Steve Vai chooses 2009 Guitar Idol Winner

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June 26, 2009 by Chaz

Guitar legend Steve Vai chose his personal favorite from the finalists of Guitar Idol, the world’s biggest online talent search to find the hottest undiscovered guitarists on the planet.

Organized by online magazine All Out Guitar, and leading online guitar tuition community Lick Library.com, Guitar Idol 2009 saw the public and professional judges select the best guitarists from around the world. The 12 Finalists included contestants from Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Hungary, Bosnia, Italy, Thailand and Chile, each of whom were invited to play live for an audience of thousands via live webcast and to an enthusiastic crowd at the London International Music Show.

A special ‘Steve Vai’ award category was created, to be judged by none other than Mr Vai himself.

Steve Vai chose Daniel as his winner after watching live footage of the competition broadcast on licklibrary.com, and was’ blown away’ by Daniele’s playing on the track ‘Cardiology’ which he deemed worthy of the special prize; an Ibanez Jem signed by Steve.

After watching the contestants, Steve said “There is a whole new breed of guitar players emerging. Players that are redefining the parameters of guitar virtuosity. It was a pleasure to judge the Guitar Idol contest and see many of these young innovators in action.”

You can watch Daniele’s winning performance from the Guitar Idol final at the London International Music Show on http://www.licklibrary.com/Channels/Guitar-Idol

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