Bluegrass, Blue Prince, and the Blues

Strong Songs

Kirk Hamilton

Music Commentary, Music, Musicreviews

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Also synth saxophone, lyric writing, "Frippertronics," and more.

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0:00.0	Solvage is a singing method where pitches are assigned syllables.
0:04.0	So, G-A-B-D-C becomes Doremi-Faso.
0:09.0	It's a method also known as Solmization, and if you thought the so was spelled S-O, then I'm afraid you're S-OL.
0:20.0	Welcome to Strong Songs, a podcast about music.
0:26.2	I'm your host, Kirk Hamilton, and I'm so glad you joined me to talk about singers who started out with SoulFedge, singers who still use SoulFedge, and saxophonists who never really learned SoulFedge.
0:35.5	Aw.
0:36.9	I put a ton of time into Strong Songs.
0:39.4	Every episode takes dozens of hours of work to complete,
0:41.9	and I'm able to take the extra time to make each episode shine
0:45.2	thanks to all of you who support the show on Patreon.
0:47.8	I really do have to make a living.
0:49.5	So go to Patreon.com slash Strong Songs to Chip In.
0:53.2	It's time for our second mailbag of season seven, and we've got some great questions about
0:57.4	bluegrass guitar technique, Robert Fripp's Frippertronics, and a special guest appearance
1:02.0	by three singers that I bet some of you will know.
1:04.8	All that and more, so let's throw on the capo, crank up the tempo, and hammer it on.
1:29.8	Yeah. of crank up the tempo and hammer it on. Hello everyone.
1:33.1	We are nearing the end of Strong Song Season 7,
1:37.3	which means it's time for our second mailbag episode of the season.
1:40.2	I've got some great questions to answer, as always.
1:42.6	Before that, two pieces of quick business.
1:45.5	First of all, we are coming up on my first ever live podcast show in Portland, Oregon. It is not a strong songs live show. It's for my video
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