Tag Archives: Steve Vai

Art, Talent, and the Tyranny of the Subjective

Art, Talent, and the Tyranny of the Subjective

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder… but who exactly is this mythical “they” entity anyway? Things like art and music - so easily perverted into the ethereal chaos of the subjective - can really cause engineers like me to seg fault (that’s basically a metaphorical parallel to an intellectual seizure). [...]

Merry Axemas

Merry Axemas

Now’s as good a time as any to tell you about these two gems. Two CDs of guitar giants playing custom arrangements of Christmas favorites… called Merry Axemas and Merry Axemas Volume 2 (’Axe’ is a nickname for a guitar). Whether it’s John Sykes lighting up God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman or Neil [...]