Joe Satriani to young Steve Vai

Joe Satriani, musician, guitar player, love music

[@bluesyshredder]

Satch was 15 & Vai was just 12 when it started. Now both of them are among those who inspire me🙂

[@daveg4236]

Thanks. I wondered what the age difference was and didn't know. And too lazy to look it up

[@wglenbatemanjr9729]

inspire is an understatement! Though I may never earn a dollar I am continuously challenged, daunted at times

[@bluesyshredder]

@@wglenbatemanjr9729 Don't bother generalising your journey to others. What you need to make sure is that you enjoy yourself & are way better than the way you used to be - NOT comparing yourself to others. Other people have their own journey & enjoyment, which is out of bounds to your narrow-minded opinions.

[@ScottD-44]

16!

[@rikweeds2306]

Imagine if they never found eachother when they were kids..we probably would of never heard their names and go on to be who they are if they didn’t compete and push eachother to get better and more unique to have their presence on stage known.seeing them live is on my bucket list, but it’s doubtful ill ever have the chance. And i was really tryna get Vai to get me pregnant during the show and satch to abort that fetus before it ends too 😂👌🏻

[@Excellentness]

Best thing he ever did as a kid

[@Sr82.]

Who steve or Joe

[@Rossdink]

They did each other? Like gay?

[@hectorchavez3405]

@@Sr82. someone you’ll never be

[@samouellette5130]

@@Sr82.both

[@andkrs8]

Had zero idea they went that far back that's so cool. absolute legends

[@bstrange666]

Steve Vai, Kirk Hammet and Alex Skolnick were his students just to name a few

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

What rock have you been living under? This has been known for decades and is kind of part of their story

[@user-11Il10I1]

​@@GeorgeZimmermenI'm new to the guitar scene but had known Joe Staria a decade ago because I played a rhythm game that featured his song (War). I've only knew Steve Vai when he collab with Polyphia a year ago. Not all guitar players will automatically know the legends, let alone a self-taught.

[@pauljordan4452]

That was in 1971!

[@maxtoussaint6671]

This might be the most epic rock and roll story ever. The moment two legends were born 😃

[@Whatever3232323]

Satriani is irrelevant. He is not a guitar hero. He is so average. I can play like him. His music is naiv. So: No. It is not. The story is irrelevant.

[@PROGROCKBOOTLEGS]

@@Whatever3232323 if you are as good as satriani why haven’t you earned 15 Grammy nominations? It’s called confidence and skill. That’s what sets satch apart from people like you. And I can say for a fact you can’t play half as good as him.

[@Whatever3232323]

@@PROGROCKBOOTLEGS Why does Mc Donalds sell more food then a really good restaurant? Why has Beyonce more nominations then Freddy Mercury? I can tell why: Because average people like you consume more then people like me. If you still think that the world rewards quality: Good luck 🤣. I'm really succesfull in my job. I choose not to be a musician. However: I can play easily as Satriani. People who have no clue think Satriani is a good guitar player. He is not.

[@PROGROCKBOOTLEGS]

@@Whatever3232323 how did satch get a following in the first place? If he was the mediocre guitar player you claim him to be how did he get an audience? From people that liked his music - All the way from common folk to other artists that are way more successful than him. You’re just salty that he’s more successful than you. Most deluded person I’ve ever heard. Have fun with your average job and keep shitting on successful artist and if that helps you in any way. Have a great day.

[@PROGROCKBOOTLEGS]

@@Whatever3232323 also you didn’t even answer my question 🤣 if you’re so good why haven’t you made it in the music business as a successful artist? It’s called confidence and you obviously didn’t have enough of that to propel yourself with your so called musical ability. Didn’t ask about you job, no one cares.

[@glennadamson9576]

Two masters of the same instrument and tons of entertainment for us all

[@vincecrafted3503]

I've found him at the Brazilian International Airport!!! 2014!!! Guitar legend!!!

[@Qaaqqutsiannguaq]

I'm a teacher and that's why I never let some kid down, we never know what they achieve in their life.

[@philsarkol6443]

If a kid has talent to play the piano or guitar or to paint whatever talent he/she expresses to have, don't hold them down, buy the piano or guitar or paint and canvas. Or if he wants to dance let him dance...like in Billy Elliot that movie!!! They are only young once...that is the time to learn!!!!

[@musicvl22]

Legend level ... legend talk ... legend teacher.. legend student❤

[@fadlyhans82]

And that’s how it all started…damn, these 2 are still inspirations in my guitar journey playing.

[@josephkunath4173]

Satriani and Vai changed my life.

[@kennymarshall2197]

The two most amazing. Love that they were brought together.

[@thomasmoroney1079]

You’re a helluva teacher Satch. You’re both amazing 🤘

[@garyjones783]

Everybody is different in their own way. That’s why you are your own person and I am my own. Joe Satriani has reached a level of understanding Theory that suits his style of playing. Whereas Steve Vai has reached a point in his Theory that suits his style. And both Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have different styles.

[@m.vonhollen6673]

There’s only one “music theory”. Both Satriani and Vai understand it. You can too. Find a good teacher.

[@garyjones783]

@@m.vonhollen6673 I am a teacher!

[@blakegilliam8223]

I guess everybody's got a position on what they like, you know preferences. I find these players similar yet not so much. I find Joe a Melody maker and songwriter.Joe's songs tell a story and take me somewhere, possibly to a higher more centered place. Steves' playing i find much emotional plus technical,with a large twist of Zappa campiness thrown in. Steve plays more notes, but because he has to but because it serves his songs better to play lightening fast for longer periods. Ty

[@Rossdink]

@@garyjones783 haha

[@garyjones783]

@@Rossdink explain Ross.

[@TheSithking]

What a wholesome story little Vai wanting to know the ways! 😊

[@krillinroshi9312]

Legendary tales Amazing really Two great artists meeting for first time Story still being written...

[@billysheppard6091]

I saw vai and satch at the beacon theater.. NYC...I had to peel my face back on...

[@mikeherbert5099]

♥️♥️♥️🙏🏽 JOE SÀTRIANI♥️♥️♥️ GREATEST GUITARIST IN MY EYES 🎸♥️

[@CastIronGinger]

That’s truly iconic, meant to be!

[@cleversondomingos1635]

It must be simply fantastic to have lived a story like this in your life and be able to tell people about it. 100% respect and admiration for these guys. Joe Satriani, I'm your unconditional fan here in BRAZIL. I wonder to be able to meet you in person one day. Success always to you man 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@Chelvira67]

About 15 hours til I see them ..❤🎉

[@peterdefrankrijker]

How was it?

[@Chelvira67]

@@peterdefrankrijker incredible.

[@peterdefrankrijker]

@@Chelvira67 That is good to hear. I’m happy for you. Care to elaborate?

[@Elias-q2w]

When the student surpasses the teacher, the best achievement of a master...

[@ericgelders]

They started their guitar journey as kids - amazing little story with amazing big consequences!

[@daveredfern8258]

That's the glory of the gift of life the creator has blessed us all with.

[@FerGL]

and all its history

[@thefog7067]

Joe is a really cool guy and very kind. He once got me onto his guest list for a show I didn't have tickets for so I got to see his show that night all for gratis. I'll never forget that

[@williedevine697]

This dude is way too cool 😎😎😎

[@kx8960]

I met Joe in Hollywood at an art gallery when I traveled there to do a meet&greet with him because I bought a couple pieces of his artwork. REALLY cool, humble, mellow, down to earth guy. Chatted with him for a few minutes, shook his hand, thanked him for all his music and getting me into other guitarists in all the various G3 lineups I've seen over the years, especially when me and some friends went to Toronto to see G3 and I saw John Petrucci for the first time and then got into Dream theater from that. Got a pic (gonna frame it) with me and Joe from the event that I treasure. Cool, awesome guy, besides the fact that he's a guitar playing Legend.

[@Kevin-b2p3v]

Steve Via I love you guys gammin at Irvine Meadows with stu Ham on bass Lucy and Linus song the crowd went off we loved it !

[@susanpeck530]

Awesome story... bravery of the little Vai. Wonder if that would even happen in this day

[@macanmalaya1]

They grew up and became legends

[@RonBehrens-g3b]

This is awesome

[@yanicklajoie6237]

To me it has started with Dave Murray and Adrian Smith,then Malmsteen, then Jake E. Lee, then SRV, then Satriani, then Vai... ...with Frank Marino, Zappa, Ian Crichton, Steve Howe, Alex Skolnick and Gilmour in between. What guitar journey, I play guitar,I suck at it but have much fun. Steve Vai collaborating with Tim Henson is such a nice thing to watch. Vai and Satriani are genuine gentlemen. I owe them much, I'm grateful for their music legacy.

[@youjinmusic]

Then both of them become a living legend. How cool!

[@sxc5rhcp]

I believe some people in life are just destined to find each other.

[@drivesideways6550]

Always with me always with you.

[@danepaulstewart8464]

STRANGE how 2 of the best guitar wizards EVER… were born only a few years apart and were children in such a tight locale that they knew each other and played together since such an early age. The world is a weird place. 🤷‍♂️

[@wjatube]

Satch inspired greatness. Then Steve toured with some amazing bands and once said all those nights his bandmates went out to party he stayed back in his room to play. To push himself to get better. Amazing.

[@davidrockey7190]

Coooooooool 🎸

[@peterlizarraga9464]

You are awesome

[@Kevin-b2p3v]

He taught my friend Ronny Yocum in San Francisco he said in 7th grade he was gonna be a rock star I said without hesitation yeah you will be.i saw him at the canyon club playing with the Tubes he was incendiary ripping on guitar band was he and his wife and drum box band was power of three thanks Joe Satriani.

[@aleksandar8269]

The best of gitar

[@KevinKlampe-zu7pi]

Unreal❤

[@BatesonBen]

I love this so much. I was brought up on The Satch Tapes, so have kinda known about this story for a long long time, but wow.

[@mikeherbert470]

That's cool Joe..Arohanui..

[@jerocastella]

❤

[@Gawnfall]

Awww lil stevie vai 😂😂 awesome as fuck

[@patrickhoglund192]

Joe is simply awesome. Let’s all raise a rose hips tea to him! 😉

[@eleazarsecadron2388]

Thankful to this alien

[@bobdorothy9719]

Classic

[@robertstanikmas447]

Best decision he's ever made , the birth of 2 Legends

[@johnfatorich3494]

Sensei!

[@ezo4]

Joe's the man 😎

[@heavymetal9749]

Man, this guy has thought so many legends how to shred

[@FloridaManMatty]

Going to take my 7 year old daughter to see Satch and Vai in March. She wants to see “da guy dat kin make a geetar thoun’ like ah Robot!”. Her first live show was actually en utero. Experience Hendrix Tour at the Florida Theater in Jacksonville, summer 2016. Zakk Wylde and Eric Johnson KILLED that night!

[@naturesdose]

Satriani 🔥🎸🔥

[@robertpremischook178]

Great story

[@NateShredwards]

And little do they know they would be among the most revered guitarists of all time.

[@raffarodriguez1319]

MI IDOLO. ...... RAFFA.R....A4EQUIPA. PERÚ

[@Seaby41]

How'd I only just find out about this? Off to find the rest of this...

[@MarkBaland]

If memory serves, Steve also taught Kirk Hammett of Metallica…

[@lonewolf1053]

And about to embark on their first tour together with just those 2 guys in 2024

[@colinstewart1432]

Vai before growing the alien hand 🤘😖🤘

[@sunmustbedestroyed]

That's him! That's little Stevie Vai!

[@drcesarsalvadormartinezmal3470]

el maestro

[@garyiv9257]

❤❤❤

[@rogertorykavanagh-butler3988]

LORD OF THE STRINGS.🤘

[@mikegottschau4224]

I don't whether Steve is better on a technical level. Maybe, maybe not. But there is no question that BOTH of them were, and still are, better than just about everyone else. I think the two of them both reached Guitar Nirvana, long, long ago.

[@rivett40]

Satch taught Vai mind blown 🤯

[@thatsamazin-]

This is very similar to the Paul Gilbert Buckethead story.

[@kennethrodriguez1533]

Hi Joe, when are you coming to Costa Rica ? Ours waiting for you .

[@vvoof2601]

This channel has 755 subs, a profile picture of a different guy and you think it's somehow JOE'S?!?!?! Get some critical thinking skills would you please?

[@OrgKgTV]

Bird of same feathers....

[@davidcaro8217]

If student does not surpass teacher then teacher has failed

[@joepaone6346]

The other album Joe!!you said you had 2 albums completed ,release the other one 🎸🎛👍☝

[@charlesthomas6748]

Dang.. I'm knockin...

[@danmark7352]

They should make a movie about them and their life. But what should the title be? Steve ‘n’ Joe? Any suggestions?

[@luiscosta9186]

Destiny!!

[@Astrochronic]

Satriani outclasses Vai on so many levels...the apprentice never surpassed the master.

[@マシュードーラン]

I love Joe but Steve has gone far beyond anything Joe could ever discover or play. He transcends dimensions. Joe just plays standard blues and practice runs. His most innovative album is Engines of Creation and Steve’s The Ultra Zone blows that out of the water ten fold

[@Astrochronic]

@@マシュードーラン I prefer things that sound good musically and I'm not just Technical and flashy. There's a reason Satriani has sold far more albums than Vai ever will.

[@abalt3019]

Little did you know!!! :)

[@spiritual8flame]

It’s so devastating to see that such a legend of a guitar player couldn’t help Kirk Hammet become a good guitar player 😔

[@obsidian7644]

He also taught Kirk Hammett from metallica, if you taught Steve Vai and Kirk you made your mark on this world. Ntm his own career.

[@liquidsnake6879]

Satch really should teach more people, two of his students turned out to be Kirk Hammett and Steve Vai, that's way better than usual for guitar teachers lol

[@Chris.Minarich.LongIsland]

And then Little Stevie Vai met Mr. Frank Zappa!

[@zohaibhabi]

which show is this?

[@Tommybouy666]

Idk

[@zohaibhabi]

@@Tommybouy666 sorry still unable to find. IDK search on youtube gave differente results. can you post the link?

[@vvoof2601]

@@zohaibhabi LOL

[@NovocaineTV]

so Joe taught Stevie to play? Joe is a legend man. Also taught Kirk Hammett to play. Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Exodus....

[@nwchrista]

So, Joe Satriani taught Steve Vai?... I had no idea! The master was never equaled. Not even by Steve Vai.

[@stephenkakasuleff8318]

Joe also taught Kirk Hammett.

[@NikosKatsikanis]

i had 3 Ukrainian young men ask me to teach them last time I was there

[@fedgraca6434]

the only take out message here is ...its not that american music artists and actors were particularly better than other nationalities, it's just that the industry was developed there, in very specific geo locations, so that most celebrities were basically already high school friends. Imagine Joe and Steve growing up in any other country. we would never have heard of them

[@federicopalacios7439]

Yngwie Malmsteen, Glenn Tipton, Vivian Campbell, Guthrie Govan. There's tons of well known non-american 'virtuoso' type players. If anything the scene started in England with classic heavy metal like Judas Priest and Maiden, then went to America with Thrash Metal, just then these guys came into the scene midway through the 80s when Yngwie had already released Rising Force.

[@fedgraca6434]

you just confirmed my point..England and USA, Malmsteen is really an outsider. Anyhow I am not just talking about virtuosos, I am talking about artists in general. Its not art, its an industry that recruits artists to sell a product @@federicopalacios7439

[@somebrains5431]

100% Satriani will be wearing Apple goggles 24/7

[@stevenchurney2416]

Paid FORWARD EARLY ON

[@aticknekong5296]

... Satch also taught Kirk, right??? Another similar story goes like.....Paul Gilbert created and transform Pre-Buckethead into Buckethead 😅🎸🎸🤘🤘...

[@Dirtbiker-guy]

"Back when he was shorter than me"

[@radyskonopny9126]

pleplove

[@Tech2n2nonline]

And we all know their age diff 4 years only.. 😂...

[@lucasjames572]

Wow! Well, Don Felder taught Tom Petty how to play guitar.

[@darrenharrris6556]

Must be nice

[@arewestilldoingphrasing6490]

So Vai was trained by Satch and Frank Zappa

[@vitbon4196]

Тот случай когда учитель на три головы слабее ученика;)))

[@Rossdink]

So who’s better satriani or Steve vai?

[@liamartinproductions]

Vai by far

[@TheLizardskin]

Both are amazing in their own way. Better is a very subtle notion when it comes to music.

[@CarpeDiem23]

That's dumb question, no offense, they are both amazing, but different styles, it just depends of someone taste I guess

[@mediumjumbo7484]

Satch 😂

[@TarantuLandoCalcuLingus]

Just want frank would say lol