Artist: STEVE VAI
Album: SOUND THEORIES VOL. I & II (2CD)

Year: 2007
Media type: CD

Even in a career filled with great moments, "Sound Theories Vol. I & II," the double-album live recording of guitar virtuoso Steve Vai and the Holland Metropole Orkest, stands out as a dazzling technical accomplishment, the culmination of a 25-year friendship, and a dream come true.

"The first time I heard an orchestra as a young boy, I instinctively knew I was hearing the result of little black dots strategically placed on manuscript paper by a person who could capture -- and make real -- the audio vision of their mind's eye. That's what I wanted to do," says Vai, who went on to compose his first orchestra score at fourteen. By his late teens, however, it was his undeniable guitar wizardry that set the world on fire, so although he continued to amass "hefty heaps" of scores through the years, hearing them performed by an orchestra seemed way out of reach.

TRACKLIST CD 1:

Sound Theories Vol 1: “The Aching Hunger”
1. Kill the Guy with the Ball (4:30)
2. The God Eaters (2:09)
3. The Murder Prologue (1:09)
4. The Murder (7:56)
5. Gentle Ways (5:48)
6. Answers (5:44)
7. I'm Becoming (2:20)
8. Salamanders in the Sun (5:05)
9. Liberty (2:06)
10. The Attitude Song (4:35)
11. For the Love of God (9:35)

Total Time 50:59

TRACKLIST CD 2:

Sound Theories Vol 2: “Shadows and Sparks”
1. Shadows and... (8:41)
2. Sparks (9:27)
3. Frangelica Pt 1 (3:04)
4. Frangelica Pt. 2 (10:30)
5. Helios and Vesta (8:19)
6. Bledsoe Bluvd. (10:08)

Total Time 50:09

LINE-UP:

Personnel: Steve Vai (guitar)
Holland Metropole Orkest (various instruments)
Peter Tiehuis (guitar)
Chris Opperman (piano, Moog synthesizer)
Hans Vroomans (piano)
Carlos Van Der Put (keyboards)
Bryan Beller (electric bass)
Mike Schaperclaus
Martin Baai, Murk Jiskoot, Arno Van Nieuwenhuize (percussion)