• "Light Years Away
  Light Years Away (song)
  "Light Years Away" is a song by American instrumental rock musician, Joe Satriani, released as the first single from his fourteenth album, Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards...
  
  " was made available to download for free on September 7 in exchange for the customer advertising the download in a Facebook
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   post or Twitter
  Twitter
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• The two bonus tracks are also available to purchase individually from Napster
  Napster (pay service)
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Personnel

• Joe Satriani
  Joe Satriani
  Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...
  
   - guitars, bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , keyboards
• Allen Whitman - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Mike Keneally
  Mike Keneally
  Michael Joseph Keneally is an American guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer. Allmusic says: "With his wide-ranging talents and ability to be creative in almost any musical situation, Keneally is the leading progressive rock genius of the post-Zappa era."Born on Long Island, New York, he...
  
   - keyboards
• Jeff Campitelli
  Jeff Campitelli
  Jeff Campitelli is a drummer who has most famously been associated with Joe Satriani on many of his albums as well as when he performs live. He currently uses Drum Workshop drums and Paiste cymbals...
  
   - drums, percussion
• Ryan Giammo - Kalimba, Didgeridoo
  Didgeridoo
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• Joe Satriani
  Joe Satriani
  Joseph "Joe" Satriani is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, with multiple Grammy Award nominations...
  
   - producer
  Record producer
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• Mike Fraser
  Mike Fraser
  Mike Fraser is a Canadian record producer, engineer, and mixer. Mike is best known for his work with AC/DC, Metallica, Aerosmith and Joe Satriani...
  
   - producer
  Record producer
  A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
  
  , mixer
  Mix engineer
  A mix engineer, also referred to as "mixing engineer", is a person who, once all instruments, voices, and sounds, etc., have been recorded, creates what is called the final version of a song, hence the term "mix engineer"...
  
  , recording
• Mike Boden - editing
  Audio engineering
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  , additional recording
• Joe Satriani - additional recording
• Dann Michael Thompson - assistant recording
• Judy Kirschner - assistant recording
• Eric Mosher - assistant mixer
  Mix engineer
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  , additional editing
• George Marino - mastering
  Audio mastering
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