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STEVE VAI Issues Update On 'Sound Current' Project

February 15, 2007

Legendary guitarist Steve Vai has posted a lengthy update on his web site about what he's been up to lately. Steve talks about the Grammy Awards, the Ibanez Jem 20th Anniversary Party and his new project: "Sound Current". An excerpt from his message follows:

"What have I been doing for the past three years, among other things? It's called 'Sound Current'. This is the project that was recorded with the Metropole Orchestra in Holland.

"Ever since I was a young boy I wanted to be a composer more than anything. The guitar fell into my lap along with the progressive rock music of the '70s and even though my fingers were glued to the instrument, I started studying composition and musical notation long before I even started playing the guitar. I had a wonderful music theory teacher in high school, Bill Westcot, who gave me an assignment to write a song in manuscript form every day, then turn it into him to play on the piano. This was the only homework I ever did in high school and it made every day exciting. To be able to hear your music performed is the greatest gift a composer could hope for. I wrote my first orchestra piece in 9th grade for the Carle Place High School Orchestra. It was called 'Sweet Wind From Orange County' and I actually still have a scar on my finger from the pencil I used while feverishly writing it.

"Through high school, college and beyond I kept up my compositional studies but the prospect of getting your music performed by an orchestra when you're only considered to be an over the top electric rock guitar shredder was virtually impossible. Enter Co de Kloet."

Read the entire message at this location.

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