Steve Vai Made Me a VERY Special Promise

03/01/21 • 73 min

Welcome to Season 2 of Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the incomparable Steve Vai.
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0:00 - Introduction

2:37 - Settling the score on Steve’s “Joint-Shifting” technique

12:36 - Steve’s greatest guitar solo

17:30 - Steve’s supervillain alter-ego

19:55 - Burning Questions

21:21 - Name Those Notes

22:56 - The importance of finger tone

27:00 - Steve’s most technically difficult song to play

31:42 - Music theory versus following your ear

40:24 - Steve made me a very special promise

44:06 - Playing Bohemian Rhapsody perfectly with Generation Axe

49:17 - Steve is teaching music on a giant ship

52:34 - The most important advice I took from Steve

1:03:55 - Steve wrote a song with one hand

1:06:40 - Steve had hand surgery because of a crazy guitar chord

1:10:42 - Steve’s supervillain advice

2:37 - Settling the score on Steve’s “Joint-Shifting” technique

12:36 - Steve’s greatest guitar solo

17:30 - Steve’s supervillain alter-ego

19:55 - Burning Questions

21:21 - Name Those Notes

22:56 - The importance of finger tone

27:00 - Steve’s most technically difficult song to play

31:42 - Music theory versus following your ear

40:24 - Steve made me a very special promise

44:06 - Playing Bohemian Rhapsody perfectly with Generation Axe

49:17 - Steve is teaching music on a giant ship

52:34 - The most important advice I took from Steve

1:03:55 - Steve wrote a song with one hand

1:06:40 - Steve had hand surgery because of a crazy guitar chord

1:10:42 - Steve’s supervillain advice

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Herman Li on Women Crying Over DragonForce, S***-Talking Fans, & Mastering Twitch

Today’s guitar villain is Herman Li. A blistering shred god heading up the Grammy-nomninated metal band Dragonforce, Herman is so good he sometimes sounds like a video game with his extremely creative and acrobatic licks, which makes sense, because THROUGH THE FIRE AND FLAMES might be the most famous video game song in the world thanks to its Guitar Hero lore. Herman has also become a major figure in the online guitar community, with his Twitch streams amassing millions of views for their fun and unique segments and guests. This one is extremely fun, so prepare to have an absolute blast on this season finale of Guitar Villains.
Intro and Herman’s supervillain alter-ego: 0:00
Burning Questions: 11:05
Name Those Notes: 12:52
S***- talking fans: 29:17
Underwater guitar playing: 34:05
Looking back on Herman’s instructional stage: 36:20
Crying Women over DragonForce: 41:49
The easiest and hardest thing about guitar: 44:02
Learning to play guitar on a livestream: 49:46
Herman’s favorite airplane album: 49:14
Herman’s dream band: 51:20
Herman’s supervillain advice: 54:08
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Yvette Young: "Guitar is a Horrible Instrument to Start On, and it's Not Good for Songwriting."

Welcome to Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the phenomenal Yvette Young.
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0:00 - Introduction

2:54 - The weirdest tour experience ever

11:01 - Yvette’s supervillain alter-ego

14:53 - Burning Questions

17:20 - Name Those Notes

19:20 - Yvette’s many alternate tunings

27:05 - Yvette loves Emo

30:45 - A big conversation about the term “Instagram Guitarist”

38:50 - The “FACADE” of the music industry and the importance of management

44:37 - Yvette’s dream songwriting camp

47:22 - Yvette’s post-it note songwriting strategy

52:35 - “Guitar is a horrible instrument to start on”