When R&B emerged as a genre, it drew HEAVILY (almost primarily) from the church and gospel music. Think about Aretha, the Queen of Soul… she was able to become the force she was because of the influence the church had on her.
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Bottom line is that it’s less about being unchurched and the church just being different now. That’s all. Where the church was a breeding ground and the ultimate influence for “secular” talent, it’s now being influenced by that same secular talent. They’ve switched places.
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Ehhhh... but there are also some fundamentals about singing that singing in a choir/on a praise team will teach you. Singing church music (whether it’s James Cleveland or Israel Houghton) is really sink or swim as far as vocal technique.
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And I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. The way a SZA or a Frank Ocean sings: a) would NEVER fly on a praise team, but b) is better for the kinds of melodies they write than a gospel vocal would be. Could you imagine Jennifer Hudson’s version of The Weekend, lol?
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and that’s because of the influence that it draws from. Listen to the background vocals of a lot of newer albums… it’s less of that big choir sound because the churches don’t necessarily have that sound anymore. The choirs sound different.
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I was confused what you meant at first bc a lot of churches are still doing, Kurt Carr or Donald Lawrence or Anthony Brown, but that’s true, a lot of recordings have those post-Family Kirk Franklin background vocals in 2 part, female-only harmony. Def less demanding vocally.
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