Hello and

I'm here on a podcast about music.

I'm your host Kirk Hamilton and I'm here on an off week

with a very special bonus episode just for you.

That's right, I'm here to try something a little bit different this week and talk about

five albums that shaped me as a musician, as a person.

These are, I guess you could say, five of my favorite albums. They're also just... as a

person, these are I guess you could say five of my favorite albums. They're also just five albums that were very musically important to me

and that I thought I would share with all of you.

There is another reason for this episode and that is the special announcement I'm making today

and that's that I'm launching a Patreon to support future episodes of strong songs.

So this episode is a bit of a one two punch or let's call it a one two high five. This is a pitch from me to all of you to

consider supporting the show on Patreon and then also you know something extra

because I didn't want to just make a sales pitch I wanted to include something extra and hey it seems like a good

excuse to make a bonus episode. So let's get the Patreon stuff out of the way up front

Patreon if you haven't heard of it is sort of a service that lets you pledge money to

support independent shows like strong songs or you know

YouTube channels illustrators photographers that kind of thing there's a bunch of really cool

stuff happening on Patreon and I've been thinking about doing one for a little while for this show

finally decided a couple weeks ago and I've been thinking about doing one for a little while for this show, finally decided a couple

weeks ago and I've been sort of figuring out how I want to do it, and now I'm finally doing it.

So you can find my page at patreon.com slash strong songs, and it's an ongoing thing where you can pledge a certain

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