The Sound Soul (pg.1-20)

Summary
The Sound of Soul by Phyl Garland is just not the definition of music that people created just for fun but it is the music that comes from the inner emotion of oneself. From artist such like James Brown and Mahalia Jackson all the way to Duke Ellington have gave another meaning to music and another way that people would enjoy it. By the end of 1968 soul music was starting ti form in a way that gained much popularity from many cultures around. During that time the top twelve artist like Aretha Franklin and Otis Reading worked their music to the top in order to have a place in the music industry. But in order for many of these artist to be known as "known" they had to struggle. For many of them they gave up a lot such as family, education, and working to become as famous as they are now. Not only but the one word Soul was taken on as a connotation of linking those rebels who find some reviling way from music. Soul was very fond of the sound of music but also food. In the African American community soul food was known for the way the food is prepared and the entertainment that goes around the gathering.

Quote
.."In the process it examines some of the ethnic forces that have gone into the making of this music, by recreating some of the color and feeling of that special society-within-a-society that gives birth to it and by presenting the attitudes of the musicians toward their music and the world in which they have had to live"(Garland 2).

Reaction
While reading this book i began to think that i would be less interested in the idea of Soul music. I don't know why i would be less interested because my entire life spam i have been surrounded by soul music. As i began to read the novel i became very interested in the idea that many of the artist that I've listen to are actually featured in the history of where soul music originated form. As i read the book i want to know more about why soul music is the way it is and different from other genre of music.