>you're singing or playing. That implies soul music is either
>universal, or that only soul musicians believe what they're
>expressing.
>


no soul is about making the audience believe that you believe what you are singing or playing,

and yes soul is universal all great music has soul (don't confuse soul music a genre with music that has some soul).

you can play soul music and not have soul and there are plenty of non soul musicians with soul.


>To me, true soul is the ability to use the pentatonic
>scale(s), blues scale, blue notes, and other Black American
>musical phraseology in a really good, pleasing way. Of course
>that involves a good knowledge of the rhythms of Black
>melodies and vocal riffing. I think Whitney has all of that
>down.

again thats soul music you can do all that perfectly and not have soul, soul is an intangible so i can't describe it but i know soul when i feel it and whitney had plenty of soul, thats what set her apart