Entertainment Music R&B Music Joe Jonas: Solo Album 'A Whole New Experience' The singer enters unchartered territory – in the studio without his brothers By Mark Gray Mark Gray Mark Gray is a journalist of over two decades. He has written about entertainment, sports and crime since 2001, focusing primarily on the Las Vegas market. People Editorial Guidelines Published on May 22, 2011 02:00PM EDT Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty The elder singer among the Jonas Brothers has been working solo on what he calls a bit of a “coming of age” album. I wanted to be really honest with what I wrote about, whether good or bad, I think it’s a coming of age record to it has a feel you can play in the club, but also there are songs that I think are heartfelt,” the 21-year-old told PEOPLE while hosting a party Saturday at Tao Las Vegas. Since brothers Kevin and Nick were not constantly with him as he recorded his solo album – which will be released in September – he said the recording process was different. “It’s a whole new experience for me. I mean, a good experience, because I’m able to write songs that I have been wanting to write for a long time. It’s completely brand new to me,” he said. But rest assured, Jonas Brothers fans, the group isn’t breaking up. According to Joe, they’re “just taking a little break right now.” Close