Steve Vai - The Crying Machine - By Chris Alcala

[unhandledException1]

WOW nice job.. mate. This is one of my very Favorite Vai Songs. you nailed it.

[falsethreats]

This is very well done! My only 2 suggestions for this is (1) be more fluid like another commenter said and (2) utilize all your pickups. Vai used his neck pickup for this song on different parts be less harsh and add to the tone. You gotta be able to mix well with the rest of the piece.

[vincemocapaldi]

what ur pickup dude ? dimarzio ?

[jemdave13]

Well played, keep it up!

[Corruptedxxx]

awesome playing man, but i think its a little too dirty tone :P

[dj3070]

I like your style but your playing it all wrong, you need more fluidity and confidence.. I been playing Steve Vai tunes since I was 10 years old.

[kooolboy20]

Awesome man

[jntdhome]

Great job!!

[BillyBrooksMusic]

OUTSTANDING!!

''5 out of 5 stars!''

[DainSilvaMusic]

Awesome dude- you rock! \m/

[bigsponge]

@DainSilvaMusic Thanks man!

[guiterockermanu]

woooow very good!!

[dimebagforrest]

Number 1 : This Guy has no tone like Steve

Number 2 : He plays the 1 2 3 strings too much.

[iBoredful]

@dimebagforrest

Who the fuck is this noob?

[andyandantoinette]

hey chris u rock eddie alcala told me 2 check this out

[WarmthEnxGuitar]

You are great !!

Bravo

[SmokeyNelsonMusic]

Outstanding!

[bigsponge]

Thanks!!

[KirkCAH]

Nice !! :)

5 *

[BlueInkInternational]

AWESOME!!

5 out of 5 stars!!

-- Mac Daddy

(Blue Ink International)

[bigsponge]

Thanks alot,i really appreciate that!

[LesPaulSatriani]

so cool!!! im about to buy a PodXT from a friend so I'm diging into this tone (and Manhattan from Eric Johnson too :P)

[bigsponge]

Thanks alot for the comment,and dude your gonna love your POD,it's so user friendly and you can get so many patches online.Dude it's awesome.Have fun with it.

[MYJANZ]

god amazing you rock dude hope you could check my cover...^_^

[bigsponge]

Thanks alot!!! Sorry it took so long to respond,i just noticed this comment.

Chris

[mpolverari]

I have a Digitech RP 355.. i'm having problems to make a good patch for this music.. you can help me with some patchs i can do? :/

[bigsponge]

I'm sorry i'm not familiar with Digitech pedals, all i can recommend is that you search online for videos, forums and tweak it out best you can.Sorry i couldn't help more.

Good Luck

Chris

[Guitar2GodsGLory]

How much did u pay for that recording software??

[bigsponge]

I used Audacity. It's a free software.

[madanahoj123]

the sound that guitar makes really nice..

making me jealous... :D

[sorry 4 bad english]

[bigsponge]

lol Thank You!

[madanahoj123]

damn u're really really gud man!

[bigsponge]

Thanks Alot bro !!

[MichaelF1RKO]

well player

luv it

[bigsponge]

Thank you!!

[BrasilGuitar]

What was the gear used?

[bigsponge]

The gear i used was my Ibanez RG350MDX, my Line 6 PodXt Live, my Cry Baby Wah, and a recording software.

[longlame]

woh Chirs

i watched ur Smells like teen spirit and this u improved soooo much not saying that ur Nirvana one sucked or anything that one rocked and so did this one..Keep it up!

[bigsponge]

Haha thank you very, very much!!

[qwoeiu]

wow, u rock man!

[bigsponge]

Thank You!

[BlueInkInternational]

AWESOME!!

[bigsponge]

Thank you so much !

[Kappadanielson]

Hey that's great.....have you met Maxguzzo....here on youtube......you'd love his vids....

Kappa

[bigsponge]

Thank you so much for the comment!!

And i know Max he's is an amazing guitarist!!

Chris

[sistermoonshine13]

AWESOME!!!!

[bigsponge]

Thank you so much!!!!

[DipRack]

Perfect tone!!!Perfect playing!!!

Perfect guitarist!!!

Why you don't try to compose your own songs?

cheers from greece,

DipRack

[bigsponge]

Thank you very much!! I'm composing my own song right now. I should have done real soon. Chris

[DipRack]

I am looking forward xD!!!!

[wez740]

hey man that was awesome mate

[bigsponge]

Thanks!!!

[brucewbowser]

Nice work! Great sound! Can't wait to hear your original coming in June!!!

5 stars

[bigsponge]

Thanks alot,I'm still workin on it but it'll be done!!

[bigsponge]

Thanks Alot !!

[skogtun25]

WOW.. you are great!!

[bigsponge]

Thank you !!

[westpoint64]

I love the punchy, aggressive tone you get. You really have the Vai sound down, you're great!

Another great Vai-style player I'm aware of is Yasi13...you really ought to check her out, she got to perform with Steve personally!

Keep rockin, man...you're great!

[bigsponge]

Thanks Alot !!

[DavidClerk]

Same as below !

I would also add that your sound and technique are great !

[bigsponge]

Thank you so much !!

[manman246]

Incredible playing, and a great recording.  I subscribed.

[bigsponge]

Thank you so much,i really appreciate that !!!

[Fundementals10]

wow... you make it look so easy!

[bigsponge]

Thank You !

[jeffersononetwo]

Hey Chris ... freaking awesome - nice track ... wish I were as good!

[bigsponge]

Thank you!!! Lol what are you talking about...you are awesome!!!

[sysco1073]

That was TIGHT!!!!!! You make that look easy.Where did you get that talent from? probably from your mom:}

[bigsponge]

lol, Thanks Tio Eddie !!

[LeopardJoy]

Good lord, Chris!!! I'll tell ya, I didn't expect to hear THAT! You're 14? Oh, look out world...here comes Christian. You're exceptionally talented, gifted really.

5stars, FAVEd, subbed, friended, and put you in Best Electric Guitarists playlist. Must be nice to know EXACTLY what you're going to be doing for the rest of your life :)

All the best,

Joy/the Leopard Lounge

[bigsponge]

Thank you so much for your kind comments and support!!!

Chris

[azndark490]

Good job !!! Really NICE JOB!!

[bigsponge]

Thank you !!

[toker512]

Man Chris your a bad ass!!

5/5**************

[bigsponge]

lol Thanks Alot !

[MrNice322]

yees that is nice

and very clean

[bigsponge]

Thank You

[bigsponge]

Thank You