HOLDING ON TO MY FAITH: PERFORMING BELIEF IN CONTEMPORARY BLACK GOSPEL MUSIC “LIVE” RECORDING

PRODUCTION

Markerriez Hill

Keypoints

• *African American gospel music

• *Concept of Live Recordings

• *Audience Involvement

African American Gospel Music

• pure, strong worship• audience oriented in live performance • some of the music went on to become

melodies for R&B soul music

Concept of live recording

• to capture the sound of worship and create an environment such as church, or any other place of worship

• sources within the reading emphasized practicing seriously as if you are always praising God, instead of going through the motions. This is very important because of the live recording

• live sound recording differs from any other genre of music

Audience Involvement

• unplanned actions are key to the recordings

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