He is a musical alchemist of the highest order.” While many artists fit easily into a single category, Steve Vai remains unclassifiable. In bestowing it on Vai, TEC noted, “Steve Vai’s sheer breathtaking facility on the guitar is acclaimed in the rock world and beyond – Vai has dedicated his talents to creatively advance the language of music. Past winners include Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, and Bob Clearmountain. Most recently, the TEC Foundation honored him with the prestigious Les Paul Award, created in 1991 to salute those who have set the highest standard of excellence in the creative application of technology. Vai’s work has been recognized with a long list of awards, including an even dozen from Guitar Player. More than three decades, 15-million in album sales, and three GRAMMY Awards later, Vai has proven himself, in his own right, one of music’s true originals. At 18, he began his professional musical career transcribing for, and then playing with, the legendary Frank Zappa. At age 12, he started taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani. Steve Vai is a virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer who sculpts musical sound with infinite creativity and technical mastery.
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