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NEW MUSIC BLOG: Joe Satriani
The master guitarist's upcoming album is an earth mover
The MusicRadar Team, Thu 24 Jan 2008, 4:18 pm UTC
Written during the summer of 2007, Satriani convened with longtime producer and engineer John Cuniberti, drummer/percussionist Jeff Campitelli, and bassist Matt Bissonette in the fall of that year at the Plant in Saulsalito, California.
"Tracking was more of a breeze than usual," Satriani says. "I think the fact that I had very firm ideas and was very intent on making a tight album helped. But the fact that I chose to make a record with only 10 songs on it doesn't mean they're all three-minute radio pop ditties. Some of these things are five, six minutes - they take you places. And I did have a song that was originally written as a 15-minute opus, but it got too unwieldy."
Satriani admits that an 11th song was recorded ("just in case I wanted to break my 10-song rule"), but in the end he stuck to his guns. "Plus, when we listened to the album with the 11th song in the sequence, it didn't work. It wasn't as fleshed out as the other ones, it didn't fit - my original instincts were correct."
Professor Satchafunkilus And The Musterion Of Rock is scheduled for release on April 1. In the weeks prior, MusicRadar will present an exclusive podcast interview with Joe Satriani. Be on the lookout.
By Joe Bosso
User comments (4)
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I love Joe! I think he's made atleast 4 of the greatest musical recording of all time. I've bought everyone of his CDs/DVD's and will continue to do so because whenever I hear a new ones coming out from Satch I get excited but with his last few releases I've been very dissappointed. His drummer is to simple of a player and there is little interaction with the musicians he is playing with. Hope I like the new one Joe! God bless and thanks for all the great musical inspiration!
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For some reason, Joe Satriani is the only recording artist that I have followed closely over the years - that means album by album, tour by tour. I think I know the reason - I can count on him to create and perform consistently great guitar music. He is like the Brett Favre of shred. I am looking forward to his pending release, and am confident that no matter where his muse takes him, I will be grooving to it. I remember a quote from a magazine years ago: "I just wanna take people on a cool ride with my guitar." Joe, you know we are standing in line, brother!
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Joe Satriani is a guitar legend! You gotta listen to some of his stuff with the band G3 which also included his student Steve Vai. There totally kick ass!
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"Nintendo Metal" - thats a brilliant! Yep I couldn't agree more, Satch's last album had more energy and rawness than some of the previous releases and suddenly shredding was exciting again. I can't wait to hear this album, I just hope the Guitar Hero kids will put down their controllers and listen to a real Guitar Hero!
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