MUSIC 2II3 Lecture Notes - Cholly Atkins, Hitsville U.S.A., The Funk Brothers
Document Summary
Development connected to the civil rights movement and the development of african-american identity. Black music culture takes a break from the british invasion. Previously had operated on the individual star, the band is not something that is common in the history of black music. Peak years of british invasion, black artists are absent from the pop charts. Black music culture undergoes change from r&b to soul music (funk). Soul music was highly political in a subtle/important way. Rejection of blues as the sound of the past, rural south, slavery. Felt by many in the black community that r&b no longer held resonance that it once held. Was a reminder of a time that a lot of african americans wanted to put behind them. Meant looking at a culture that was becoming more sophisticated and more urbane , more forward thinking/progressive. New sound was r&b embracing elements of tpa. 1)vocal style from gospel very demonstrative, intense, vocal ornamentation, distortion.
