He always talks about meditation and feeling the vibration, how competition kills creativity, not following the trend, not buckling to peer pressure, stream of consciousness. Steve is on another level. A Musical Sage!

@TheEleatic

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. Let go, but don't let go of the guitar---they're expensive.

@jazznotes3802

3 жыл бұрын

Shane D Rozario He simply regurgitating new age stuff he’s learned. But still an awesome guitarist!

@shitmultiverse1404

3 жыл бұрын

@@jazznotes3802 what he says isn't just new age shit, it's psychology. He's not really pushing the spiritual side, more than the emotional side. You don't need to take what he says literally, because a lot is just a way of expressing emotions, feel, concentration, positive mindset, ecc...

@jazznotes3802

3 жыл бұрын

@@shitmultiverse1404 Taking it literally is what Steve does and so is pushing it! And i'm a big fan of Steve Vai!

@RichardMCochran

2 жыл бұрын

The meditation part, that’s the key.

"If you don't know that if you let go everything starts happening, you'll never let go because you're afraid everything will stop." - Deep thoughts from Steve Vai

I find these videos more inspirational than educational and then I like them even better

@ceydaboluk7419

3 жыл бұрын

yessss

@ceydaboluk7419

3 жыл бұрын

i feel u

This video series is gold! Thanks Steve

Gold. I am so inspired hearing such a technical and musical genius give us players a thumbs up. I think deep down a whole lot of us needed to hear that. Vai is one of the all time greats

Life lesson at minute 09:00 guys :); although Steve is talking about making music with the guitar, it could be applied on anything else that you might aspire. Great stuff!

This series of videos is amazing. Steve is a great teacher . Thank you for putting these out these videos have been an incredible help to me while I'm just starting out.

love this video so many great tips from a true guitar master, thank you Steve Vai!

Thank you Steve for your generosity and authenticity.

What a wise guy, I'm a fan now. This is going to my favorites for whenever I forget any of that.

I always love Steve's philosophical angle :) Great series, thanks!

Very wise man! And I even do not mention his guitar skills and legacy. Thanks for sharing this

Thanks a lot Steve Vai for all your explainations and your musical philosophy. Its make me see another sense of music.

Steve Vai is so cool, when he bends strings, strings bend frets to keep his guitar in tune.

This is probably one of the useful guitar lessons I have ever watched. As a beginner I find my practice doesn't have a rythm this was so helpful.

Steve is great in teaching method, I love the way he explain everything.

Greatness and also very humble besides being a great guitarist glad I am on the same planet with Steve and Satriani both guitar superheroes.

I enjoy Steve Vai’s teaching style so much. A very likable guy.

what a stellar lesson! Thanks Steve, thanks Guitar World!

Thank you for your comments about just letting go and being in that moment - I have played for years and never really took any lessons mostly play by ear but because of that I think it always held me back I love to write and sing I think you have helped me find my confidence that I needed thank you again - and if it works you will hear me on you tube

he talks about the psychology of playing as well as technique which is so valuable!

So many gems here on the mental game of music!! and I love how he encourages us all to drop the ego in order to access a deeper level of creativity.

Gigantic thanks from a fan from China, to Guitar World and master Steve Vai

Never new this guy was so enlightened, this is the way I am slowly starting to approach music, the better you get at spontaneously creating stuff you will never truly get lost in any music... maybe it will not be what people and especially your band mates are expecting but eventually amazing things will happen if you really know how to feel/express

Every day Stevie theach them something new. Yesterday i hear passion and wildfire, and i feel a thousand of emotions. Amazing

Steve Vai is definitely a multi-gold multi-event Olympic athlete when it comes to guitar... This whole series is great perspective on guitar theory. Thanks Guitar World for setting this up! This has been an inspirational journey so far... #vibes

Loving all his tutorials, so glad I found him...

You are a very good teacher, thank you!

Wow! After listening to these inspired 7 lessons, I've realized how close I am to finding the definitive me in my music & guitar playing. This 7th lesson shows how Steve is an inspired Guru who has over his life's journey found his inner peace and attained not only his place in the world (and music) but his own world within. Thank you for taking the time & energy for sharing these wisdoms with us!

Steve Vai is an amazing rhythm guitar player on top of everything else he does. His timing and groove are incredible

@mobkun6457

3 жыл бұрын

So True

@Florida_guy

2 жыл бұрын

Yea I was just thinking that

Guitar World you nailed it with these series of interviews !!! Thanks you it so much knowledge from PRO to us :) btw Steve Vai music philosophy sound really great to me

This video has unbelievably useful advice.

Wonderful series. Steve Vai is not only an amazing player but he is a guru. He could start a guitar based cult and he would have no problem finding followers!

THANKS STEVE 1000%!!!!! FOR YOUR EXPERTISE AND REAL TALK!!!

That's very interesting to watch, and i love the method of Steve Vai's learning taking importance with the communication between the instrument and the learner based on the hearing and the deep emotional, natural feelings with music. I didn't know the technics of legato, at first i thought that was tapping when hearing, but when seeing, that's not the same. Thank you for sharing his precious advices and knowledge...

Great series, true inspiration..

These episodes have been so inspirational! :)

Great stuff - what he says can be applicable for things beyond guitars!

I love you Vai..... I at 43 always wanted to paly but eventually now I an in a position to practise.... That statement is amazing play something without expecting anyone is going to listen....love you

The last thing of practice said about vai is all i do regularly 🙏 thanks for inspiring more

These advices are cast in pure gold.

Did the VIP Vai experience before a show and the question and answers and it was very like this. As inspirational and thought provoking about life as well as the guitar!

i simply love and admire this guy

His ethos and mind set has completely changed the way I think about what I do on guitar, the inspiration to play that little bit better, no matter what you play just rings true. Listening to what you do and is it right such a valuable lesson that I think many of us forget as we strive to progress.

You can see and hear his passion for the Guitar and it really makes me want to grab my Guitar and practice.

Steve is a legend..one of the best of the beast

I love this series!!!

that's a beautiful guitar I want it Loving Steve's teaching style

Yes, good series this. Although I am an experienced guitarist and singer/songwriter of over 20 years, I still find Steve Vai really inspirational with his enthusiasm and knowledge - we are always learning - it makes me want to pick up my guitar and do even more. It's refreshing to see this type of video rather than how to do licks that to be honest, I will probably never grasp or really want to.Much better for me to hear a philosophy and guidelines/advice from the masters. Guitar is about expression ultimately...and that's what fundamentally comes across - nice one Guitar World : )

this is the type of teaching that really works for me !

Thanks for posting,, wise words from a legend.

The inspirational thing for me is that he never lets the listener forget that practice is the key. He got to be the player that he is by practicing for hour after hour after hour, and by listening to what he was doing. Practice, but practice meaningfully - it's not a chore, it's the essence of becoming a good musician. I watch these videos and it makes me enjoy practicing so much more. Like so many people who post-success are sat down and asked to explain to others what it is that made them break a particular mould (and I don't think it's worth arguing about whether or not Steve Vai broke a mould), the key thing is often that they put in way more work into making themselves be something than I ever did. They didn't set "competence" as a target - their target was some unknown place, as the only thing they were "competing" against was themselves, yesterday. Success was a by-product of chasing something else.

@Mistakenenemy

4 жыл бұрын

The only enemy is within 🥁

Steve ,, your lesson is more than guitar, its life changing

I bet it was hard as hell for him to not play in rhythm, lol.

@lunarlight3131

3 жыл бұрын

depends on the note value...

@ColinMroczko

2 жыл бұрын

@@lunarlight3131 it just wasn’t in time at all. No specific note values.

i think you give all inspirations that am i looking for 🙏🏻🙏🏻

these were fantastic

Guitr World, thank you so much. It`s very important video.

Thank You Steve. Great stuff

I think that must be the first time ive seen someone deliberately play out of time, and vary the degrees of how out of time they are until they are in time. Guy's an absolute master.

Good old Steve. Just like him a lot. God job!

Thank you Steve, you are a master.

Love this!!

Above all try to play with other learners like yourself. You will learn different things and get to teach other different things. We were 14-16 or so but really keen to learn. With the three of us learning Guitar we formed a band. One guy on Bass and the other two of us playing guitar. We learnt from each other for two or three years or so. Fantastic. We were called Ad Hock. Recorded a demo and everything. Johnny and Colin represent. Luv and Peace.

these lessons were awesome!!!!

Love that man....

I always write my music as if no one will ever hear it and it’ll never be on the radio. So far I’ve been right. 😝

Steve playing funk is something I didn't know I needed in life.

Damn, thank god for Steve Vai.

I have watched all the lessons .Steve Vai's approach to sharing his knowledge is so honest and down to earth .There was none of this "Look at me and how good I am kind of stuff".I have taken note and applied his techniques and advice and now use it for developing my own guitar playing style and my playing improves each day . A big thank you for this course of lessons I genuinely appreciate it .I know I wont get a reply from this post but I do hope you read it and see how it has helped just the one person.. .Namely Me ! On another note I will never ever be as good as Steve but one thing we are both equal on is ...We both need a tuner on our headstock which makes me more happy lol .....Thanks again for the great course !

This is much more than a guitar lesson...

I watched this coincidentally after meditating. Game changer.

Tabs for the examples can be found here - bit.ly/2CLL2qf

I really dig all that philosophy of life that Steve's talking about cuz it applies to every area of life. That's exactly how I live my life: spontaneously. No one ever knows exactly what's going to happen one moment from the next, so live free and fly like an eagle. 😁🤘🤟✌

The last 3rd of this video is beautiful. Steve's a philosopher too apparently

This is fantastic instruction stuff

I love it

Steve is the man.... Respect

@GuitarsAndSynths

6 жыл бұрын

Steve and Satch are amazing

So deep and inspirational

So wise words...

Amazing!

Pretty cool that a guitar God like Vai would bring Dweezil Zappa Malmsteen and Van Halen tapes to listen to . Sign of a true professional.

One n Only Steve Vai Sir for life🎸👍🏻😊

I never stop learning something cool from FZ's prodigy. Thanks Steve.(=

WHAT A LEGEND 🙏 ✊

I use to watch this video to increase my english .thanks steve your speaks easy to understand

Steve has a very healthy relationship to music i think, that‘s very inspiring because... I think the fact that music isn‘t a championship with a winner or a looser is very true, because everyone is unique when it comes to technique, phrasing, improvise-concepts and so on....

Pure Wisdom from the Guitar God himself 🎸👽🎸

Its unbelievable how incredible are his groove skills🤦‍♂️

Love... 🎸❤🙏

@schroezen

6 жыл бұрын

Porra, Patrick! Tu já até deixou o mestre sem saber o que tocar! Era pra ser você dando essa aula! Rs

Thanks Master!

Love them frets...

Deeply explained how to be a good guitar player.

Awesome! Steve is a Master!!

Thank you.

This man is philosopher, he drips 💧wisdom from everywhere…. “It’s always good to spend some time, not knowing what you are gonna do”

That story about Dweezil is so cool!

Wise words what a guy. I think it's a moment thing once your in the zone you become one with the guitar. He's like a Bruce Lee very philosophical. I suppose many greats like jimi hendrix if you watch them carefully there eyes are shut playing away, there in it locked in away in the musical realm in the zone. With that everything goes. I think with practice and learning all that is needed for you as a guitarist it will shine through spontaneously without even knowing it. " now water can flow or it can crash. Be water my friend". ✌️🎸 🌊

He knows the power of the mind!

Steve you will find this interesting because you were in the crossroad movie. When l was around three half years old I stay with grandparents during the day on the farm just south of Smiths Falls. God fixed my brain only for around 4 hours and I had hundreds of songs in my head. The sound was overwhelming, I screamed ,I pickup my dad's acoustic guitar and tune it to open A tuning and pick a easy song(95% of songs were to hard) and played it for my grandparents they dance. God said he would fix my brain when the guitar is not that popular anymore. He recalled it his crossroads his music and his turn. Steve your lucky, I have been waiting a very very long time for my life. Steve do you like Hound Dog Taylor I,'ve been listening a lot him lately pure emotion he rocks and so do you.

Wooow, that was super heavy! Great upload Guitar World +33