Inspiration

Just thought I'd make a last minute post about my inspiration for my composition.
Enjoy!

Bobby Bland - Ain't No Love In the Heart of the City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVwJGyUbkow&feature=fvsr

Al Green - Let's Stay Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COiIC3A0ROM

Detroit Spinners - It's A Shame
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5VaRSEvq8U

Albert King - Born Under A Bad Sign (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKY8KIt9kqc


The first track is sung by a blues singer called Bobby Bland. Relatively unknown in the UK, all he is known for is his pair of concerts with blues guitarist B.B. King.
The second track is much more popular, due in no small part to it featuring in Pulp Fiction. It is ranked the 60th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The third track is an archetypal motown single, which served to make the genre much more popular.
The last track is a blues standard sung by blues guitarist Albert King. It has become one of the seminal versions.

Here I have listed every genre that influenced my composition choices. I hoped to represent each of these genres - Soul, Rhythm and Blues, Motown and Blues - in my track. Had I had more time in the studio I would have wanted to replace the MIDI instruments with their live counterparts.