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Like how Blair Jackson uses colored ink to represent different influential time periods of the Grateful Dead, often in pop music and artist's discography can represent different "eras" due to music videos, costumes, and an overall aesthetic of the album itself.

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"It's different in spirit from the other kinds of listening discussed in this book: a vertical sensibility, following a single line through time, instead of horizontal, finding common points of reference across style and history.... You are listening to hear life lived. You are listening to hear aging."

-Ben Ratliff p. 112

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Ratliff uses an interesting observation that when we continue to listen to a particular artist over the entirety of their work, we listen for the long-term changes. For me this tends to follow the progression of a musician both as an artist and as a person, or how they evolve over the course of their life. There’s an interesting aspect of camaraderie between artists and their listeners or fans because there’s this type of reliance from both parties, where an artist usually hopes to please their fans because they like the work the artist has produced thus far while also maintaining that aura of mystery that keeps fans intrigued and amazed. Ratliff touches on an interesting subject when he talks about the dichotomy between producing music from an artist, Ratliff uses Mariah Carey as an example, with a sound so unique it almost acts as an artist’s trademark, and attempting to record or encapsulate that essence on cue so that listeners will have that sense of longevity through music. In today’s pop music, specifically Lady Gaga for example, an artist’s discography can be pinpointed to a particular “era” that their album is from. This is similar to how Blair Jackson color-codes the different “eras” of the Grateful Dead, but now with music videos and improved technology, an artist’s album or era can be referenced in regards to the its aesthetic rather than by dates or band members.

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"It is listening in the long view, with a basic understanding that the band's music only significantly changes when the body gives out; otherwise that music only represents one long discourse, all of it intrinsically valuable."

-Ben Ratliff p.115-116

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Beyoncé is another pop musician with an extremely devoted fanbase, or Beyhive, that follow her through varying albums or eras.

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Beatles fans were and are notorious for their die-hard devotion to the band, which explains Ratliff's last point that an artist's works aren't just a song or an album, but a relationship between musician and listener.

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Using Lady Gaga as an example, due to her prominence in pop music, you can hear the differences in sound between her songs of different albums. This reflects how an artist can keep the listeners, or fans, engaged with an artist throughout their career.

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