Steve Vai At National Guitar Workshop

Steve Vai will be making an appearance at National Guitar Workshop's Rock Summit on July 20. This will be Steve’s first time appearing at the main National Guitar Workshop campus, he will discuss his guitar techniques and take part in question and answer session.

Steve Vai who is in the middle of tour to support his highly acclaimed Alien Guitar Secrets Master Class will tour Europe this June and please note that his appearance at NGW is not an Alien Guitar Secrets Master Class.

The National Guitar Workshop is also generously offering Steve's fans a special discount on tuition for NGW: Simply visit their website or call 800-234-6479 and quote the code: VAI062609. This will entitle a discount of $100 of tuition. Valid from 6/5/09 and ends: 6/26/09. This special offer cannot be combined with any other offer. Only valid for students not currently registered with NGW.

Steve Vai's European Tour Dates

June 18: Lisbon, PORTUGAL - Tickets
June 19: Madrid, SPAIN - Tickets
June 20: Tiel, NETHERLANDS - Tickets
June 21: Roermond, NETHERLANDS - Tickets
June 23: Aarburg, SWITZERLAND - Tickets
June 27: Neustadt A.d. Aisch, GERMANY - Tickets

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Steve Vai European Master Class Dates

Updates from Steve Vai's Official Website recently reveals more tour dates for his Alien Guitar Secrets Master Classes . This amazing former guitarist of Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth will be presenting his Alien Guitar Secret Master Class in Europe in June. Information about the tour dates are as follows:

June 18: Lisbon, PORTUGAL - Centro cultural Olga Cadaval Tickets
June 19: Madrid, SPAIN - Auditorio del AIE , C/Torrelara 8, Madrid Tickets
June 20: Tiel, NETHERLANDS - Twentietoe Tickets
June 21: Roermond, NETHERLANDS - Muzikaza Tickets
June 23: Aarburg, SWITZERLAND - Moonwalker Music Club Tickets
June 27: Neustadt A.d. Aisch, GERMANY - Meinl Guitar Festival Tickets

For general information about Alien Guitar Secrets Master Classes, click here.

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Steve Vai's Alien Guitar Secrets Master Class Will Hit Holland

New update arrives from Steve Vai official website, Steve Vai who is in the middle of tour to support his highly acclaimed Alien Guitar Secrets Master Class has confirmed another tour date. This amazing former guitarist of Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth will be presenting his Alien Guitar Secret Master Class in Holland. Information about the tour are as follows:

Date : Saturday, June 20
Time : 14.00 - 17.00u
Location : Twentietoe, Tiel, Holland
(Tickets are limited to 120 seats only)

Tickets are on sale now and available at http://www.twentietoe.nl.

For those who still don't have an ideas of what Alien Guitar Secrets Master Class (AGSMC) is all about, here are some information, AGSMC is an unprecedented, masterclass opportunity offered by Steve Vai to all music students and guitar enthusiasts. This 3+ hour unique package gives the student a once in a lifetime opportunity to hear Steve discuss music theory, guitar techniques, the music business, and most importantly, techniques on how to discover and unlock your personal musical identity. It also includes a question and answer session, and a few attendees will be chosen to jam with Steve in this intimate environment. Check out Steve Vai's Official Website for more tour dates and locations.

Alien Guitar Secrets is broken down as follows:

1. When I Was A Little Boy
- Introduction
2. Building the Church
- Short and long term musical goals
3. Essence
- Basic guitar playing concepts and music theory
4. Under it All
- Finding and cultivating your own uniqueness on the instrument
5. Midway Creatures
- Discussion about the music business
6. K’m Pee-Du-Wee
- Bathroom Break
7. Head Cuttin’ Duel
- Jamming with Steve
8. Answers
- Q & A With Steve
9. Here I Am
- Meet & Greet, autographs and photos with Steve

More confirmed tour dates will be posted soon, stay tuned for more updates.

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Joe Satriani

Joe Satriani
Background information
Also known as	Satch, Saint Joe
Born	July 15, 1956 (1956-07-15) (age 53) Westbury, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Guitarist
Years active	1978 - present
	Sony, Epic Records
Associated acts	Mick Jagger, Deep Purple, Steve Vai, G3, Sammy Hagar

I'm sure most of the shredders out there are already know Joe Satriani. He is a well known great guitarist and songwriter. He also a teacher of other great guitarists, to mention some such as Steve Vai (ex-Frank Zappa, ex-David Lee Roth, Vai), Marty Friedman (ex-Cacophony,ex-Megadeath), Kirk Hammet (Metallica).
The best show he had ever produced is the G3 concert tour which featured a power trio consisting of three instrumental rock guitarists, as a founder of this tour, he is the only permanent line-up and featuring differing second and third members.The first G3 concert was held in 1996 where Satriani, Vai and Eric Johnson as the frist line-up. Other guitarists who have performed in G3 are Yngwie Malmsteen, Paul Gilbert of Racer X, Uli Jon Roth, John Petrucci of Dream Theater etc.
He is already 53 but still rocks! Someone said to me if you are getting older you should listen to songs that more spiritual and forget the rest. I want to make my stand here that the opinion is totally wrong and nonsense, you can't just give up your favorite genre. Music is our soul. Rock and metal forever!

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Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman was born in December 8, 1962 (age 47 years old). His early career as a guitarist is known by his project band called Cacophony, where he team up with Jason Becker. Cacophony is often recognized for its technically challenging, neo-classical metal and speed metal elements.Both of them always been compared with each other.They broke up in 1989, with Friedman joining the successful thrash metal band Megadeth and Becker joining David Lee Roth's solo band. The fans famous questions are who is better, who has better shredding techniques, an so on. But for me the comparison made is totally not fair because both of them are guitar god, every one of them has their own skills. Jason Becker is known because sweep picking technique he had developed at such young age (see serrana video by Jason Becker in Youtube if you are not believe me). Marty Friedman is surely seem weird when he is holding the pick, but that's his style, people can do whatever they feel confortable right? Also, his is an exellent composer.He and Paul Gilbert had jammed together for the Young Guitar Magazine, I think the video is the best instructional video that ever been recorded. You can see the video here, they consist of 5 parts.
Part 1
Part2
Part3
Part4
Part5

He is currently live in Japan and speaks Japanese fluently. I'm sure he can easily gets Japanese girls as many as he wants to. Haha! Urrrgh, definitely gonna visit Japan someday...hehehe. Owh, why am I smiling like a freakin' idiot? Lol!

Marty Friedman

Marty Friedman - Thunder March

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Steve Vai

Another ultimate guitar legend who owned the name Steve Vai. While other guitar players easily fit with their own genre and stail, Steve Vai's music remains un-categorized.His guitar sounds are extremely unique, and whenever I heard his song, my head automatically imagined an alien figure. I don't know why but that really happened, so weird!
I'm always wondering about how did he invented that kind of sound, for those who never heard of Steve Vai's music, I think you probably should.I love his 'Tender Surrender' song, insane technique!

Steve Vai
Steve Vai in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Steven Siro Vai
Born	June 6, 1960 (1960-06-06) (age 48) Carle Place, New York
Genre(s)	Instrumental rock, Hard rock, Experimental rock, Heavy metal, Progressive rock
Instrument(s)	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1980 - present
Associated acts	David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Alcatrazz, Frank Zappa, G3, Billy Sheehan, Ozzy Osbourne

Tender Surrender


Crossroads Guitar Duel



Further information:
Wikipedia
Steve Vai's website
Youtube

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