Is there a possibility you’ll be debuting a single on Idol before the season is over?
Well, we’re working on it, and it’s definitely something I’m cognizant of. I would love to be able to debut a single on Idol this year. But at the same time we certainly don’t want to rush anything. Rest assured, we’re trying very, very hard. I can give a definite maybe at this point.

Is it better than a 50-50 chance?
It really is a coin flip right now. I would say no, it’s not better than 50-50, but it’s not worse than that either.

Any new collaborators you’ve worked with since our last chat in February? Any flights of fancy you’ve gone on for the new album? Last time we spoke you had mentioned wanting to do a song that’s all vocals, no instruments.
I’ve been so busy traveling lately that we haven’t gotten to really delve into that too much. In reference to the all-vocals idea, I’ve got one or two songs in the till right now that could work in that direction, but the demos, as such, are instrumental. As for new collaborators, I got a chance to work with Matt Squire (Good Charlotte, 3OH!3) a little bit. Wrote a song with him and Claude Kelly called “Four-Letter Word” that I’m really excited about.

Is that a romantic song or an angry song? That title could go either way. It’s actually a little bit of both. So it’s an angry love song. [Laughs.]

And who else have you hit the studio with of late?
I actually worked on a few songs now with a couple guys from the UK: Jim Irvin and Julian Emery. We did a song called “Paper Heart” and one called “We Believe.” And we just finished a song yesterday called “Alibi.”

How would you describe the music you’re making with them?
The choruses on all those songs are massive. They’re just massive choruses. And I will say they have pushed me vocally on these demos more than probably anybody else has. I’m definitely hitting high register on the choruses. The choruses are very open, very U2-esque, and the vocals are just up there, which pushes the intensity of them a little bit.

Was this a deliberate goal of yours?
My goal at the beginning of this was that I wanted to make a record that really, really pushed the concept of dynamic. Really pushed the interplay between loud and soft, the slow and the fast. And to make a record that catered more to the live show, and that had a versatility. To make a record that could be played at a coffee shop with an acoustic guitar, or that could be played with a mile-long catwalk in the middle of Madison Square Garden. I wanted to try to work on the interplay of opposites, I suppose.

And by “played in a coffee shop,” you mean “perform on Idolatry,” yes?
Exactly! [Laughs.] Don’t let anybody fool you, American public. Idolatry does have a 200-foot catwalk.

Totally. Any planned collaborators you’re hoping to work with before it’s all said and done?
I’m actually leaving for Nashville next week. I’m gonna write with Zac Maloy, the guy who I wrote “Lie” and “Life on the Moon” with for the last record, and he also wrote “Come Back to Me.” And then I think we’re talking about Ryan Tedder the end of this month or early next month.

I think you should write with Dolly Parton when you’re in Nashville. I still love your cover of “Little Sparrow” from the week she mentored on Idol. How genius would that be?
You know, I’m not opposed. [Laughs.] We’ll throw you a five-percent songwriter’s credit or something if it works out.

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“I’m an impatient man,” Cook admitted in a telephone interview earlier this week.

His enthusiasm for instant feedback is also evident in what he loves about performing live.

“It’s an immediate litmus test,” he explained.

Cook fans at Morongo Casino Resort and Spa in Cabazon on Saturday will be test subjects for at least one of the songs Cook has been working on for the new album.

Cook, who rang in 2010 at Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, said he’s observed that audiences at casino shows can be a little bit different than the average gig.

“They make you work for it a little more; I like that,” Cook said.

The singer hasn’t rested too much after winning his “Idol” crown. He played more than 150 shows in 2009 and when he got back, started working on the new record, which he thinks will have a different sound than that of his previous album.

He said that he used the guitar as the foundation for the album, which spawned the hit “Light On.”

This time, expect more piano and less of a wall of guitar sound, but the guitar will be part of the fabric as just another instrument, Cook said.

Even though he’d like to have the new album out, he realizes it’s important to take time in crafting the music.

“I want to stick around for awhile,” Cook said.

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David also talks with AMRIE to write songs for her next album.

“For now, I am currently in Vancouver, and I write with Brian Howes,” said David. “Brian is one of the co-authors of my single light for the first time. I was very happy with what we came with. I managed to write with Sam and Sluggo again we wrote Breathe all night. I am writing to Gregg Wattenberg again, and Johnny Rzeznick. ’s great. Type obtain a different pocket, trying to write from an honest point of view. ”

David says not so choose a producer for his next album, but “if someone called tomorrow and said Brian Eno wants [products] for their input, I’d be like, yeah, right!”

At the moment, David Cook is in Indiana filming ABC’s “Extreme Makeover Home Edition.” The said episode is scheduled to went on air this January 2010.

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At one point, he grabbed a homemade sign made by a crowd members — “Neal is my Guitar Hero” — and, grinning, plopped it behind his bandmate, clearly pleased as punch.

Signs about fair food abounded, too, such as “Do You Want Some Elephant Ears?” and DC rolled with the theme. “I do eat nothing but food,” he quipped.

“A Kiss on the Neck,” meanwhile, was a collective kiss-off to those who had trashed the hearts of one and all. “This is for those of you who are not in love,” he said wryly.

In keeping with Cook’s “Idol” song renovations, he did a little mash-up with “Hotel California” and “Kiss.” I’m not sure why, but it totally worked.

Another tune spun through Cook’s imagination station was Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies,” which he sang this summer on “Good Morning America” with Kris Allen and Adam Lambert of the current “Idol” season. Too bad I missed that performance!

In fine form, Cook added a vocal doodad here and a guitar gizmo there — not that the song needed anything — and made it his own.

Several tunes, such as “Make Me” and “Souvenir” weren’t from his self-titled November of 2008 album. It’s cool he still believes in those songs, some written years ago, even though they don’t necessarily have the record label’s stamp of approval.

He did nod to “Idol” a few times, quite graciously compared to other former contestants. Watching the 2009 live tour, he said, made him feel “like a weird, loving parent,” and he thanked his fans for voting for him during the show.

“Life on the Moon” was another reference to his newfound fame brought on by winning Season 7. “Life on the moon couldn’t be any stranger/Life on the moon wouldn’t feel as far away.”

Cook might feel like he’s on the moon, but he brings an earthy, grounded sensibility to his performances that makes him feel like the guy next door. The 26-year-old doesn’t take himself too seriously, either, joking around all night and injecting a party spirit into songs such as “Bar-Ba- Sol,” which was Big Fun.

Between his biggest hits so far, the sweet rocker “Come Back to Me” and his finale, “Light On,” Cook reiterated his thanks for the rowdy crowd’s love.

“I hope I don’t come off as insincere,” he said. “It means so much to me that you’re all here.”

Insincere? Not a bit. In fact, there’s no doubt West Michigan will leave the Light On until David Cook’s next stop here.

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David is expected to belt out another great show!