And I spent two years learning with a teacher and, even at that young age, I always felt like I wasn't fitting in, that I was suited wrong. And I really thought that the best thing to get into would be the drums. I started off on the drums probably because the drummers from The British Invasion bands were so exciting. What inspired the change to guitar? And why drums in the first place? ( Laughs) He's my favourite right now.Īs a kid, you first picked up the drumsticks. My favourite student? That would have to be my son. Sometimes I think maybe I should name them, for a change. But there were a lot that were not very good ( laughs). You already know about the good students � like Vai and Kirk Hammett. Pushed to a corner, who would you say is your favourite student?
#God gave rock and roll to you steve vai movie#
But Spinal Tap stay within their characters, so you really do feel like you're a regular person on stage sucked into a movie (laughs) and you don't have any lines, and you don't know what your motivation is. And when you play with them on stage, they're not themselves, they're those characters and they don't break from that character at all.Īnd so you instantly feel they're strange, cause rock'n'roll musicians go out as themselves they don't act.
It's a difficult experience because actors are very different from musicians - they're very disciplined, actually. Those guys are just so creative and they're funny. I really need to ask you about one of your most unique projects - collaborating on the incredible rockumentary, This Is Spinal Tap. I've invited them to do Australia, which is the only current invitation we have and actually, with the exception of Michael Schenker ( remembered for his work in the band UFO), everybody's invited back! Petrucci and Steve are welcome to stay as long as they like. Each time it'd be the same thing: they did one tour and they didn't want to continue. It was Eric's decision he refused to continue. Why is Eric Johnson ( the member of the original lineup) missing? Was Petrucci picked over him? Was Eric asked to leave? G3 is now formed with you, Steve Vai and John Petrucci. The good thing is that Steve Vai and John Petrucci are very interested in doing more G3 work, and we're currently looking at going to Australia. It usually follows that the goodwill that we create touring with a solo act helps us sort of lay the framework in order to come back with the G3 tour. Now that you're finally here, can we actually expect a G3 concert (the celebrated trio of electric guitar maestros) in India? What's your advice to budding guitar players? I remember when Steve Vai was like this (moves hand to below chest level) before he was like that! ( raises hand high above his head, laughs) And so it's like a father, or an older brother remembering younger times and I'm always reminded of that when I hear the tone of the instrument. It's a special, and unusual position I'm in, because I hear a Steve Vai record, I hear a Charlie Hunter record, I hear Metallica - I instantly see and remember the young kid. Do you think they could be better suited playing differently or do you like the music that they've made? You see, you don't teach style - you teach opportunity.Īmong all the people you taught - most have branched into severely different styles of music. Now you go and decide what you wanna do.' And he always made his own decisions. You know, 'cause James ( Hetfield) was making them up! And so I would show him alternatives I would say, 'here are notes that are part of the progression and here are all the scales from around the world that are your options.' I never told him what to play I just told him, 'Kirk, these are your options. Like Kirk Hammett, when he was taking lessons, he'd just gotten into Metallica and some of the chord progressions nobody had ever soloed before. Well, some things are pretty simple, you know, like what scale do I use. And guitar style being such an individual form of artistic expression, how is it when your students develop their own styles? What do you teach an already accomplished guitarist? We're so thrilled to perform here in India, and we really hope to make it a great week.Īs a teacher, when you're teaching a great guitarist � he's already great.
Thank you! Thanks to all the fans here in India for creating enough demand to allow us this great invitation to be here. Raja Sen, pinching himself all the while, caught up with the legendary solo supremo, and tried hard to get under the great man's fret-board, er, skin. Joe Satriani arrived in Mumbai on Thursday, and, starting Friday, the guitar god is set to spend a week exposing India to the might of the electric guitar.
Indian rock fans can't believe their luck.
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