Have you ever had a conversation with your biggest creative influence? Guitar performance student Ben Levin did, with Berklee alumnus Steve Vai—and wasn’t disappointed. Here’s the first part of his kinda crazy, very L.A. experience. More next week.
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I recently won a contest where Steve Vai picked 10 guitarists to fly out to Los Angeles for a private master class. Steve Vai has been my greatest musical influence and needless to say, I have been ecstatic about the opportunity. The experience was really fascinating and inspiring, so I thought I’d share it with you and try my best to relay what Steve was telling us.
Steve Vai with Ben Levin. Photo taken by Dan Cristol.
I flew from Boston to LAX where a transportation service picked up all the contest winners, and took us to our hotel.