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http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780374277901 Most discussions of music in the digital age have focused on open access and the ethics of downloading. Ratliff, a New York Times jazz and pop critic for nearly twenty years, and the author of The Jazz Ear, Coltrane, and Jazz: A Critic's Guide to the 100 Most Important Recordings, looks instead at the sheer wealth of music available today, and considers how this unprecedented diversity changes how we listen.

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Ben Ratliff: "Every Song Ever" | Talks at Google

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" It can contain everything of value about the piece of music in one note or chord, or a very short sequence of time. " Ratliff, Every Song Ever, pg. 228

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In this week's Padlet we will be reviewing Ratliff's book as a whole. In its entirety this was a extremely helpful resource. The depth it goes into on certain musical elements really helped me gain an understanding of ideas I hadn't been introduced to before. What I particularly liked was for every element presented there were always a multitude of examples connected with the idea. Another aspect I enjoyed, connecting on to the last, was the variety and diversity of the examples presented. Ratliff did a great job finding these elements across all genres of music. Another aspect of the book I found exemplary was its ability to be understood by the common reader. I didn't need to be a graduate student in music to follow along or understand the concepts of what was being discussed. One part I found to be problematic was the generic structure of the book. Though on average everything was explained well, some elements were a little more complex and I felt could use more explanation. The book as helped me listen to music as more of a complex and collective functioning piece rather than just a song.

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"...an unplanned or perhaps only semiplanned occurrence in which the music suddenly embodies its own meaning." Ratliff, Every Song Ever, pg. 228