http://valleyscenemagazine.com/music/

it is the second article down after u click there...Steve Vai (amazing) gets questioned about Prince and gives the best answer I have heard yet!!! Its actually quite an epic interview with Steve Vai..he is a trip!

Eh, they're both nuts. Remember, Prince once wanted his engineer put a plugged in guitar amp - while Prince played guitar - in a tub of h20 to get an "underwater sound". If that happened today with all of the yes-men in Price's employ, our hero would be a pile of ashes on the studio floor next to a stainless steel hip and a slightly crisp Hohner.

AM: The artist Prince just publicly proclaimed the internet as being over, an article in Forbes magazine did slightly back up his point where music rights and iTunes and the like, are concerned, what is your take on this?

S- I guess I better hurry up and finish this interview before my internet gets cut off.

Actually, I believe thinking the way Prince is can actually create a creative thought wave that just might usher in the next technological revolution. It wouldn’t be the first time he’s done that. It would be nice if technology could answer the rest of these questions with- out me having to type them. Historically speaking, when technology reaches a particular stage it’s not uncommon for most people to feel as though we’ve hit the end of the line.

But lo and behold, something always surfaces that we are not expecting. Electricity is an example. If I had to guess what the next technological revolution was going to be, I would say Holography. There will be a time when it will seem as though tele-transportation is a reality but it will be done by the use of holograms. You will be able to project your own image, in perfect high definition, to any location and see and hear the surroundings through satellite technology. We would perceive everything through a pair of highly developed wraparound sunglasses that would allow us to view any situation in a very realistic form, from anywhere we may be. These glasses would act as our entire computer system and allow us to have everything from 360 degree perfect vision. Because it measures your eye deficiencies, it would act as sunglasses with any kind of a tint, to a full on 360 degree computer screen with any degree of opacity. They would be operated by a wireless, decorative band that would be worn on both wrists. It would measure the movement of our fingers by the muscle movement in our wrists. No wires, complete contact with every- thing.

For instance, I would be able to have a face-to-face, sit down interview with you while I was sitting on this airplane. It would be you and I and any surrounding we choose. It would all seem extremely real to us. We just wouldn’t be able to share the same coffee. But perhaps that will change too.

AM: Are you concerned any of the tracks on VaiTunes will be heard or bootlegged for free?

S- No, because I know they will be. I am publicly proclaiming that people will eventually stop bootlegging music.

AM: How many tracks do you have that are not on VaiTunes that someday your fans may be lucky enough to hear?

S- Hundreds. My plan is to fix up enough of them to create a release schedule that spans the next 100 or so years. Perhaps one tune every 3-4 months after I’m dead. I hope Prince doesn’t read that.

squirrelgrease said:

Eh, they're both nuts. Remember, Prince once wanted his engineer put a plugged in guitar amp - while Prince played guitar - in a tub of h20 to get an "underwater sound". If that happened today with all of the yes-men in Price's employ, our hero would be a pile of ashes on the studio floor next to a stainless steel hip and a slightly crisp Hohner.

AM: The artist Prince just publicly proclaimed the internet as being over, an article in Forbes magazine did slightly back up his point where music rights and iTunes and the like, are concerned, what is your take on this?

S- I guess I better hurry up and finish this interview before my internet gets cut off.

Actually, I believe thinking the way Prince is can actually create a creative thought wave that just might usher in the next technological revolution. It wouldn’t be the first time he’s done that. It would be nice if technology could answer the rest of these questions with- out me having to type them. Historically speaking, when technology reaches a particular stage it’s not uncommon for most people to feel as though we’ve hit the end of the line.

But lo and behold, something always surfaces that we are not expecting. Electricity is an example. If I had to guess what the next technological revolution was going to be, I would say Holography. There will be a time when it will seem as though tele-transportation is a reality but it will be done by the use of holograms. You will be able to project your own image, in perfect high definition, to any location and see and hear the surroundings through satellite technology. We would perceive everything through a pair of highly developed wraparound sunglasses that would allow us to view any situation in a very realistic form, from anywhere we may be. These glasses would act as our entire computer system and allow us to have everything from 360 degree perfect vision. Because it measures your eye deficiencies, it would act as sunglasses with any kind of a tint, to a full on 360 degree computer screen with any degree of opacity. They would be operated by a wireless, decorative band that would be worn on both wrists. It would measure the movement of our fingers by the muscle movement in our wrists. No wires, complete contact with every- thing.

For instance, I would be able to have a face-to-face, sit down interview with you while I was sitting on this airplane. It would be you and I and any surrounding we choose. It would all seem extremely real to us. We just wouldn’t be able to share the same coffee. But perhaps that will change too.

AM: Are you concerned any of the tracks on VaiTunes will be heard or bootlegged for free?

S- No, because I know they will be. I am publicly proclaiming that people will eventually stop bootlegging music.

AM: How many tracks do you have that are not on VaiTunes that someday your fans may be lucky enough to hear?

S- Hundreds. My plan is to fix up enough of them to create a release schedule that spans the next 100 or so years. Perhaps one tune every 3-4 months after I’m dead. I hope Prince doesn’t read that.

well as far as u saying "Eh, they're both nuts"...IN A DISMISSIVE MANNER NO LESS,

well yeah honey..they are..if they weren't, we would not know their names. THANK GOD FOR BEING A BIT NUTS!!

lotusboy said:

squirrelgrease said:

Eh, they're both nuts. Remember, Prince once wanted his engineer put a plugged in guitar amp - while Prince played guitar - in a tub of h20 to get an "underwater sound". If that happened today with all of the yes-men in Price's employ, our hero would be a pile of ashes on the studio floor next to a stainless steel hip and a slightly crisp Hohner.

AM: The artist Prince just publicly proclaimed the internet as being over, an article in Forbes magazine did slightly back up his point where music rights and iTunes and the like, are concerned, what is your take on this?

S- I guess I better hurry up and finish this interview before my internet gets cut off.

Actually, I believe thinking the way Prince is can actually create a creative thought wave that just might usher in the next technological revolution. It wouldn’t be the first time he’s done that. It would be nice if technology could answer the rest of these questions with- out me having to type them. Historically speaking, when technology reaches a particular stage it’s not uncommon for most people to feel as though we’ve hit the end of the line.

But lo and behold, something always surfaces that we are not expecting. Electricity is an example. If I had to guess what the next technological revolution was going to be, I would say Holography. There will be a time when it will seem as though tele-transportation is a reality but it will be done by the use of holograms. You will be able to project your own image, in perfect high definition, to any location and see and hear the surroundings through satellite technology. We would perceive everything through a pair of highly developed wraparound sunglasses that would allow us to view any situation in a very realistic form, from anywhere we may be. These glasses would act as our entire computer system and allow us to have everything from 360 degree perfect vision. Because it measures your eye deficiencies, it would act as sunglasses with any kind of a tint, to a full on 360 degree computer screen with any degree of opacity. They would be operated by a wireless, decorative band that would be worn on both wrists. It would measure the movement of our fingers by the muscle movement in our wrists. No wires, complete contact with every- thing.

For instance, I would be able to have a face-to-face, sit down interview with you while I was sitting on this airplane. It would be you and I and any surrounding we choose. It would all seem extremely real to us. We just wouldn’t be able to share the same coffee. But perhaps that will change too.

AM: Are you concerned any of the tracks on VaiTunes will be heard or bootlegged for free?

S- No, because I know they will be. I am publicly proclaiming that people will eventually stop bootlegging music.

AM: How many tracks do you have that are not on VaiTunes that someday your fans may be lucky enough to hear?

S- Hundreds. My plan is to fix up enough of them to create a release schedule that spans the next 100 or so years. Perhaps one tune every 3-4 months after I’m dead. I hope Prince doesn’t read that.

well as far as u saying "Eh, they're both nuts"...IN A DISMISSIVE MANNER NO LESS,

well yeah honey..they are..if they weren't, we would not know their names. THANK GOD FOR BEING A BIT NUTS!!

Ya know... you have a point.

squirrelgrease said:

lotusboy said:

well as far as u saying "Eh, they're both nuts"...IN A DISMISSIVE MANNER NO LESS,

well yeah honey..they are..if they weren't, we would not know their names. THANK GOD FOR BEING A BIT NUTS!!

Ya know... you have a point.

aw thats fantastic, with hologram tek they can both keep making money, cuz we all know if you cant make money offa the interwebs it must be dead, and money is the determining factor in whether you live or die.

question: if i cant make money from you, are you dead?

robinhood said:

question: if i cant make money from you, are you dead?

Said it before, I'll say it again. If you sell your music in any form it's going to be downloaded by other people on the internet for free. You can argue the semantics of it until the cows come home, but the truth of the matter is that this is NOT bootlegging. In that context nobody is taking your product, repackaging it and selling it for a profit. Is it another form of theft? Sure, absolutely. But nobody is making any money off of you. And it is in fact getting your music out to more people. A percentage of whom will attend your concerts and buy your future releases. Even if they're just files on THE INTERNET! At least Steve has enough foresight to understand this and create his own online marketplace.

[Edited 9/14/10 13:23pm]

Did you ever bring a tape recorder right up to the radio and tape your favorite song?

Bootlegger!!!

Cerebus said:

robinhood said:

question: if i cant make money from you, are you dead?

Said it before, I'll say it again. If you sell your music in any form it's going to be downloaded by other people on the internet for free. You can argue the semantics of it until the cows come home, but the truth of the matter is that this is NOT bootlegging. In that context nobody is taking your product, repackaging it and selling it for a profit. Is it another form of theft? Sure, absolutely. But nobody is making any money off of you. And it is in fact getting your music out to more people. A percentage of whom will attend your concerts and buy your future releases. Even if they're just files on THE INTERNET! At least Steve has enough foresight to understand this and create his own online marketplace.

shh dont confuse prince with logic, it makes him dizzy

actually, I believe what he says about Holography... the company I work for (an MN cpy), is really investing into this technology. It's really going to make a big splash in the next few years.

Heidi said:

actually, I believe what he says about Holography... the company I work for (an MN cpy), is really investing into this technology. It's really going to make a big splash in the next few years.

Holographic porn might.