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Hey guys, thanks for your comments. Here's a couple of tracks for those of you who haven't checked it out yet: "Serpens Cauda" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhrSneYJxpc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; "Ölüdeniz" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YldIVERmR6k" onclick="window.open(thi...

Hey Folks, Mikey here, long time Art Director for Steve Vai from 2002-2010. I'm now managing Tony MacAlpine. I wanted to tell you guys about Tony's new album, due out June 21 on Favored Nations, and King Records for Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The album's opening tracks "Serpens Cauda" and "Ölüdeniz" a...

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tk777 wrote:Well it was only a rumour. But I have heard that the new album will be Fire Garden Part 2. Whether it will be very similar to Fire Garden in some way or it is actually a second part to the first Fire Garden album.

There is no truth to any part of this rumor.

got the photos - thanks.

Looking into it.

By the way - the logo on the headstock - if you run your finger over it, does it stick out from the lacquer (like a sticker), or is it smooth and covered by the lacquer?

It's an unusual guitar, I can say that for sure.

Cheers,

Mikey

i have an ibanez universe 7 string with serial #000005 on the back of it. can anyone give me some history about this guitar? i was told that it may have been owned by mr. vai at one point and it is very rare. it's white with a black pick guard, green pickups and knobs, and the hot pink and neon gre...

Mikey, I have to say, calling someone ignorant, insulting, disrespectful and being part of the graduate decline of artists, and calling their posts clueless, is rather disrespectful and insulting in itself. It's just someones opinion. It's not yours, obviously, and I don't agree either, but it's no...

Non-commercial music does sell. It just doesn't shift in numbers like mainstream pop acts, and this is why people sharing that non-commercial music without the consent of the owner of the work is particularly damaging to the artist. It's damaging to all artists, but the rate of return is higher with...

Cancel my last request for a link.

Just bought the CD on iTunes and checking it out now. Awesome stuff!

Congrats.

Mikey

9. ... quite a few of your online acquaintances don't legally obtain music at all (they might make an exception for their favorite band). Sorry, can't help myself, but... if you think you're going to be a billionaire after selling one album -- you're mistaken. It's not what it used to be 20-30 year...

Thanks to everyone for their kind comments. It's been a fun 7 years. It's been a real pleasure meeting many of you in person on the road. I'd like to thank Jeroen Noordhuis for all his support and hard work. Having the opportunity to work with him has been one of the real treats of my time here. See...

Patill wrote:my/the 7vwh is scalloped. the pink ones are also scallpoed.

Well that's not "every Jem" now, is it?

Steve Brown wrote:

TheArchitect wrote: ....certainly suggests the possibility of a conflict with his existing deals with Ibanez for pedals and Carvin amps.

I don't think that is correct.

It's not.

As usual, you don't know what you're talking about. Mikey vai.com yes, Mikey, keep the people naive, as usual ;). I´m not offending Steve for writing overwhelming stuff about every single piece of his endorsement things, but I offend people who say I have no idea of what I´m talking about just tryi...

Good question. I don't believe so, although there may be something in place to prevent people from buying up huge amounts of the first signed and numbered 777 copies... but buying a couple won't be a problem.

Mikey
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