Steve Vai - "Real Illusions: Reflections" Previews

[MM]

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]

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]

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]

i use firefox and it looks fine

anywho....it sounds fantastic so far

[Viper-sfm]

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]

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!

[MM]

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

[BeastofLove]

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!

FYI- I had the same initial impression about the album from those sound samples posted. However, I recently had the opportunity to listen to the full album and the album is so...so...SO much more than those little samples are representative of. For those who thought the SAMPLES of 'Building the Church' and 'Freak Show Excess' were good, the full songs are just incredible. I mean, FSE is mind-blowing. And 'Lotus Feet' = the new FTLOG / Whispering A Prayer? Would love to SEE him perform this with the full live orchestra. Inspiring. Wish I was there. Rather than go into detail on everything, let's leave something to the imagination.

As for the songs he sings on, if you're not a fan of his singing, there isn't a lot you can do about that. BUT- I find that his songwriting... that is, for songs with lyrics... is much better and the songs are more creatively structured. They're much more listenable if you don't like his voice because the composition is that much more interesting.

I'm not posting this to do anything but promote the album... esp. as one who was initially disappointed by the samples as well. This certainly could have been one of those albums that I put off buying 'indefinately' and now it's preordered. I didn't scurry to get tickets to the show, and now I'm taking a head count from my friends before ordering.

I just felt I needed to put this out there... hope some doubters are listening!

-Ben

[Drew]

Originally Posted by Viper-sfm

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....

Sorry, I really haven't.

-D

[trouble311]

"Glorious" sounds just that...something about the melodies in that sample that just grabbed me.

[dex]

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

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

ilia

[Carlo]

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]

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

[Viper-sfm]

^^^^ What MM said

[pawel]

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

edit: It does now