Steve Vai: Vai plays and talks King Crimson!

This is part one of our exclusive interview with @SteveVaiHimself about his upcoming tour with @BEATtourofficial, performing the music of @kingcrimson.

Here is part two:

• Vai talks Belew, Bruford, Levin, Care...

00:00 Steve plays Frame by Frame
00:19 Playing in NST?
00:25 Standing or sitting?
00:36 Picking technique
03:09 Most intimidating songs
06:22 Thela Hun Ginjeet
07:58 Touring gear synth guitars

This is part one of our exclusive interview with @SteveVaiHimself about his upcoming tour with @BEATtourofficial, performing the music of @kingcrimson.

Here is part two:

• Vai talks Belew, Bruford, Levin, Care...
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Polymeter
10:41 Adrian Belew's genius
16:01 Drummers (Colaiuta, Bruford, Danny)
25:56 BEAT enthusiasm
29:02 Tony Levin's creativity
31:38 Robert as "master clock"
38:20 Fripp emails
42:23 From frontman to guitar buddy
45:34 KC's Interlocking guitars

47:49 Learning Larks 3
55:10 Message to KC fans
Stay tuned for part 2, where we discuss polymeters; appreciating Adrian, Tony, Bill, and Danny; Prog and UK (the band); working with Adrian; and more!

Vai talks Belew, Bruford, Levin, Carey, and Fripp (Part 2 BEAT King Crimson interview)