Joe Satriani: Crystal Planet There were all of these little musical things... I don't think anybody noticed


Joe Satriani Talks "Chickenfoot III", Challenging Himself, "Inception", and What "Crystal Planet" Means to Him Now
What do you think about when you look back on Crystal Planet?

It's interesting you should ask that because we have been playing the title track on tour since we started the Wormhole WizardsTour back in October. That wound up back in the set because it's a great song to have on keyboards. Crystal Planet was an important record for me because of the intensity of composing. There were all of these little musical things I put in there. I'll tell you a funny thing about that. It was the only record where I wrote specifically in certain keys and eventually sequenced the whole album so each song would start ascending. When you go all the way from the first track to the end and start again, you're always moving up in keys. There are lots of little parameters like that on the record that I don't think anybody noticed, but they were part of the album's musical design. full interview

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