What is a soul? It’s like electricity – we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light a room.

What is a soul? It’s like electricity – we don’t really know what it is, but it’s a force that can light a room.
RAY CHARLES
When we talk about the elusive topic of soul, there are so many permutations to consider. In its most rudimentary sense, it reflects the expectation that there is an inner being within all living things…the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life.
However, once it begins to reflect a quality of music, soul is a strong positive feeling (as of intense sensitivity and emotional fervor) conveyed especially by African American performers.
We might define it by pointing out the absence when we say, “that music ain’t got no soul.“
To Ray’s point above, it is almost undefinable with words. Soul is something you feel. It is something that resonates deep within on levels that are not entirely tangible. But you most certainly know it when you are in the presence of it.
Some believe that this single life experience we are living is the sum total of our consciousness. Others believe in cyclical repetition of life experiences, each with continuous lessons that give our soul an opportunity to grow and improve.
It would stand to reason that if music is the universal language, it would be most capable of resonating with our soul. It’s vibrational interaction with our being most likely causes a harmonic vibration that is beautifully in tune with one another, causing each to intertwine with exquisite delight.
He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. Happy Sunday!
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