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"Improvisation is a metaphor for doing what you can while you can, for not waiting, for making use of what you've got at a given time, which can be an awful lot or a crucial little."

-Ben Raliff Ever Song Ever

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"We think of pieces of music from a distance as blocks of time, but can we hold more than a second or two in our minds? And are we—with all music, to some extent—waiting around for some pinpointed extraordinariness to happen?"

-Ben Ratliff Every Song Ever

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This is an interview with Ben Ratliff in which he discusses why he wrote his book and what inspired him.

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

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This is an image of Ben Ratliff, the author, and the front cover of his book titled Every Song Ever.

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How Has it Changed My Listening Experience?

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How Has it Changed My Listening Experience?

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From reading Ratliff's book, I am able to listen to music with a more intentive ear.  I hear music and I notice the shift in pace or tone and I take note of it.  I listen closely for the artist's voice and see if I can hear the change in afliction or see if there was a part that was maybe imrpovised. Reading this book has actually appriciate jazz more than I did before. I feel that he puts an emphasis on jazz and describes it in such a way that it just made me want to listen to it more. Overall, I don't just listen to music, I hae noticed that I try and pick apart the piece and listen to each harmony/section. I listen to not only the vocals, I try to pick each instruments part out and focus on their rhythem. This book has made my appriciation for music much greater than it was before.

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I really liked how Ratliff incorporated musical examples and talked in depth about them. I also liked that he had a playlist of all the examples that you could listen to. However, I wish that Ratliff would have incorporated maybe a greater mix of genre's in his book. I felt that there was a lot of jazz, classical, and maybe a few contemporary songs. I feel that for this book to be more relatable for the younger crowd, putting a few more songs from different genre's could be beneficial.

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I think Ratliff's book was very informative as well a innovative. It was not all new information to me, but some of it was definietly some new ideas that I had not thought about or recognized. Ratliff looked at things in a way that I hadn't before and it was a great read, very eye opening. I have been in music, and by that I mean I was in orchestra for 7 years of my life, and he taught me new concepts I hadn't heard of before. I found it a very interesting read and I like how he incorportated musical examples, as this really helped me to fully grasp the concept he was talking about. I also enjoyed he had a playlist at the end of all his chapters, I thought this was a brilliant way to fully grasp the concept. All in all, I learned a lot from Ratliff's book and his playlists.