IESS Music · Y7 · The Label
Session 3 · v.36 · Back Catalogue Nº 2
Blues + Speed + Attitude
Today's call sheet
BY THE END you can spot the blues DNA, 12 bars, blue notes, backbeat, inside rock songs.
1977 · NASA · leaving the solar system
One gold record. Bach is on it. Beethoven is on it. And ONE rock song.
If aliens ever meet us, rock'n'roll is in the handshake.
1964 · a rainy train platform
A gospel queen in church shoes, playing a distorted electric guitar. Before Elvis was famous.
Chess Records · Chicago
The duckwalk. Songs about cars and school. Written for a brand-new species: the teenager.
The formula
rock'n'roll = blues + speed + attitude
Water. Move. Back on the 2 and 4.
You are the detectives
Elvis · Beatles · AC/DC · this week's charts. It is hiding in ALL of them.
60 seconds. Full commitment. Dignity optional. Then sit.
The engine of rock
Then the class riff: one bar, three tempos. Feel the moment blues tips into rock.
How we got here
the fields → the church → Chess Records → the world
Showcase
Rock tempo. You choose where the loud goes. Phones rolling. Term archive.
Debrief
Where did you hear the DNA today?
Next session · v.37
1973. An apartment block in the Bronx. A back-to-school party. Entry: 25 cents.