Vai Academy Guitar Camp

Hey Folks, I don’t know how this escaped me but I just recently saw this Happy 60th birthday video of the performance of The Crying Machine by some of our ex...cellent Vai Academy Guitar Camp Alumni. Knowing how hard it is to pull off a presentation like this, and how they all contributed and came together for this gift is touching beyond beyond to me. I felt so much appreciation while watching this that I was actually Verklempt! I’m so moved by this consideration and feel humbled at the sights and sounds of it. To Chris Stark and Tom Atkins who put this together, thank you sincerely. I can’t believe you went through all it took to make this vid for me. And to all the campers that contributed, it’s so nice to see you all again in this video. To Chris Benson (Portland), Emmanuel Lafargue (France), Andrew Bonica (Thousand Oaks CA), Darren Stroud (Colorado), Trenton Urick (West Hills CA), Ziyan Hossain (Bangladesh), Jim and Helen Giannini (Virginia), Sonja Schellenberg (Germany), Luis Moreno (Xalapa, Mexico), Chris Barclay (Auckland, New Zealand), Thayer Aletheia-Zomlefer (Phoenix, AZ), Tim Sankar (El Cerrito, CA), Roman (Los Angeles, CA), Ramiro Caballero (Cordoba, Argentina I see you too), Michael Brock (Muscle Shoals, AL), Luca Milagro (Parma, Italy), Omar Niamut (the Netherlands), Roman Devengenzo (San Jose, CA), Doug De Jong, (Brisbane AU), Chris Stark (Hilo, HI). You all played your asses off. Thank you for taking the time for this amazing consideration. When I started the Vai Academy I had no idea of all the rewards that would come from it. Seeing you All and getting to actually Jam with all the campers is one of my career highlights for sure. It really is a great event and I could not be more appreciative to all those that support it and enjoy it. I’m looking very forward to seeing you all in the future. You guys rock hard!!!! Happiest of holidays! s

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see you guys soon!

In July 2020, Andy McKee's Musicarium will be BACK at the EarthRise Institute in Petaluma, CA. It will be 4 days & nights of guitar workshops, intimate performa...nces, and FUN! Our guest instructors for 2020 are Antoine Dufour, Mike Dawes, Calum Graham, Trevor Gordon Hall, Muriel Anderson and MICHAEL MANRING. Those who register by Christmas will get 10% off registration and a FREE Tonewood-Amp. The first 10 people who register get a guaranteed one-on-one lesson with Andy. Enter the promo code ‘ANDY at checkout. We hope to see you there! For more information or to register go here https://andymckeesmusicarium.com/

Group photo from Vai Academy 5.0! Stay tuned for news about 2020...

It's great to see so many Dreamcatcher alumni nominated as Guitarist Of THe Decade by Guitar World. Congrats to John Petrucci, Tosin Abasi, St Vincent, Mateus Asato, Jason Richardson, Andy McKee, Eric Gales, and Guthrie Govan! https://www.guitarworld.com//whos-the-guitarist-of-the-dec

the incredible instructors at Vai Academy:

Hello friends! Here's my Vai Academy 5.0 Vlog! 'Cover Photo' by Steven Bradley, 'Doppler Shreds' video courtesy of David Forshey...

thank you Steve

Greetings from Vai Academy 5.0!

Friday. Stay tuned.

LOW REGISTRATION WARNING! We are down to our last 3 commuter spots for Vai Academy 5.0! Don't miss this opportunity for creative growth, intensive learning, and incredible fun with fellow guitar lovers. GET YOURS www.vaiacademy.com

Watch Steve Vai outline some of the details of this year's Vai Academy in this Guitar World feature. Register here -> vaiacademy.com for 4 days and nights of guitar with Steve, Joe Satriani, Devin Townsend, Andy Timmons Official Page, Larry Mitchell, Plini, and more! https://www.guitarworld.com//watch-steve-vai-discuss-the-g

Joe Satriani is joining Vai Academy Guitar Camp 5.0! Register by January 31 and receive a free BOSS BD2 Blues Driver pedal: http://vaiacademy.com