Counterpoint, Chaka Kahn, & Peter Gabriel

Kirk answers your questions on 60s pop counterpoint, Chaka Kahn syncopation, Taylor Swift's re-recording project, good practice habits, Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer," and more.

FEATURED/DISCUSSED:

"You've Got Your Troubles" by Roger Greenaway and Roger Cool, recorded by The Fortunes
Contrapunctus 1 by J.S. Bach recorded by the Emerson String Quartet on Bach: The Art of Fugue, 2003
T.I.B.W.F. by The Budos Band, from The Budos Band, 2005
"Dying to Get To Europe" by Ketil Bjornstad from Seafarer's Song, 2004
"The Place Where He Inserted the Blade" by Black Country, New Road from Ants From Up There, 2022
"Tell Me Somethin' Good" by Stevie Wonder, recorded by Rufus feat. Chaka Kahn, 1974
"Colors" by Beck from Colors, 2017
"Digital Love" by Daft Punk from Discovery, 2001
"Goose" by Polyphia from Most Hated, 2017
"Sparks Fly" (Taylor's Version) from Speak Now (Taylor's Version), 2023
"Sledgehammer" by Peter Gabriel from So, 1986

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