The Audience Is Listening - Steve Vai

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Now Stevie, now don't be nervous, honey, ok?

I'm gonna go in and I'm gonna introduce you and then you're gonna come in with your guitar and you're gonna play that nice, nice music you were telling me about
And while you're doing that, I'll be sitting in the back of the room.
we'll have such a good time, so don't be nervous honey.
It will relax everybody and we'll be so happy.
I'm gonna go now, I'll introduce you, ok?
Heads up. Now you kids you, all of you, calm down.
That's good, ok.
Everyone in your own seats, that's good. ok.
now, little Stevie Vai is going to play a composition on the guitar.
He wrote it all by himself.
Ok. Stevie, bring your three friends up, they can play with you.
That Stevie Vai, what a nice little boy.

I wrote this song for all my friends.
When I grow up, I'm gonna be a famous rock 'n' roll guitar player.
Love it, eh, he, he, go ahead.

And that is my whammy bar. And it's gonna be loud.

Don't you think that's a bit loud? Boys!!!
It's getting to loud! You're getting out of control, boys.
Stevie, now calm down class, calm down. Mr. Vai, you've gotta turn it down.

What did you say, you want me to turn it down? You mean down like this

That sounds like noise, Mr Vai, and I want it stopped. You all got detention.

Uh, oh, here comes trouble
Ayy, Vai, are you outta your mind? You guys, ya don't back off.
You must be crazy. I'm gonna flip out, I'm telling you.
If this is my final flip out, you guys are gonna go with me.
Ah, shut up
Will you two stop dancing like that.
Frankie, leave that girl alone. We're not gonna have another incident like Mildred.
Come here to me, Vai, don't you hear me?
Come here you little snit. Wait 'till I get my hands, don't run away.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, Vai. Knock it off. Get off my desk.
Hey Andrea, check this out.
Oh, Stevie, you promised me you'd play nice music.
People out of control, dancing on the desks, playing with girls.
That awful noise just makes people go wild.
You gotta turn that music down, Stevie, please.
I'm fearless in my heart.
They will always see that in my eyes, I am the passion, I am the warfare, I will never stop.
Always constant, accurate, and intense.
Mark my words, you'll never amount to anything, Steve Vai.
You'll see, you'll be a bum, in the streets.
A bum, that's it, a bum.
I thought you were such a nice little boy.
You know what? Your mean, you got a mean, nasty, vicious streak.
Why don't you just quit school? Move to California with all those other bums.
Go, that's where you belong, with all those crazies out in California.
Maybe you'll become famous, ha.
That's the funniest thing I've ever heard.
You, famous? With that noise? ha, I'll see you in jail. Give me a break, Stevie, stop it.
You'll see, mark my words.

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Steve Siro Vai (b. 1960) is a Grammy Award winning guitarist, composer, and record producer.

Born Steven Siro Vai on the 6th June 1960 in Carle Place, New York, United States, when growing up the young Vai became interested in rock giants such as Jimi Hendrix, Frank Zappa, Alice Cooper (guitarist Glen Buxton), and Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page), leading him to take up the guitar. Prior to attending Berklee College of Music, Steve frequently jammed with his teacher Joe Satriani and played in numerous local bands. He has acknowledged the influence of many guitarists, including Jeff Beck, fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth and, of course, Zappa.

Vai's career was launched by his fascination with Zappa's music. Vai mailed transcriptions of Zappa's guitar solos to him, and after meeting Vai for the first time Zappa was so impressed with the abilities of the young musician, he hired him to transcribe his seemingly endless array of experimental symphonic rock. In these formative stages of his career, Vai's talent was showcased on such songs as "Moggio" and "Stevie's Spanking".

While employed by Zappa, Vai would at times tour with Zappa's band and engage in a friendly competition with the audience, wherein audience members could bring in musical scores and see if Vai could sight-read them on the spot; Vai is also known to have perfect pitch. Zappa referred to him as his "little Italian virtuoso"; he was listed in liner notes as "stunt guitarist". Vais transcription skills can be seen in The Frank Zappa Guitar Book, a collection of transcribed solos released in 1983.

After leaving Zappa in 1982 he moved to California where he recorded his first album Flex-Able and performed in a couple of bands. In 1984 he replaced Yngwie Malmsteen as lead guitarist in Alcatrazz with whom he recorded the album Disturbing the Peace.

Later in 1985 Vai joined former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth's newly assembled group (which also featured acclaimed bassist Billy Sheehan and drummer Gregg Bissonette) to record the multi-platinum albums Eat 'Em and Smile and Skyscraper. These albums, along with their accompanying videos and arena tours, significantly enhanced Vai's reputation and popularity. At the time, Roth engaged in a war of words with the members of Van Halen; many commentators favorably compared Vai's guitar-playing to Eddie Van Halen's.

Following 1988's popular Skyscraper Tour, Vai left Roth's band. In 1989 he stepped into guitarist Adrian Vandenberg's shoes to record with British rock-group Whitesnake after Vandenberg injured his wrist shortly before recording was due to begin for the album Slip of the Tongue.
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