New Satriani Solo Album Underway

Joe Satriani has revealed that he’s started work on his brand new solo album, and that Chickenfoot will have a new record ready by 2011.

Satch was speaking to Music Radar about his recent work on the Experience Hendrix tour and his schedule for the rest of the year.

"I'm going to start the next record soon, as in a few weeks from now. Since I got off the Hendrix tour, I've been going through a lot of the bits and pieces and riffs I've collected, trying to see if they're songs. I probably have about 30 actual song ideas, so now I have to whittle them down a bit.

"One thing I'm really trying to do is explore new rhythms. There's going to be a wide variety of textures and moods, and some of them might be kind of obscure. It's not going to be so much mimes playing fast 'da-da-da-da-da-da.' I'm not saying there won't be a fast song on the record, but I feel like it's time to get into some different areas. I don't want to rule anything out, but that's where my head is at."

And once he’s finished up with his own record Chickenfoot look likely to reconvene later this year to work on songs that they started recently.

"We had a bunch of stuff we recorded on the road last year, little bits of things. But we have four songs that are really taking shape. We're going to take a little more time with this record - well, we kind of have to given our schedules.

"A few are big-time rockers, which we love to play. But we do have something that's quite different and I'm pretty excited about it. For the first time I wrote a song to Sammy's lyrics.

"Usually songs start out with us jamming or I'll come in with riffs. But this time I took some of Sammy's words and I sat down at the piano and wrote to them."

Chickenfoot’s plans are currently defined by what Chad Smith is doing with the Chili Peppers, however.

"It's a lot of jumping, but I know he'll make it work. We're all determined to keep this thing going. We might not always have Chad available as often as we'd like, but we'll get this next record done. I think people can definitely expect a new Chickenfoot record in 2011. We'll start recording in earnest right after he's done with the Chili Peppers album, which will be in the fall."

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