Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Unavailable
    Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir
    Unavailable
    Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir
    Unavailable
    Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir
    Ebook458 pages5 hours

    Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir

    By Joe Satriani and Jake Brown

    3.5/5

    ()

    Currently unavailable

    Currently unavailable

    Listen to the audiobook instead

    About this ebook

    Go behind the scenes with the musician The New York Times called “a guitar God"—in this new edition featuring an all-new chapter on Joe's latest album, Shockwave Supernova, and bonus interviews! 

    Oft-hailed as the Jimi Hendrix of his generation, living guitar legend Joe Satriani has long transcended stylistic boundaries with a sound that raises the bar like a new horizon for the broader genre of instrumental guitar rock. Joe’s 6-string secrets have astounded listeners around the world for nearly 30 years.

    In Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir, Satriani and coauthor, music biographer Jake Brown, take fans on their first authorized tour of the story behind his climb to stardom and the creative odyssey involved in writing and recording a storied catalog of classics including “Surfing with the Alien,” “Summer Song,” “Satch Boogie,” “Always With Me, Always With You,” “The Extremist,” “Flying in a Blue Dream,” “Crowd Chant,” and more. 

    Featuring previously unpublished photos and hours of exclusive, firsthand interviews with Satriani, Strange Beautiful Music offers a unique look inside the studio with Joe, giving fans a chance to get up close and personal like never before. With insider details about his collaboration with multi-platinum supergroup Chickenfoot, exclusive interviews with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, commentary from fellow guitar legends such as Steve Vai, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Primus’s Larry LaLonde, and legendary music producers including Glynn Johns and the late Andy Johns, this memoir offers a rare inside look for die-hard Satriani fans, guitar enthusiasts, and anyone who loves to rock.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBenBella Books
    Release dateApr 8, 2014
    ISBN9781939529657

    Related to Strange Beautiful Music

    Related ebooks

    Entertainers and the Rich & Famous For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      The BODY ELECTRIC

      Apr 6, 2021

      YOU CAN’T LOCK Neal Schon down. Sure, his band, Journey — one of the highest-grossing rock groups of all time — has put touring on pause as the world struggles with its first major pandemic in a century. But as you can tell from the epic solos and ba

      7 min read

    • Article

      Long Live King’s X

      Jul 12, 2022

      Long Live King’s X
      3 min read

    • Article

      The Size Of It

      Sep 14, 2021

      The Size Of It
      7 min read

    • Article

      Mars Attacks!

      Feb 20, 2024

      YOU DON’T START A conversation with Mick Mars by asking, “How are you?” It comes out more like, “How are you?” He’s used to it. Ever since the guitarist went public in 2001 with his decades-long battle with ankylosing spondylitis — a pernicious, infl

      14 min read

    • Article

      Intergalactic Satch

      Mar 22, 2022

      Intergalactic Satch
      11 min read

    • Article

      Pedals...

      Nov 19, 2021

      Pedals...
      1 min read

    • Article

      Squeeze

      Mar 22, 2022

      Squeeze
      7 min read

    • Article

      Up The Funktion

      May 3, 2022

      Up The Funktion
      7 min read

    • Article

      Want To Play Perfect Guitar Solos?

      Aug 10, 2021

      AT ONE POINT or another, every guitarist has debated what makes a “perfect” guitar solo. And earlier this year, Guitar World’s sister publication, Total Guitar, set out to answer this question once and for all. Using information gleaned from GW’s pol

      3 min read

    • Article

      Solo Flight

      Nov 16, 2021

      IF YOU’RE LOOKING for musical inspiration, Guitar Player is always a great place to start, and this issue is especially stimulating. Inside these pages you’ll find writeups on more than 100 exhilarating guitar solos chosen by our readers and a host o

      2 min read

    • Article

      Jeff Beck

      Mar 8, 2023

      ABILITY RATING Info https://bit.ly/3kHqYzp Key Various Tempo Various Moderate/Advanced ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ ✪ Will improve your… Expressive delivery Articulation and attack Blues and rock vocabulary Everyone at Guitar Techniques was greatly saddened to learn o

      5 min read

    • Article

      Jefflynne

      Dec 17, 2019

      “Iwas worried that there weren’t enough people who knew about us,” says Jeff Lynne, explaining his anxiety over reviving ELO to headline at an all-day festival in London’s Hyde Park in September 2014. “We took a big chance. The crowd could’ve gone ho

      11 min read

    • Article

      Brian’s Song

      May 18, 2021

      Brian’s Song
      3 min read

    • Article

      WARREN DeMARTINI

      Jun 14, 2022

      WARREN DeMARTINI
      8 min read

    • Article

      And The Cradle Will Rock...

      Jul 13, 2021

      And The Cradle Will Rock...
      11 min read

    • Article

      Brian Setzer

      Aug 27, 2021

      Brian Setzer
      7 min read

    • Article

      Vito Bratta

      Jun 14, 2022

      Vito Bratta
      10 min read

    • Article

      You Wanted The Best

      Nov 14, 2023

      IT HAPPENED IN Detroit, 1975. After releasing three albums that had little impact on the charts, Kiss got a major foothold when their single “Rock and Roll All Nite” connected with Detroit radio listeners. Seemingly overnight, Kiss were everywhere. A

      2 min read

    • Article

      FOREVER ’50s

      Feb 8, 2022

      FOREVER ’50s
      8 min read

    • Article

      John Frusciante

      Dec 16, 2022

      John Frusciante
      10 min read

    • Article

      Guy Talk

      Aug 8, 2023

      Guy Talk
      12 min read

    • Article

      John Frusciante

      Jan 11, 2022

      ON JUNE 14, 1998, the prodigal son came home. When the Red Hot Chili Peppers walked onstage at the Tibetan Freedom Concert at Washington DC’s RFK Stadium, it was with guitarist John Frusciante, the man who had deserted them mid-tour six years earlier

      7 min read

    • Article

      Vito Bratta

      Jul 11, 2023

      Vito Bratta
      14 min read

    • Article

      Use Dadgad

      Apr 6, 2023

      Use Dadgad
      2 min read

    • Article

      EDWARD VAN HALEN Interview & Tribute

      Dec 16, 2020

      The opportunity to talk to the man who popularised many of today’s guitar techniques, was one I was not willing to miss. So I cancelled my Friday gig, and at nine o’clock the phone rang. The interview coincided with the release of the album, For Unla

      10 min read

    Reviews for Strange Beautiful Music

    3.5/5

    2 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words