The Detroit Sound & The Motown Sound

[robb_k]

Brad, that's a loaded question, and everyone here is talking about the performances and production, but none of them have mentioned the obvious: the technical side of it.

And at least one poster above [[I, myself) DID mention the technical side:

The Motown sound and The Detroit Sound are made up of a combination of elements including:

1) Vision of the label's executives [[[[Berry Gordy wanting his recordings to sound great in auto speakers),

2) Acoustics in particular studios and related sound engineers' way of doing things

3) Particular arrangers used

5) staff songwriters styles

4) session musicians used

There are differences in sound from United Sound, to The Snakepit to Golden World [[Studio 2)