Steve Vai - "Real Illusions: Reflections" Previews

MM · #1 01-27-2005, 04:19 PM

www.stevevaimusic.com

Sony has created a special page where fans can check out short sneak previews of all tracks from Steve's new album "Real Illusions: Reflections".

Share your thoughts on the album previews here!

Mikey

vai.com

dex · #2 01-27-2005, 04:46 PM

The page looks wrong in Firefox

Actualy only looks funny because I don't have Flash installed (hate flash with a passion) - it works fine with the flash in IE.
Thanx for posting this Mikey, as usual you rock so we don't have to.

ilia

Drew · #3 01-27-2005, 05:30 PM

Hmm. I like the opener. ALS is still easily my favorite of his, far and away, but I'm intrigued enough that I might actually grab this one (I still haven't been able to get into the Ultra Zone, so I was a little worried).

Lot of low-tuned stuff on this one- the bari seven?

-D

Carlo · #4 01-27-2005, 05:43 PM

i use firefox and it looks fine

anywho....it sounds fantastic so far

dex · #5 01-27-2005, 06:28 PM

Well this is what it looks like if you don't have flash installed in Firefox

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...61052962yRkbjT

ilia

Viper-sfm · #6 01-27-2005, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drew

Lot of low-tuned stuff on this one- the bari seven?

If you have been following his RI feature on his website you'll see that he has been using mainly the Bad Horsie guitar tuned down to C, Evo for Lead and a Roland Ready Jem77fp for crazy sounds....

Jeff · #7 01-27-2005, 06:54 PM

I'm kind of disapointed with this one. Most of the songs sound like rip offs of his old songs, or they were just plain boring. I'm still going to buy the album, because maybe these are just bad samples. My favorite song at this point is Yai Yai...I'm a sucker for those cute Evantide-ish sounds!

Viper-sfm · #8 01-27-2005, 07:11 PM

Samples suck. I refuse to listen to them cause they always give me the wrong impression about the album....

MM · #9 01-27-2005, 07:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff

I'm kind of disapointed with this one. Most of the songs sound like rip offs of his old songs, or they were just plain boring. I'm still going to buy the album, because maybe these are just bad samples. My favorite song at this point is Yai Yai...I'm a sucker for those cute Evantide-ish sounds!

I'm pretty amazed you can glean that from a collection of short 20 second samples.. but to each his own I guess...

Mikey

vai.com

Carlo · #10 01-27-2005, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dex

Well this is what it looks like if you don't have flash installed in Firefox

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...61052962yRkbjT

ilia

LMAO!!

I'm really diggin that riff in Building the Church..and the wackiness of Freak Show Excess....plus the production sounds top-notch. But I'm disliking the vocal tracks, yet again.

Viper-sfm · #11 01-27-2005, 07:31 PM

^^^^ What MM said

pawel · #12 01-27-2005, 08:25 PM

Hmm...the site doesn't even open for me :s

edit: It does now

Tubarão Guitars · #13 01-27-2005, 09:15 PM

Saaaweet stuff.
I need it so bad!
Tubarão.

little wing · #14 01-27-2005, 10:57 PM

thanks a lot mikey! well, really sounds like the ultra zone album...

Two hands31 · #15 01-27-2005, 11:46 PM

Heavy f*ckin' riffs. All f*ckin' right.

My favorites so far are "Building the Church", "Glorius", "Firewall", "Midway Creatures", and "Under It All". There are a lot of moments in here that remind me of The Tea Party (especially "Firewall") and while everything sounds like Steve Vai, it's definitely a fresh new sound. "Dying For Your Love" sounds a little Bjork-y too, which is very cool.

And man would I love to hear Jeff Martin of The Tea Party singing on "Firewall".