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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