BRAND NEW SINGLE! AVAILABLE NOW!!

This project isn’t just music—it’s mission. We’ve partnered with The Rescue Mission of the Mahoning Valley, where SounDoctrine has stood shoulder-to-shoulder for over 20 years. With this release, 80% of every donation will go directly to the Mission, putting food on tables and hope in hearts.

Check out the link (live now, official on Oct. 10th): 👉 https://rescuemissionmv.org/onelifesong/

We’re also thrilled to welcome Youngstown Blue Coats, another powerhouse Northeast Ohio organization, to amplify this movement. And with Lisa’s roots in Youngstown and her reach in Ft. Wayne, shelters and kitchens across regions are joining the cause.

“Sista Soul Sister” featuring powerhouse vocalist Lisa McDavid is a methodical mashup of the 70's Soul Anthems reminiscent of the Staple Singers, Jean Knight and Betty Wright which inspires, empowers and champions the resilience of Sisterhood!

This End of the Summer Jam is Safe for the Entire Family to Vibe To! Even Grandma's Gonna Get Up to Get Down!

Cover Photo Credit Unsplash: Oladimeji Odunsi

This magnetic, yet eerie R&B Ballad is all about a breakup that has to happen. The story is told from the woman’s perspective.

This split hasn’t happened yet, but the lady has resolve.

Interestingly, the brother won’t see it coming, but his inability to understand is the very reason she must leave.

“(It’s A) Shame” features poignant lyrics written & sung by Gail Harris with haunting music composed by Robert E. Christian, Jr.

Producer Jere B takes these original vocals, recorded 32 years ago into a cassette recorder and re-imagines the entire arrangement, adding Clifford Barnes’ contemplative piano to the mix to create a thought provoking, challenging, yet inspirational anthem for relationships which have come to the end of the road.

Cover Photo: Unsplash.com/David Hofmann

Throughout the Summer of 24, SounDoctrine is going Waaaay Back into the archives!

33 Years to be exact – a pre-SounDoctrine era when Jere B, Bub C, Phil The Beat, Drew and the late, great Gary Jones were trying to set the earth on fire with our unique blend of Soul, Funk, R&B and Hip Hop. We called the noise we made CHOCOLATE PULSE and began enlisting some of the most fabulous gifts Youngstown,Ohio had to offer during those years.

In the Spring of 1991, Bub C write this masterpiece and turned the soulful, fiery Tracee Prisby onto the tune, who along with George “Spanky” Chavis, Roosevelt Griffin and April (Lampley) Stevens, sung their hearts out!

One thing lead to several and unfortunately, Chocolate Pulse folded, without having released any of our adventurous music into the major markets. Overtime the compulsion to resurrect these songs became an overwhelming obsession. The Time is Now!

Using All of the Original Vocal Tracks (which had been recorded into a Tascam 688, 8 Track Cassette and sung into with a Shure SM-57 and even a Radio Shack 33-128 [YUP!]), we rebuilt new music around the tracks was able to hearken back to that place where Funk & Soul reigned! Grown Folk Music!