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Guitar legend STEVE VAI will release his concert film and live CD Where The Wild Things Are on September 29th, via Favored Nations Records. The show was recorded and filmed at the State Theatre in Minneapolis, MN before a sold-out audience as part of Vai’s successful Sound Theories world tour.

Click here to view the concert trailer.

Where The Wild Things Are is Vai’s 21st solo project contributing to his 20,000,000 unit worldwide sales that have accumulated over his 30 year career. Vai chose the State Theatre to film because of its large, lush acoustics and the historical theatre’s gorgeous interior.

Vai is widely known for both his unprecedented guitar playing techniques and the unique design of his signature series Ibanez Jem guitar. But his fans have become inextricably drawn to his melodic depth, and dynamic stage performance. The continued evolution of his craft is made apparent in the astonishing musicianship presented in Where The Wild Things Are.

The 2 hour and 40 minute set contains several new tracks and re-orchestrated pieces culled from his rich catalog. His guitar-wielding extravaganza in “The Murder” is an artistic performance piece that must be seen to be believed.

The addition of virtuoso violinists Alex DePue and Ann Marie Calhoun add a dazzling dimension to Vai’s compositions and stage show, delivering fans the unexpected edge they always expect. Other world-class musicians chosen for Vai’s band are: Bryan Beller (bass), Jeremy Colson (drums), Dave Weiner (guitar and sitar) and Zack Wiesinger (lap steel).

“When I put a band and a show together I try to create an entertainment experience that I would like to have if I was sitting in the audience,” explains Vai. “I like to witness great musicianship but nothing too cerebral or overindulgent, I like to be stimulated by a large dynamic range of emotional intensities and melodic richness, I enjoy when people love their instrument and it shows by their oneness with it, I like to feel as though I'm part of a family with the audience and the band, and I like to walk away feeling uplifted and not beat up by somebody's ego or the things they hate about themselves and the world. And of course I want a cool t-shirt.”

Where The Wild Things Are tracklisting:

'Paint Me Your Face'
'Now We Run'
'Oooo'
'Building The Church'
'Tender Surrender'
'Band Intros'
'Firewall'
'The Crying Machine'
'Shove The Sun Aside'
'I’m Becoming'
'Die To Live'
'Freak Show Excess'
'Apples In Paradise'
'All About Eve'
'Gary 7'
'Beastly Rap'
'Treasure Island'
'Angel Food'
'Earthquake Sky'
'The Audience Is Listening'
'The Murder'
'Juice'
'Whispering A Prayer'
'Taurus Bulba'
'Liberty'
'Answers'
'For The Love Of God'

Where The Wild Things Are is available on DVD, Blu-ray, and audio CD.

Q: Let’s talk about the new DVD. That tour obviously didn’t come to Australia, so the DVD was the first thing I’ve seen of that line-up.

A: "First of all, I’m sorry I didn’t make it to Australia. It was a relatively short tour because I had just finished a project that had me working in the studio for over a year, which was the orchestra project I did with the Metropole Orchestra in Holland. So at the end of that I wanted to put a band together. Something different, something unique, hopefully something that no-one has ever done, and go out and do a short tour. I wanted to put the kind of band together that would give the music a different kind of dimension.

So I had a couple of different ideas. One of them was to have a rock band core with two additional percussionists. Another was to have a rock band core with a twelve-piece horn section, and another was to have two violins. So I chose the two violins this time because it made the most sense coming out of the orchestra project. The problem was finding the right players because my music, although it can be very compositional in nature, it’s fused with rock and roll sensibility, y’know, because I’m primarily a rock artist. So because the music can be very challenging and demanding I needed musicians that could read music. All the violin players I was auditioning were these metal violin shredders. They sounded terrible. They couldn’t really play well and they didn’t understand the dynamics and the nuance of the music. And all the classical players I auditioned who could read the music didn’t have any rock and roll sensibility, so when I turned my amps up their violin bows melted and they ran for the hills. So I was lucky than Ann Marie Calhoun and Alex DePurdue fell into my life because they are real stunners. They are unbelieveably talented, elite players with great discipline and respect, and wonderful people."

On April 13, Favored Nations will release Where The Other Wild Things Are on CD and digital download. The album is the official companion CD to Where The Wild Things Are and features 12 tracks from the concert that didn't appear on the first CD. The album comes in a beautiful digipak, while the download comes with a PDF booklet.

The tracklisting is:
1. The Crying Machine
2. The Audience Is Listening
3. The Murder
4. Juice
5. Whispering A Prayer
6. Apples In Paradise
7. I'm Becoming
8. Beastly Rap
9. Earthquake Sky
10. Liberty
11. Answers
12. For The Love Of God

Everflow a écrit :Vai explique le choix des violonistes (impressionnants sur cette mini-vidéo) :

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brother of steel a écrit :

Everflow a écrit :Vai explique le choix des violonistes (impressionnants sur cette mini-vidéo) :

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Legendary guitarist STEVE VAI releases his new album, The Story Of Light, tomorrow, August 14th, via Favored Nations Entertainment. A full stream of the album is currently available at this location.

The Story Of Light tracklilsting:

'The Story Of Light'
'Velorum'
'John The Revelator'
'Book Of The Seven Seals'
'Creamsicle Sunset'
'Gravity Storm'
'Mullach At Si'
'The Moon And I'
'Weeping China Doll'
'Racing The World'
'No More Amsterdam'
'Sunshine Electric Raindrops'