos bending sounds and listeners’ minds in equal measure. The Story of Light follows the journey of a man driven mad by grief, intertwining tragedy, revelation, enlightenment, and redemption.
“I’m always pursuing knowledge, I’m a seeker of spiritual equilibrium—and music is a big part of that,” says Vai. “I’ve been obsessed with these kinds of ideas for years.”
AXS TV celebrates Steve Vai, THE STORY OF LIGHT, his 16th studio album, with this special night LIVE from Club Nokia, as the 15-million album selling artist takes the stage for a national television concert event.
“Our goal as a band is to give the best show we can so that when people leave, they feel good,” explains Vai.
This extraordinary live concert event with Steve Vai airs tomorrow, Friday, October 12th starting at 11:45pm ET / 8:45pm PT exclusively on AXS TV.
About AXS TV
Launched in July 2012 under the vision and stewardship of entrepreneur Mark Cuban, AXS TV is the premier destination for live events, breaking news, and as-they-are-happening trends in the worlds of pop culture, music, fashion, and entertainment.
AXS TV Concerts is the premier source on television for 100% live music. From multi-day festivals to stadium tours to club acts, AXS TV delivers an unparalleled shared experience for fans of all genres. Leveraging the network’s vast landscape, artists expand their reach to live behind-the-scenes moments, live fan Q&As, social media engagement and more unique opportunities specifically for the AXS TV audience. With multiple live concerts weekly, AXS TV is the number one destination for artists and their fans to experience and share a pure live event in the world of music and pop culture. Live LIVE!
The largest independently owned and operated network, AXS TV was developed by entrepreneur Mark Cuban and General Manager Philip Garvin. The network partners include Mark Cuban, AEG, Ryan Seacrest Media and Creative Artists Agency (CAA). AXS TV is available in the U.S. via AT&T U-verse, Charter, Comcast/Xfinity, DIRECTV, DISH Network, Insight, Suddenlink, Verizon FiOS, and other TV providers.
AXS TV can be found online at www.axs.tv, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/axstv and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/axstv. AXS TV Concerts can be found online at www.axs.tv, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/axstvconcerts and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/axstvconcerts.
About Steve Vai
Steve Vai is a virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer who sculpts musical sound with infinite creativity and technical mastery. At age 12, he started taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani. At 18, he began his professional musical career transcribing for, and then playing with, the legendary Frank Zappa. More than three decades, 15-million in album sales, and three GRAMMY Awards later, Vai has proven himself, in his own right, one of music’s true originals.
Steve’s performance at Club NOKIA in Los Angeles will be live broadcast on AXS TV this Friday, October 12 at 8:45 PT! Visit this page to see which channel AXS TV is in your area.
Hey Folks, Steve here.
Our US tour has been quite glorious. We are in the home stretch.
Jeremy’s tech has made some hand held cam shots of him performing some of our tracks. Check them out. This is an elite musician in the moment of his craft. Very inspiring. Tarus Bulba is a bear to play but he glides through it effortlessly, flawlessly and with some comic relief.
Enjoy.
s
Velorum:
Taras Bulba:
Hey folks, I am thrilled to announce a new app I have been working on with Allen Sides and “Metal Sidecar” app engineers: “The Ocean Way Microphone Locker.” It’s pretty remarkable. It gives stats on virtually every important studio mic there is, the instruments it’s best used on, and how to use it. An indispensable tool for anyone recording anything. Check it out.
http://bit.ly/OceanWayMicrophoneLockerApp
Steve Vai
On iTunes:
This app is an indispensable and vital tool for any musician or recording engineer that is looking for the right microphone for the right instrument and how to use it. Allen Sides is considered the world’s leading authority on vintage and contemporary recording microphones and their uses. Allen owns the world’s premier microphone collection. He is also the owner of Ocean Way and Record One recording studios, is a legendary grammy-winning engineer with close to 40 years of experience, and has worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Green Day. In this app, learn his secrets on how to pair the right microphone with the right instrument with its optimum placement. This app also contains a comprehensive list of microphones and instruments and gives diagrams and specs on each.
EVO Experience passes are now available for the UK tour dates in December. The EVO pass entitles you to a meet & greet with Steve, see the sound check, participate in a Q&A session, get an autographed photo, receive a print of a hand-written score and more. For add’l details, visit the home page.
*Please note, concert tickets are sold separately.
Hey Folks,
We are ten shows into the tour and I am feeling rockets of appreciation shooting from me. I didn’t know what to expect after 5 years of no solo shows but I’m blown away by the support and response for the band at the shows. We are having an amazing time on this tour. And the new record debuted in the Billboard charts at #78. That’s a first in 20 years. Can not thank you enough.
Deep gratitude
s
