New yr, new themes!
In the present day we’re speaking solos, however… it’s not what you assume. There received’t be some high-flying Yngwie Malmsteen terror chicken, and we efficiently keep away from all our deepest temptations to get swept up by considered one of Charlie Parker brass hurricanes. No, we’re asking what precisely it’s that makes a sure solo memorable?
In different phrases, how can an awesome, distinctive, inventive, and doubtlessly “incorrect” solo assist outline and elevate the track it lives in?
And to assist reply such a query, we’ve enlisted the providers of the right visitor, Mr. Kirk Hamilton. Kirk is a author, musician, and the host of considered one of our all-time favourite podcasts, Sturdy Songs. Sturdy Songs delivers extremely produced, in-depth explorations of what makes particular songs tick like clockwork — and we couldn’t be happier that he accepted our problem.
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For those who’re having fun with this episode, and also you’d wish to be taught extra about among the musical matters we touched on, go forward and go to Soundfly’s free companion course for songwriting prompts and extra sources. From scale modes to melody-writing and even audio manufacturing ideas and methods, we’ve curated some additional sources for listeners who need to go the additional inventive mile and put stuff from the episode into motion.
And don’t overlook to take a look at Kirk Hamilton’s Sturdy Songs podcast.
Episode 11 Highlights
1. What was happening within the Violent Femmes when “Gone Daddy Gone” was written?
Mahea: “I did perform a little studying on simply what they have been like at this level of their profession, which like, is the very early a part of it. And it does sound prefer it was sort of mayhem, like they have been figuring issues out, they weren’t supervised to the extent the most likely wanted to be. So there was sort of a component of chaos, perhaps not as managed because it may have been. And I feel that comes by within the music in a means which may appear a bit of irresponsible on some stage however may additionally be chargeable for their success.”
2. How Clare Torry ended up on “The Nice Gig within the Sky”
Kirk: “This can be a bananas solo. So the story behind that is they introduced Clare Tory into the studio, they usually have been like: ‘Hey, we’ve received this one kind of jam. It’s like a G minor to C7 factor. It’s simply two chords over and again and again. They’re simply rocking out. We wish you to simply sing one thing over it.’ And so she does a few takes. She had been like sort of singing phrases, however they have been like: ‘We don’t need phrases. Simply sing, you realize, vocalese kind of, scatting, no matter you need to name it. Simply sing sounds.’ She did a pair takes they usually simply minimize it collectively from these takes and made this like legendary observe.”
3. Is there a greater riff writing band than Rage?
Carter: “You talked about riff-based, that’s like a key a part of my listening to this band. I can’t consider a band like, clearly there are such a lot of rock bands with so many riffs… This band although, by way of iconic, heavy riffs that you would be able to immediately acknowledge, I don’t assume there’s a band that tops Rage on the subject of that.”
Collaborative Playlist
We’d like your assist, we wish your assist, and we will’t wait to listen to what song-defining solos got here to thoughts for you! Similar to we do each time we launch a brand new episode, we’ve created a collaborative Spotify playlist with a view to share each track talked about on this episode and discover many others that match the subject.
Be at liberty so as to add your favourite songs with unbelievable solos right here.
Be aware: Please don’t simply add your personal songs that don’t match the theme. Whereas we love listening to your music, this isn’t a playlist for self-promotions, and we’ll take away them.
We’ll see you in two weeks with a brand new theme, new friends, and a few new songs to interrupt down. You probably have any feedback, questions, or theme recommendations, drops us a line at [email protected]!
