Steve Vai "Alive In An Ultra World"

Steve Vai "Alive In An Ultra World"

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Steve Vai
Alive In An Ultra World
The Story
"Alive In An Ultra World" is a double CD set featuring 15 tracks of Steve Vai's signature sound and legendary virtuosity - about an hour and a half of Vai live! As Vai describes it, "This is an indulgent compilation of music with many little guitar notes! Sequestering myself with traditional music from various countries of the world and writing an album based on these cultures, and recording these songs in these exotic cultures was one ot these recurring fantasies of mine. When the temptation and the incessant daydreams reached an uncontrollable peak, the construction of this record became a reality." Guitarists on the tour and on "Alive In An Ultra World" include Mike Keneally and Dave Weiner. Inspired moments from inspired musicians -- and one modern day virtuoso!
The Music
=== DISC 1 === Vocal
04:45 Giant Balls Of Gold Instrumental
04:50 Burning Rain Instrumental
06:38 The Black Forest Instrumental
03:53 Alive In An Ultra World Vocal
10:11 Devil's Food Vocal
04:53 Blood And Glory Instrumental
08:43 Whispering A Prayer Instrumental
04:38 Iberian Jewel Instrumental
=== DISC 2 === Vocal
05:05 The Power Of Bombos Vocal
08:53 Incantation Instrumental
05:44 Light Of The Moon Vocal
06:41 Babushka Instrumental
06:26 Being With You (In Paris) Vocal
05:46 Principessa Instrumental
06:04 Brandos Constumes (Gentle Ways) Instrumental
The Artists
Steve Vai Guitar, Vocals, Musical Tormentor Of The Band, Production, Editing, Mixing, Mastering
Mike Keneally Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals, Never Complaining
Dave Weiner Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Choral Sitar, Most Valuable Player, Downloader To Disk (8-10 Hours Each Night), Studio Engineering on Live Recording
Mike Mangini Drums, Getting Through It
Philip Bynoe Bass, Vocals, Moral Support
Chris Frazier Drums on "Whispering A Prayer", Rekindling an Old Friendship
Eric Goldberg Keyboards on "Whispering A Prayer", Cultivating a New Friendship
Shankar Violin on "Babuska"
Scott Palacios Snare on "Babuska", Accordian on "Being With You (In Paris)"
Bob Carpenter Accodian Overdubs on "Being With You (In Paris)"
John Pustai Narration on "Being With You (In Paris)"
Steve Weston House Engineering
Doug Kimball House Engineering
Neil Citron Editing, Mixing, Mastering
Nigel Paul House Engineering
Hooshik Bayliss Art Direction
Austin Hicks Front and Back Photography
Pam Dancy Production Management
Peter Vincent Recording Engineer on "Devil's Food"
Recorded on hard disk through a Macintosh G3 Powerbook using Logic Audio software and a MOTU device as a converter.

Edited, mixed and mastered in Digidesign's Pro Tools at "The Harmony Hut" Encino, California.