Category Archives for "Whitesnake’s Steve Vai & Rudy Sarzo"
Mike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Steve Vai: Well, try to find the thing that excites you the most, and then throw yourself into it, and don’t worry about what anybody else is doing. MR: Is that what young Steve Vai did? SV: When I look back, yes. Actually, I should […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: Rudy, what advice do you have for new artists? Rudy Sarzo: Learn persistence. It’s a whole different world out there. Don’t ever forget the reasons you’re playing. Don’t ever lose your burning desire to communicate, to tell your story. MR: Some people speak through their mouths, some people speak through their guitars. RS: […]
Continue readingMike Ragogna: What advice do you have for new artists? Steve Vai: You see, I’m really against teaching my techniques necessarily because it doesn’t matter. My techniques are me, and people who are interested in knowing what I do and playing like me, that’s fine and great. (But) people want to discover their own self […]
Continue reading