MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Ahmet Ertegun, Berry Gordy
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Sample songs before class: michael jackson i want you back . James brown mother popcorn : cee lo green fuck you . Folk music connects to civil rights, protesting vietnam, socially conscious music. Soul music connects to civil rights in different ways. Arnold shaw: soul is black, not blue, sass anger and rage. It is not just a feeling but conviction. A force as well as a style, an accolade as well as identification. It is an expressive explosiveness, ignited by a people"s discovery of self pride, power and potential for growth. Motown soul from detroit, southern soul recording shows from alabama, stack soul in memphis. Berry gordy black himself, likes jazz, wanted to make commercial pop music. Berry gordy jr. started motown, like sun records, a recording studio, a independent record label. Assembly line production: songwriter, producer, session musicians (house band, play on all records), singer, session musicians gives motown the characteristic sound giving the funk brothers .
