Richie Sambora has been on a creative hot streak.
Appearing on comedian Howie Mandel's podcast, Howie Mandel Does Stuff, he says, "The writing thing for me, that's the most fun, I think. Because you're kind of making stuff up out of thin air and it materializes into a sonic painting...
"It happens all ways, but usually it starts with a title. I need a story… Because the story is gonna give you a fabric and then the lyric, you're gonna color it almost like it's a movie soundtrack, 'cause there's a sound for hope. You've gotta go dig around and find them, but that's half the fun."
This past spring, Sambora released four new songs.
"It was an interesting way to do things. This is the first time I've ever done it this way.
"People don't have the time for the album experience anymore. So I just started going, like, 'Okay I'm just gonna release one song at a clip and see how it's going.'"
And last month he released another one, "We'll Get By," which he says is "very, very timely for what's going on now. And I'm lucky because I got, like, two albums on ice, kind of thing, sitting in the can… I mean, I have way more than that, actually."
Sambora's last album was 2012's Aftermath of the Lowdown.