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INTO THE
CHURCH

Session 2 · v.35 · Back Catalogue Nº 1
Blues → Gospel → Soul

Today's call sheet

5-25Blues recap sprint + A/B listening · Listen / Do
25-30⚡ Break 1 · water, move
30-52Call-and-response lab · Play / Sing
52-57⚡ Break 2 · gospel sway · Move
57-75The voice: Aretha & Sam Cooke · Watch / Listen
75-84Showcase: full take, recorded · Play / Sing
84-90Debrief & booking · Talk

BY THE END you can hear the line from blues to gospel to soul, and perform call-and-response with the room.

1920s · Chicago

GEORGIA
TOM Saturday night · club blues
THOMAS A.
DORSEY Sunday morning · father of gospel

Same 12 bars. Same blue notes. New address.

You know this. Show me.

1The 12-bar form
2Call-and-response
3Blue notes

the crossroads · strings from pig guts · Lucille and the fire

A/B listening

SAME DNA.

WHAT CHANGED?

A · Saturday night → B · Sunday morning

BREAK

Water. Move. Back on the two claps.

The oldest conversation, standing up

I CALL.
YOU ANSWER.

1234

Clap on 2 and 4. That's the backbeat. It stays with us for weeks.

RESET

Gospel sway, two sides of the room. Then sit. Ears rest before the voices.

The greatest instrument

Aretha Franklin · Amazing Grace, 1972
Sam Cooke · A Change Is Gonna Come

One syllable. How many notes?

So what is soul?

soul = gospel technique + secular words + the times

Showcase

FULL TAKE.

Phones rolling. Studio silence. This goes in the term archive.

Debrief

TWO STARS
AND A WISH.

What can you do now that you couldn't at minute 0?

Next session · v.36

A queen with an electric guitar
in 1940s church shoes.

BRING ATTITUDE.