Why does Steve Vai bother working on the video aspect of his road shows? The easy answer to that is "because he can."

You can take this in two ways: 1) Steve knows exactly what he wants, and what better way to get it than to do it yourself? and 2) he uses Final Cut Pro, which in addition to his audio software, gives him very fine control over the whole production.

Plus, as Steve admits, it was sure cheaper than hiring Industrial Light and Magic.