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Eminem is a artist that has expressed all his thoughts and emotions throughout all of his albums. Each album he releases has many messages within his lyrics that speak on his life, society, or any other topic or emotion he feels like speaking about. As a fan, I am able to connect with Eminem because I feel as if he has opened up to me because of how open he is about his own self in his music. This relationship is evident throughout all of his music which allows for a inventory of music to be created. Eminem has opened up about his drug addictions, his kids, his relationship with his mother and wife, his road to recovery from drug addiction, etc. The way that Eminem allows his audience into his life builds a strong relationship and it also makes his music endless. Every time someone listens to his music, they are engaged and thinking deeper about what he is saying.

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Eminem - Mockingbird [Official Music Video]

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Ratliff explains how Phish's music was complex and filled with meaning. He writes about a song named "Possum" and how every time it was played live, there was a difference in its meaning. In order to truly know the band, the audience should replay as many live recordings of that song. Phish builds a relationship with his audience by the complexity of his music. The music is so unique and so meaningful that the only way to fully understand is by listening to it over and over again. This causes audiences to want more and to listen closely to Phish's

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Phish | 12.04.09 | Possum | Madison Square Garden - New York, NY

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"We listen for clues to how musicians think about their work in the large sense. Even the casual listeners among us can be pretty good at reading the signs of how much control they cede to other people."
-Ben Ratliff "Every Song Ever"

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I agree with Ratliff's explanation of a endless inventory. A artist that builds a story throughout their career through their music has a special connection with their audience which causes them to want more. I believe that a true artist tries to connect with their audience. If an artist can create a connection with their audience, the audience will want to hear more and will want to go back and listen to older tracks to further understand the song.

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"But why do we build collections? Perhaps we want to turn a musicians work into a living thing. We want to make it something to live around, rather than have it live around us. We want to corporealize it, give it a body and perhaps a soul. We want to have a relationship with it, as we would with a friend; or we want to codify it into a tradition or belief. And at that point, when it is fully grasped and known, the work can be internalized for ever as an open question, a principle for living. Or it can be forgotten."
-Ben Ratliff "Every Song Ever"

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Endless Inventory is the concept of a relationship between an artist and the listener. It basically is the artist ability to express him or her self through their music. The music that is being produced has deeper meanings and interpretations. This causes the audience to want to hear more and re listen to older songs to try to see if they missed anything important in the song. This relationship is built over time and is essentially endless as long as the artist continues to produce music. In his book "Every Song Ever", Ben Ratliff explains how "we want to have a relationship with it (the music we listen to)". This allows us to become fully immersed with the music and it leaves us wanting more. By expressing themselves or a message in their music, an artist builds an inventory of music that listeners are able to listen to endless amounts of times and still be engaged with it every single time.