Steve Vai Answers live in Tokyo Filmed 100% on GoPro July 8th 2014

We made HISTORY on this video. As far as GoPro & myself (Jason the filmmaker) are aware this was the first time ever that a camera was hung from the undercarriage angle of a guitar live at a show. 7 GoPros were used in total to shoot this epic moment.
Filmed & edited by Jason McNamara in Tokyo: www.jasonmcnamara.net
This was filmed entirely with 7x GoPro Hero 3+ Black Edition cameras. It is simply a one off video made with Steve's permission here for you all to enjoy Steve Vai as you've never seen him before.
The audio was a mixture of from the desk (it was the LIVE mix, sadly no multi-track with a chance for a post mix) and I also blended the GoPro mic on Dave's side in the left channel as well as the GoPro mic Phillip's side in the right channel because the desk has no ambient mics.
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2nd Guitar: Dave Weiner
Bass: Philip Bynoe
Drums: Jeremy Colson
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[@JasonMcNamara]

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[@Joezacharias_]

Vai's gonna age like a fine wine!

[@YooGamerGames]

Answers is one of steve's best tracks, especially the live version!

[@GoPro]

Radical. Great coverage of all the instruments and stage. Vai! #GoProMusic

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you GoPro. I appreciate that very much coming from you. Please share this & the Extras videos on your FaceBook page, Video Of The Day/Week/Month or any other locations you wish. All I ask is please credit www.jasonmcnamara.net as the come who made the videos because, well I did ;-) Also please mention www.vai.com as well because I'm sure Steve would appreciate that. Again, thank you very much for noticing my work!!

[@charlesdjones1]

Nothing will ever top his '96 G3 performance of this, but this was great!

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you. I just wish I had of had better audio for this edit. Oh well. I'm stoked you enjoyed it.

[@fivedaysinjune]

Hey Jason, I enjoyed it, too. The audio was actually rather good. The drum sound at the end was full & meaty. 😋

[@magickennyj]

Love how Steve can take a old song of his and make part's of it brand new and so dynamic it stands the test of time and the band is so polished you'd think it was all done in the studio and had many takes.

[@yannhk]

what makes steve one of the greatest guitarists on the planet is that he always evolves his music, always something new & innovative, audience can always expect something unexpected during his live

[@JasonMcNamara]

Hi yannhk. Not taking a single thing away from Steve, but this was 100% my idea. In case you haven't seen it yet, here's the Extras (behind the scenes) video showing a bit of how this happened. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pH-8oWZ6jatoedU

[@Xianpaul0523]

The timing of the drummer is awesome

[@GigginDude]

Love the GoPro! and it illustrates what Ive said before - when steve vai plucks a note the string doesnt vibrate, the string stays still and the universe moves.

[@JasonMcNamara]

+Travis Mongold : Hahaha!!! How beautifully put ;-)

[@Jim-pq9pm]

+Travis Mongold lol

[@benignsoul]

You mean Chuck Norris of guitar....

[@UltraBluesRocker]

@@benignsoul Chuck Norris - Malmsteen cause he always high kick on stage

[@azrielfauzan9087]

Number one in the world!!!! Nothing else.

[@jarrahdrum]

Saw this band in Cardiff, St David’s Hall. They were amazing. The rhythm section were so powerful. There was humour and everything. Blew me away. Thank you for this download.

[@voy9022]

Timeless music, true music! Great!

[@Paolo8772]

I'm not saying it's the 1st time it's been done live, but it's the 1st time I've seen Jeremy (or any other person drumming for Vai) do the part from 3:00 - 3:09 just like it was done in the studio by Chris Frazier. It takes a lot of practice to get those double kicks to be syncopated then syncompated within another syncopation. In fact, this is probably the best live performance of this song ever, with the possible exception of full orchestra. Thanks Mr. Vai, your biggest fan Paul Fenz

[@JasonMcNamara]

As the person who made this video, (that would be ME) thank you very much Paul Fenz. I really appreciate your comment. It's also great to know that someone out there would have appreciated the fact that from 3:04 to 3:08 you could see exactly what Jeremy was doing as well. Hopefully Steve will see your comment as well. I have no idea if he will, but maybe.

[@DeathMetalGuitar]

THIS video made it onto Disc 2 of the VAI "Stillness in Motion" BluRay - congratz Jason! EXCELLENT JOB my friend! :)

[@JasonMcNamara]

It did indeed. Thank you Michael O. Steve left a lovely credit for me in the thank you list inside the booklet from the DVD too.

[@DeathMetalGuitar]

WIN!! gotta go check that out👏👏❤️😎👍👍👍

[@jorgecarloscerveraramirez9055]

simple: steve the best guitar in the universe..and more!!!

[@danieleb6863]

For sure the best Live video editing and camera work that I've ever seen.It should be the next standard for this kind of performance.

[@JasonMcNamara]

WOW!! That's a fantastic compliment. Thank you Daniele B. I'm working on it so let's hope that more artists request me to make their next concert video. Please share the video on Facebook & with the world. Cheers, Jason

[@Guitar-Ed]

Wow... I can't believe I seriously just saw that! It's still registering... INCREDIBLE! Subscribed!

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you Ed. If you haven't already seen them, you should have a look for The Aristocrats videos from Tokyo I made for their 2015 DVD. I took them to an even higher level and they have fantastic audio on those videos too.

[@michelscheijen8509]

Without doubt one of the best guitar players ever. He continues in developing himself. Frank Zappa already knew that!

[@IronLordFitness]

This is just awesome both filming and music!

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you very much LMDR. If you want to see some more of my work feel free to check out www.jasonmcnamara.net I recently posted some cool new videos I also made with Marco Minnemann and have uploaded a couple of Nuno Bettencourt videos, but the Nuno one's I have not had a chance to add to my website as yet. I will soon. Cheers, Jason

[@asuncionbarrosoherrera5481]

"Por el amor de Dios", este hombre no es de este mundo!!!!! Va mucho más allá del concepto de la música, del sonido, de todo lo oído.... Me encanta

[@CBLounge2112]

Simply AWESOME!! Mahalo!!

[@billyleehualan1816]

stuck at home during this covid 19 lock down. might as well watch some vai. still awesome anyway. one thing i must say..he always have the best drummer .have always thought his drum is high speed programmed drum machine recording.. that was until i saw him live in singapore.. didnt get the name. long hair young chap

[@coteybradbury5135]

Love this dude. So sick.

[@kyotoshiro]

The best of the planet ..steve vai espero vengas al perú algun dia magistral dejo todo por ver tocar a steve vai el mejor del planeta 👏🖒🖒🖒👏👏👏

[@jessicachludz]

The drums in the end though. AMAZING

[@JasonMcNamara]

Great comment Jessica. I think you're the first person to point that out and you are correct. Jeremy Colson is a fantastic Drummer. Cheers, Jason

[@jessicachludz]

Yes it's hypnotizing!

[@jalukabax]

As one of the Steve Vai fans. Thank you for your amazing content. We wish you and your team always good health and success

[@JIMJAMSC]

Finally a Steve Vai song I can actually play!! Well up until 3:00 that is.

[@FeelingShred]

Sounds like what I thought when learned the intro to "Fine Art of Friendship" by King's X which is one of the coolest guitar parts I ever heard and it's super fun to play, specially if you need a little ego boosting fooling people into thinking that you can play better than you actually do, we've all been through that don't deny it xDDDD

[@somsom7402]

JIMJAMSC ถูกใจมากครับ

[@gabbyprod]

Lol. Don't get too excited. I'm a drummer and I can play that up to 3:00!

[@jerocastella]

Great Steve Answers live !! Allthebest

[@TracyGreenwood]

Saw Vai in a similar venue in Japan in the 90's. He plays some awesome off the wall venues. He's incredible live if you've never seen him. I highly recommend going to a show.

[@monkey1504]

Very, very cool video. Unlike a lot of edits, this one gives some great close ups of the hard stuff Steve does, the little things you don't see on wide shots. The stability of the 'on board' shot is great for analysing Steve's techniques. It's also a sobering reminder that he is also human, and is just epically good at what he does. Nice touch showing Thomas Nordegg taking the guitar off stage at the end too. Great vid!

[@mjm5081]

Vai always makes me so excited to listen to music and so inspired to make music!

[@ImanueLExia]

i like steve vai and his band.. fenomenal

[@dereksmallsuk]

OUTSTANDING

[@esmith4310]

Love the Go Pro touch. Awesome!

[@gabbyprod]

Can't stop envying those twin SVT's.

[@JoeyOMusic]

Gorgeous!

[@beyondwaves]

Hats off!!! Could not turn this video off even if I wanted too. Go pro or go home... When the going gets weird the weird go pro...............

[@JasonMcNamara]

WOW!!! That's an awesome compliment. Thank you very much. I used 7 GoPros for this shoot. Two weeks ago I filmed The Aristocrats for their up coming DVD with TWENTY GoPros. This is a sneak peak with a promo I made for Marco & DW Drums Japan: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4LYaYBjlrtraNU

[@beyondwaves]

Awesome,awesome,awesome, supperior job!!!

[@JasonMcNamara]

Amen Ram Interesting. It was like Jane's Addiction meets 90's Grunge & The Blues Brothers were put into a blender together and out came a cocktail named the Gluey Brothers. Should you be seriously, if you have a gig on in Japan and want me to do a job then you know where to find me. RIGHT HERE!!!

[@BoyAditya]

this is a proper way how you watch steve vai in concert ... sitting,drinking cold beverages and enjoy his music

[@natpicking]

Rhythm section is unbelievable

[@sheepland5832]

Damn great!!!!. It's both very cool and interesting, since allows you to pay more attention to Vai's way of playing.

[@elflakeador09]

Love that tune 😎👍

[@BlakeClifford]

VERY COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ScottyC_guitarist]

Jason! Top work Maaaaatte! 🤘🏼

[@christoforous]

Excellent job Jason. Like the guitar mounted camera, thats a great angle. Editing was fantastic.

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thanks Chris. I came up with that in the morning on the first day of shooting. Thankfully Steve was willing to give it a go and he loves the results.

[@DeathMetalGuitar]

AMAZING Jason!!! Excellent edit and shooting job!!!

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you Michael. It’s hard to believe this was 5 years ago already. I’m still super proud of this video so I really appreciate your comment.

[@Chris-cb4ig]

Just the best one in thé world.... Tellement méconnu en France sauf auprès de F Zappa

[@balobreached]

For whoever edited this, just at tip... good editing goes unnoticed.

[@globaltrekkerexplorer]

Steve Vai -Tokyo- GoPro! All of the above!

[@FeelingShred]

Props to Dave Weiner for helping it sound like the studio version, super cool. Now I want to know if they can recreate "The Boy From Seattle" like the studio version in all its stereo delay glory

[@JasonMcNamara]

That's exactly why Dave Weiner has been playing with Steve longer than anyone else EVER!!! I'll be sure to send him a screenshot of your comment because I'm sure he'll appreciate it.

[@leandrogodinho]

Simlpy amazing guys !!!

[@Gorbyrev]

Outstanding work Jason.

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you Mark.

[@Quazi-Moto]

Love the angle of the GoPro on his guitar.

[@JasonMcNamara]

quazzie1 Thank you. That was my idea. As far as any of us (us being Me, Steve & any of the guitars at #GoProMusic ), this was the first time a GoPro had ever been mounted to a Guitar from that particular position.

[@Quazi-Moto]

Ishibashi Music English KZbin Channel Definitely an interesting place to watch Steve from. But how did you mount it? Was it screwed into his guitar? And if so, how in the world did you talk him into that??

[@JasonMcNamara]

GoPro sell Removable Instrument Mounts. You should look them up on their website or go to a GoPro store. You might also find something if you search #GoProMusic

[@valven76]

Masterpiece song!

[@talibe801]

Jeremy Colson on drums!!what a monster.amazing drummer.

[@JasonMcNamara]

Rui Calado Yes indeed he is. If you love great dummers, you should also watch this other video of mine...kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4LYaYBjlrtraNU

[@lizarazohernandez]

Amazing job. Congratulations.

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you very much.

[@ChrisBurgarellaLegacy]

love this

[@JasonMcNamara]

+Chris Burgarella Legacy : Well thank you very much Chris. I'm hoping that sometime in the future I will get to make another video for Steve. He was a real pleasure to work with.

[@SrCampesino]

Wow, i´ve seen this video a lot of times since you uploaded it and every time i see it i find something new and useful to play this song on my guitar. This video help me a lot to play the song just like Vai does, stomping the correct pedals and choosing the pickup positions. Thank you very much Jason for make this! Really thank you! BTW, you know what is the yellow thing over the Jemini pedal?

[@JasonMcNamara]

SrCampesino ... Thank you VERY much. Your response is EXACTLY what I was going for with this (and pretty much all of my other) video(s).As far as I can recall, that Yellow thing was his Power Supply. I could be mistaken, but I think it is. If you add me on FaceBook and message me I can send you back a photo of his pedalboard. I'm pretty sure I took a photo on the day of Steve's, Dave's & Phil's as well.And if you'd like to see some more of my work, I made 3 videos which will be on the new DVD of The Aristocrats with Guthrie Govan on Guitar. That should be out in January 2015.Cheers,Jason

[@flathaus]

Amazing !!!!

[@DRAGONNOFEARDragon]

THE COLOR OF FIRE CADA UM CO SUA FÚRIA... STEVE SEMPRE INOVANDO COM SEUS INÚMEROS REPERTÓRIO E PERFORMANCE CADA VEZ MAIS SINGULAR... STEVE É O CARA! "DRAGON NO FEAR" ( MIGUEL MATTOS )

[@HamzahMD83]

Energetic performance

[@XxXBattleStarXxX]

Whenever I see legends like steve I feel not good at guitar anymore :D

[@kilianhocquaux5917]

j'adore cette music superbe

[@francheski]

awesome work man!!!! this concept is amazing for all the guitar lovers and also to all the other people because your camera work and edition go really good with the concept of the song and the Groove of it...im in love of this video...Greetings from argentina.

[@JasonMcNamara]

Hello MasterJon. Thank you very much. There have been a couple of people who didn't like this video, but you can't please everyone. However that's been less than about 2%. Thank you for getting what I was going for. If you would like to see some more of my work be sure to buy the new DVD from The Aristocrats coming out in January featuring Guthrie Govan, Marco Minnemann & Bryan Beller. I did the 3 videos from their Tokyo show. Cheers, Jason

[@GregoryPearsonMusic]

Wow that was great loved it. Want more!

[@santyrush]

puro espectaculo. fantasticos.

[@sidvalero5873]

que grande que es

[@alejandrohernandezyanez2695]

excelente video....y musica! love it!!!

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you.

[@joshuaelward4893]

this is the answer why I love Steve via,my baby boy was name after him SZTEIB BRONX,sound like crazy little things kids stuff,hekhek..

[@gnnradio3652]

Good job Jason.

[@obliqueapplications8881]

With one little chord strummed in one particular way, steve vai implies an entire song.

[@dfgvjnkjdsnbkjsbdvjkhdsb]

Jeremy Colson & Damon Herriman - one face!

[@ryanwhite4541]

Hi Jason, Is the sound quality as excellent as the picture on these Go Pro's? Great work Jason big thanks from Down Under!

[@guitmickify]

Awesome, love this tune :0)

[@kylepolhemus781]

This is so cool! I hope somewhere down the line Steve grants you permission to put up Building the Church as well, I can imagine all the whammy antics (like the karate chopping at the end) and tapping would look awesome from this perspective! Thank you for putting so much (obvious) effort into this, came out great!

[@JasonMcNamara]

*Kyle'sMusic* You're welcome Kyle and thank you for the kind words. I gotta talk to Steve about that because I was thinking similar. I've got it all filmed, but there's no point in spending a massive amount of hours editing it all together if no one's ever going to get to see it. We'll see.

[@kathleenhannon7068]

Mike Kennelly is with Satch! They were great at Count Bassie theatre, Red Bank, NJ. One of the best concerts!

[@coteybradbury5135]

The end of Steve Vai song little green men on album flexible. He took the riff from that end and used it here.

[@royeichstadt8890]

So fucking damn beautiful

[@shakymedia343]

Loved the camera angles and editing! Hope you don't mind that I borrow some of those ideas! Great work!

[@JasonMcNamara]

shakymedia Thank you. That's a wonderful compliment and by all means feel free to use some of my ideas. Make sure you watch the Extras/Behind The Scenes video with Steve I made as well if you haven't watched it already. Cheers, Jason

[@NotLegato]

that was possibly the longest buildup to any solo i've seen him play.

[@greekfreak1980]

Great camera-work and editing on this video!

[@JasonMcNamara]

***** Thank you very much. I've also recently done 3 videos for The Aristocrats new DVD with up to 20 cameras for that one. They are very exciting videos. I hope you get to see them when the DVD comes out sometime later this year or early next year.

[@BHAKTIBROPHY]

Ishi Your filming and editing is brilliant. You've definitely done Steve's music justice! It was so kind and generous of you to hold off on the other tunes (I read your comment below). Did you do the 360 footage? (The app?) Bravo!! :)

[@JasonMcNamara]

BHAKTI BROPHY : Thank you very much. Of course I held off on the other footage. I/you/we need to respect a request when it is given. The app was not of my doing. In fact I don't have it so I actually don't know what you're referring to so that really does mean that it can't have been mine ;-) If you like my work enough to want to see more you should look into purchasing the recent release of The Aristocrats "Culture Clash LIVE DVD". I have 4 videos on there as well. Thanks again, Jason (Ishibashi Music is the Guitar Shop that I work for in Tokyo and it also happens to be my KZbin Channel).

[@BHAKTIBROPHY]

Ishibashi Music English KZbin Channel Hi Jason, I'd very much enjoy seeing The Aristocrats live performance! Thank you for the information. Have a wonderful day!

[@JasonMcNamara]

The Aristocrats DVD is available via their website... thearistocrats.spinshop.com/ I hope you enjoy it. Cheers!

[@JuanManuelGautoColonna]

Awesome! 🎭✨️👏🏼🙋🏻‍♂️🇦🇷

[@MegaMaharshi]

tinananana ti nanananana ti nananana nana nani.....:).....lovely

[@moshotoku]

great great great !

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you, thank you, thankyou ! ;-)

[@dnfdnf856]

I like it

[@rockstarimotski]

Drummer is a f*ckin BEAST!

[@ivi13]

This Is Tremendous!!!

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you very much ;-) I filmed and edited this video myself so I really appreciate that. Cheers, Jason

[@vince29brest]

Ishibashi Music English KZbin Channel very good job.cool that cam on the guitar.love it.

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thanks. I enjoy watching it too and it was my idea. Haha!! I think that's the key with making music, filming videos or anything you do. If you make what you enjoy, want to hear or want to see.... hopefully others will enjoy it too. Thanks again, Jason

[@teawteaw2540]

🏅🏅🏅 ชอบ vai ตรงที่เก่ง..มีความถ่อมตน ถึงแม้ในปัจจุบันจะมีนักกีตาร์ cover หน้าใหม่ที่อาจดูเก่งกว่า● สำเนียงกีตาร์ vai มีลายเซ็นแบบผสมอินเดียภารตะ

[@tezal]

three words awesome

[@smooch5126]

very cool!

[@Voxtender]

Great "improvisational" version of this song. Dig it.

[@susancorgi]

I love how you can hear the rhythm guitar part so clearly in Vai's band unlike Joe satriani's band. I love joe satriani tho don't get me wrong.

[@buisyman]

Jeremy Coulson is truly a great drummer.

[@outcrasher]

I did the 335.000 view. God what a piece of music.

[@JasonMcNamara]

+outcrasher : Hahaha!!! Congratulations. I'm so amazed by how popular my video has been. And yes, I say "my video" because I filmed & edited this for Steve. Cheers, Jason

[@tezal]

+Ishibashi Music English KZbin Channel awesome video

[@JasonMcNamara]

Thank you very much fOSsiL 303 I made every single one of these videos myself so I greatly appreciate you saying that. Cheers, Jason

[@salasvalor01]

Steve Vai needs hoverboards for his band members and they can circulate the audience.

[@JasonMcNamara]

Hahaha!!! Sounds like Back To The Future II to me. That's very funny ;-)

[@jiggsdulay1635]

Sage Mantis I

[@danardalin]

As a guitar player I would love to see just the guitar cam for the whole song. Well done!

[@JasonMcNamara]

You're not the first person to ask me about this Danar. Unfortunately I don't have permission for doing that. Now if someone was hanging out with me and asked to see it I'd have no problem with that. If you ever come to Tokyo let me know. Cheers, Jason

[@gianluigidesantis4726]

Grande Steve Vai , quando sarà possibile vedere una sua jam session con Dave Weckl ?

[@karrmradwan7488]

i love you steve

[@francys1426]

drummer looks like merle from walking dead

[@magickennyj]

That's Jeremy Colson his dad said he was trained with a metronome at his side before the electrical ones came out as a kid, him and Steve have been together since 1999 in studio and later touring.

[@fain_amp7557]

Yes, you are right

[@frabber321]

this is Great!

[@mikerockyislet]

Amazing as allways. :-)