they also wrote for other artists, i saw at least a couple of names last year through various fan sites. jon said they cut 43 songs...if thats no exaggeration i believe he meant they recorded that amount and not just wrote in a pre-demo status...impressive number, bj always were prolific, quality over quantity for sure but none of the less the number 43 is encouraging for me....(dont forget wanted was written along with another song, drive was called i think in a 3-4 hour writting session...). the recording went on quietly and 2 things come to mind...
1. jon said it took them long...a year, sth lenghty by bj standards and he also emphasize on the its done...cause through all this time he would revisit it and change things around, so what i got was that he is really happy with the result and was to move n to the other project than agonising til the march release...possibly he will revisit it though and may write 1-2 more songs till then.
2. sth that i really appreciate in bj, jon/richie in particular is their work ethic and their commitment to write new songs and deliver sth that will progress from album to album, even if they dont always succeed. THEY WRITE NEW SONGS, not just searching old/unfinished ideas from the glory days trying to recapture that magic...aerosmith's legendary child is an example...if you havent realese an album for 10 years and dont have material for one new/original first single then you are nostalgia as it gets...i love aerosmith by the way, i have listened only the first single so maybe i m ahead of myself but most of the old rock bands have a hard time composing/recording new material