Hi there, my names Brett Smith I'm 17 and have recently DJ'd at Rugby, Wellingborogh & the Lel.
i feel that duffy and amy are no influence to the scene at all. there style of music is completely different to the soul music that is played at soul do's. if you were to play duffy - mercy then say jump to Nicole Willis and the soul investigators - If this aint love ( may not be the best example but i like the track ) they would be able to hear the simalarity between the two. but how can you go from this style of music to a very 60's track e.g ( Jimmy robins - I can't please you or Bobby Bland - shoes) (Again may not be the best example but i like them). i have tried with alot of my mates throughout school and college and all of them can never get into the mood to listen to more or look into the scene itself after i've played a track off my phone or ipod. i feel the way to get the younger generation of people onto the scene is by merely playing a mixture of different types of soul from the 60's through to the modern 70's & 80's. they can relate to the much newer stuff and this will lead them into a different direction. if they like a certain track or a certain band of the music e.g 60's or modern, then this is a start but how can the original "soulies" get the younger generation into this style of music? that is the question. I was lucky, I was played all types of the northern soul music from a very early age by my parents, and now i have come to the age that i have my own collection and i can drive to certain venues and appreciate the rariety of the music.
A quick add about the duffy - mercy track...she did add on radio 1 during her interview that the dancers she had in the back-ground of her music video where not fans of the soul music, neither did they know how to dance to the type of music before they where introduced to "soul music" itself. (this is according to the radio interview)
