Well actually it’s a post-show interview. A little short but still worth it, check it out:
If the above video doesn’t work, check the NBC page. Thanks to @IbanezOfficial
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Steve Vai Interviewed on The Tonight Show
Friday, September 24th, 2010Steve Vai remembers Jimi Hendrix
Thursday, September 16th, 2010Another brilliant article from Music Radar in their “Remembering Jimi Hendrix” series to celebrate the 40th anniversary of his untimely demise. Steve Vai looks back at his early days and gives us an insight of what Hendrix meant to him. Here’s an excerpt:
“It was really eye-opening when I started taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani, who had a stack of Jimi Hendrix records. In fact, Joe was the first person to tell me that Jimi had died. I was so disappointed, because I thought, I’ll never get to see him play.
“Watching Joe play Jimi’s songs on the guitar was an unbelievable experience. It was the first time I actually saw somebody play this unbelievable music right in front of me. Up till then, it was all alien to me; it existed on records and eight-track tapes. Watching Joe perform Hendrix on the guitar made me realize, ‘I can do this, too.’ And of course, Joe showed me all the chords and the voicings and how things were done. It was such a magical time.
It shows just how far Hendrix’s influence reached when 40 years on his music is still part of so many household names. I know that for me, his and Randy Rhoades’ death are the greatest losses in the world of guitar.
Design a JEM contest rules available
Monday, February 15th, 2010
Direct from Steve Vai himself, the rules for the Design a JEM contest have now been published by Ibanez. They’re pretty straightforward, though I recommend you read them first before going toooo crazy on submitting a design, there are certain restrictions. Other than that as long as you’re over 18 and not an employee of Ibanez, you’re free to enter. Here’s the details in Steve’s words:
To celebrate the sale of the 77,777th Ibanez Jem guitar, Steve Vai and Ibanez are holding a very special contest that gives you the opportunity to design the Ibanez Jem of your dreams! The winner of the contest will have the guitar made for them to their specifications by Ibanez. Only two guitars will be produced – one for the winner and one for Steve, making this one of the rarest Jems ever produced! The contest is on now! Visit http://www.ibanez.co.jp/JEMUV/contest.html for official rules, details and your Jem template. Three entries per person are permitted, so go crazy! Contest ends on June 6th 2010.
In addition to the design software from Jemsite I posted last time, there’s also a template available for the the Ibanez website to use as a base. So get designing, you can submit up to 3 designs so don’t worry about not getting it quite right the first time. 
Design the Ibanez JEM of your dreams
Sunday, January 17th, 2010Aah, the JEM, such an iconic guitar for the fanboys like myself who relish in simple, yet elegant designs in a guitar which can be customised again and again but still retain its essence. Unfortunately, the JEM is a high level guitar and therefore one I’ve never been able to afford. But there might be hope.
Steve Vai and Ibanez have announced an upcoming contest for you (and me, umm, hopefully) to design the next JEM. This is to celebrate the 77,777 JEM to be sold (I did say they are expensive) and there will be only 2 manufactured: One for the winner and one for Steve. Check the video below:
Now if you don’t know how to design a guitar, that’s ok, neither do I, but there’s a great resource on line to come up with ideas, it’s called the VRG-Builder. It won’t allow you to do fancier designs than plain colour but it can give you a template to begin with.
If residents outside the US can enter, I might give it a shot, as I would love to own a custom-made JEM. More on the Ibanez website, contest details have not yet been announced.
Saturday Sounds presents Orianthi – Highly Strung
Saturday, January 9th, 2010Okay here’s a new feature I’m trying out. Some folks do “Music Monday”, I’ve decided to do Saturday Sounds, a semi-regular feature to post sounds and songs that rock my world. Don’t expect it to be every Saturday, I know it won’t happen every week but I’ll try to do it as much as possible.
So let’s kick start with a collaboration between Steve Vai and Carlos Santana’s protégée, whose career was to reach a summit in the Michael Jackson comeback tour which never happened This is It, I, of course, mean Orianthi. The song is called Highly Strung and as Steve Vai puts it, it’s ferocious, check it out:
Edit from 15/01/2010: Steve Vai just posted the official music video for Highly Strung so I’ve replaced the video accordingly.
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