Daniele Gottardo, Steve Vai: "There's this Italian guy, Daniele Gottardo, which recently crushed the competition at Guitar Idol"

Recent Steve Vai interviews have revealed Steve's fondness for the tapping maestro from Italy Daniele Gottardo! Daniele informs me the new CD will be out very soon on Steve Vai's label. more details sure to follow


Here is an interview with great honor and satisfaction to the great Steve Vai, who cites among the prominent guitarists today .......

Reading the full interview yourself.

http://www.metallized.it/articolo.php?id=631


The goddess of fortune, he kissed me: I had the privilege to ask a few questions to one of the most important guitarists of the relatively recent history of rock, one of those who formed my musical thinking, as well as assured me over the years, tens of thousands of hours of musical entertainment. Needs no introduction: Ladies and gentlemen, here is Her Majesty Steve Vai

Khaine: Hello Steve, welcome to Metallized.it!
Steve: Thanks!

Khaine: Steve, you're a true living legend: how a person lives in your position? I mean, you're one of the most influential guitarists of all time ... Many people might ask what is the life of a musician who has millions of fans scattered on the globe ...
Steve: Well you know, frankly, not that I'm one of those people that has so many followers who can not leave the house without being recognized, or you feel comfortable to be forced to cover her face with glasses, hats and things like that . Sure, if I enter a music store to be recognized, but it is something really very different from being "famous" in that sense. I also do not consider myself, nor have I ever considered a "star" ... I play because I love feeling the energy that gives you a guitar, I love the possibilities that I receive from its use. What I did in my career I did because I wanted to do it, and not because it would appeal to others if my work was not liked, I would have continued on my way. I consider myself lucky, very lucky to have been successful.

Khaine: Well, lucky I do not think so! As for the type of music that you propose is correct framing it as "shred" or simply would rather see music?
Steve: Well, I think that in the type of music that suggest there is definitely the shred. From time to time I do shred, in the true sense of the term, but that's not all, you know, I listen to lots of music and this, more or less directly affect my compositions and my style. You can not say that I play classical music, but listening to Beethoven, you can not say I sound country or blues or rock or metal but I listen to these types of music, listening to jazz, but in my entire life I have never written music jazz!

Khaine: Well, maybe sometimes ...
Steve: When?

Khaine: In Flex-Able Leftovers there is a passage towards the end of the tracklist ...
Steve: You're talking about The X-equalibrium Dance?

Khaine: Exactly!
Steve: Yes it is true, in that song there is something about jazz, but more than anything is close to the fusion. However beyond this, the fact remains that my music is not cataloged in that way.

Khaine: Certainly, I'm like you. As for your new DVD instead, Where The Wild Things Are, I believe in all sincerity that is one of the most brilliant of all your career. Do you agree with me?
Steve: Yes, absolutely. Only a few days ago I had the opportunity to look at the complete work in a sort of amphitheater, and I was amazed: the end result is impressive. All sounds are perfect, all the shots, all colors ... below there was a tremendous job, but has borne fruit. The sound power that flows from the DVD is phenomenal! Of course all this is the result of a great team effort, involving the band members, who have done work crazy during the show, and my team here at Favored Nations, which as always proved to be the best group that could be desired.

Khaine: Speaking of the DVD, I noticed that the concert was held in September 2007. Could you explain to readers why it took two years to publish this live album?
Steve: Well, I think the reasons are different, technically the recording work was very difficult: you need to know that the show was recorded twice, once before the public and one during the soundcheck. I wondered: if something goes wrong during the performance, how can I put it right? If someone makes a serious error, it is the quality of the DVD. So I recorded the show twice, and currently those who feel the 20% was recorded during the soundcheck and 80% during the concert soundcheck reuse the material by placing it in that the concert was a job that took a long time you can not imagine how it was complicated. Consider then that we have worked very well on the lights, and visual effects shots: this was a difficult task. Moreover, since then, while I continued to practice, to play live and I have done many clinics, so I was very busy professionally. In addition I am not only a musician, I am also a father and a husband and of course I have to spend time with my family.

Khaine: Oh well, God forbid! However, I know that tomorrow you will receive from the Musician Institute honorary degrees in music: of course you did not need a degree, but what do you think of this ceremony?
Steve: For me this is an important moment, I feel very honored to receive recognition from the Musician Institute. I always studied hard, since I was a kid, trying to learn as much as possible and to develop my skills in music. Of receiving official recognition is for me a source of great satisfaction.

Khaine: Well, then I take this opportunity to congratulate! Now I ask you a question that only you probably can answer really accomplished: better than you think anyone can explain what the real influence that the style of Frank Zappa has had in the current state of musical arts. Would you like to say a few words on this subject for our readers?
Steve: Of course it is quite difficult to answer this question, because Frank Zappa has always been a kind of music very different from the rest. I think that many musicians are fans of Frank Zappa, but I also believe that this does not result in musical and stylistic influence is immediately obvious: Frank composed a lot of things, all quite particular and specific, I would say that can not be equally influential in which a composition may be more ordinary, and for the instruments used, both for the kind of harmonies, both for the ideas developed. His contribution to music was unquantifiable because you can not be influenced in the sense of taking something from his style without copying nearly all the ideas, unlike the influence of music of many other artists, however, have based their style approaches more directly, of course I say this with all the greatest respect.

Khaine: Ok, you do the last question then: I would like to advise our readers some guitarists who, nowadays, they deserve to be heard.
Steve: Oh, ok ... This question is more difficult than expected. I'd say Tommy Emmanuel, who is launching his new live DVD, entitled Center Stage, and an Italian guitarist really promising, is called Daniele Gottardo ...

Khaine: Yes, I know! It 'really smart, I heard one of his works only a few months ago and I was really amazed.

Steve: Yes, can do great things.

Khaine: Ok Steve, the interview is over. Thank you for the time you've spent and we hope that Where The Wild Things Are obtain all the success it deserves.

Steve: Well, I hope very much too. Thank you and hello!

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Steve Vai : First of all I would like to thank Steve for his willingness concessaci. I know that does not issue many interviews and so it is a great honor to talk with you about 'Where The Wild Things Are' ...
Lorenzo Imagine the pleasure is mine ..
In truth this is the second time that we speak because we had already interviewed a few years ago in Pistoia on one of your appearances at the Blues Festival ..
I have a beautiful memory of that city, you breathe a soul rock and blues ..
You think I live a few meters from Piazza Duomo ..
Some attention, next time I knock on the door ..
You would be welcome. Do you think this summer I opened the door and I found myself in front of Sammy Hagar sat on the steps ..
I went recently to see the Chickenfoot and I really enjoyed it. Sammy and I found Joe in great shape.
After years with Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake Do not you miss touring with a band real?
It would be fun but at the moment are in full harmony with the guys in my band. I found some great musicians that allow me to vary very much the tone and style of my proposal. I could not really ask for better.
We present the boys then. What can you say Bryan Beller and Dave Weiner?
I will not be boring. I think it's enough to see the dvd to realize their value.
But something about Ann Marie Calhoun me tell you ..
I find it a fantastic musician, very flexible and capable of expressing a strong personality.
Choose someone for your band is not easy because in addition to being technically valid character must have a very strong not to create problems in the tour.
Why two violinists?
At first I wondered it myself but I told myself that there was no contraindication. Conversely, the resulting sound is truly unique. Then I love doubles, twins ...
I noticed. The video in which the present Jemini Distortion is very funny ...
E 'was surprisingly easy to shoot it.
What you try to talk with Steve Vai?
It 'a great guy ..
Why did you chose Minneapolis to record the concert?
I find it a very musical city and the State Theater is a perfect place for this kind of thing. It 'a very large theater with excellent acoustics, a spacious stage and different angles from which you can resume the scene.
What do you think that makes this DVD special for your fans?
I think whenever you have the opportunity to do something very nice and thorough is special for their fans. I always had a great crowd and I'll never stop thanking him.
I have always appreciated your ability to 'sing' your instrument ...
The only way to measure the quality of a melody is to evaluate the effectiveness and organic nature of the sentence which is composed of the notes. The guitar offers an infinite variation of tones and dynamics, a little 'as the voice of you Italians which is very different from that of populations of Anglo-Saxon origin. You have a unique ability to say the same thing in three-four different mode. The same thing I do with my guitar.
For some time work with an organization that provides instruments to musicians ..
I founded Make A Noise Foundation because I realized you have a technical equipment for six or seven people without having paid anything to get it. My tools and all the studio cameras are awarded directly to me dall'Ibanez of which are promoters or labels, or by the companies mentioned are endorser. One day I thought of those guitarists who do not have the money to buy a decent guitar or even change the strings and decided to organize a collection of funds and not used between friends I had in the industry. Then it became more serious.
You have other projects in the pipeline?
In addition to a symphonic project I'm working for over a year I want to publish a record and go on tour with these guys.
What do you think was the greatest moment of your career?
Hope is yet to come. I received rewards every time I go into new territories to test techniques or styles that do not know. Now I'm trying to go further, writing a piece for orchestra that is not linked to the old stylistic but represents something really new in the modern music scene. Will die as long shall try to evolve. This does not necessarily mean playing faster than the other but to achieve an ever more intimate with your instrument.
A few months ago you participated in the comeback of Spinal Tap. Does it feel to be 'Back From The Dead'?
It 'was an honor and a dis play on that album.
Sometimes you hear new name to propose?
There's this Italian guy, Daniele Gottardo, which recently crushed the competition at Guitar Idol. I participated in the contest and found it really amazing. Has a formidable technique tapping and I'm sure we hear about it soon.