The music to memory connection

Where were you the first time you heard a soul song? Was it Aretha Franklin? Otis Redding? Sam Cooke? Curtis Mayfield? What about it struck you? Maybe it was the silky smooth vocals belting with an exuberance and power you were experiencing for the first time. Or maybe it was the way the simple acoustic guitars laid the rhythmic foundation those vocals bounced off of. Or perhaps it was that piano melody - THAT MELODY - that you still waking up humming sometimes.

It's wild how connected memory is to music. What's even more moving is how you can tap into that sense of nostalgia to create something inspired by those memories. Or create something entirely new in a completely different genre while privately paying homage to those songs with a soul melody - processed into something else entirely. Start with guitars and layer over synths. If inspiration is what you seek, go deep.