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-band members of “The Funk Brothers” were mostly self-taught
- Film: Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Progression of Mo Town sound which started I the style of Tin Pan Alley (love songs and non
confrontational i.e more explicit content, such as Martin Geye’s “What’s Going on” and The
Temptation’s “Cloud Nine”)
-lots of soul music produced in the 1960’s (power, blues)
Motown Philles Stax
Owners/Driving Berry Gordy Phil Spector and Lester Still Jim Stewart and his siter
Forces (PHIL + LESter = Philles) Estelle Axton
(STewart+AXton = Stax)
Signature Quite dense – a big house Very dense - Spector’s Relatively transparent
texture band which included trademark was the “Wall of
piano, organ, drums, Sound;” to achieve - Standard rock quartet
guitars, percussion, vibes, orchestral sound he would (guitar, drums, bass, piano,
and a small horn section)
horns, strings typically use a large band
with multiples of instruments - Some backing singers per
- Many backing singers (e.g. two pianos)
per recording recording
- many backing singers per
recording
Production - highly arranged to - highly arranged to - sparsely arranged to
style accommodate so many accommodate so many accommodate a “jam” or
musical parts musical parts very improvised feel
Known as Hitsville USA n/a Soulsville USA
Known for - “Girl Groups” in the early - “Girl Groups” in the early - recording a variety of
days (e.g. The Supremes days (e.g. The Ronettes and players and genres (race,
and The Marvelettes); The Crystals) hillbilly, jazz)
provided etiquette and
wardrobe lessons to the -using “inhouse” writers and “off the street,” thus
young women, to help achieving a consistent achieving an interesting
sound hybridity of feet
them appeal to a broad
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