Satriani vs. Vai

sularetal wrote: MikeEnRegalia wrote: sularetal wrote: Let's not forget JS is Vai's teacher. Wow ... let us quickly forget that. IF ANY person deserves to be called Vai's "teacher", then it would be Zappa. Yes sorry. Too strong word . I agree with that but he surely influenced him. MikeEnRegalia wrote: That's your prerogative. Don't know what this means..... sorry

You weren't wrong. Satriani did at first teach Vai a bit of playing early on. I'm sure Mike knows this, but he was referencing to Vai being in Zappa's band for awhile.

memowakeman wrote: sularetal wrote: memowakeman wrote: sularetal wrote: Let's not forget JS is Vai's teacher. However I'm sure most people here will choose vai because his sound is closer to prog. I saw vai a month ago and he was amazing. His technique, his compositions, his F*ck!ng INCREDIBLE band....everything. However having seen the first two G3 concerts and owing some vai and some satriani cds I have to say I'm more attracted by Satriani's playing..... Not exactly, i will choose Vai, only because he is better than Joe Bull*hit how do you know that? I hate it when people say that.... "Oh I'll vote for Portnoy of course.....he's much faster and more creative than neil peart is ever going to be" The point is which one appeals you..... Which one YOU enjoy the most. To know who's better you have to put them next to each other and tell them to play the same things but still I think you wouldnt be able to say....... you´re right

Wow!!!!! Not the answer I expected.... I'm happy to see that in this forums there are no egomaniacs!!!!! Been to many forums but everywhere else everybody thinks he's right.

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sularetal wrote: memowakeman wrote: sularetal wrote: Let's not forget JS is Vai's teacher. However I'm sure most people here will choose vai because his sound is closer to prog. I saw vai a month ago and he was amazing. His technique, his compositions, his F*ck!ng INCREDIBLE band....everything. However having seen the first two G3 concerts and owing some vai and some satriani cds I have to say I'm more attracted by Satriani's playing..... Not exactly, i will choose Vai, only because he is better than Joe Bull*hit how do you know that? I hate it when people say that.... "Oh I'll vote for Portnoy of course.....he's much faster and more creative than neil peart is ever going to be" The point is which one appeals you..... Which one YOU enjoy the most. To know who's better you have to put them next to each other and tell them to play the same things but still I think you wouldnt be able to say.......

That's also bullsh*t. You wouldn't be able to judge between their techniques, if you do, you'll probably judge on base of who has made much more impression on you and what sound you prefer the most.. That's all..

GoldenSpiral wrote: satch owns vai. I simply cannot stand Vai's personality on or off stage, and I think overall he focuses way too much on image and flash rather than content of music.

Ahh.. too bad. When I see his stage performance, it makes me see the guitarist with great technique who's playing with great emotion. All I see is just a man who enjoys music and sings with his guitar.

Besides, even if his stage performance wasn't to my liking, I'd probably have prefered it over seeing him standing in one place and without any movement..