Ratliff word inventer by Hayden Cepak

hwcepak — 2017-12-04 05:41:54 UTC

-Ben Ratliff

hwcepak — 2017-12-11 12:20:04 UTC

“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? Not”

-Ben Ratliff

hwcepak — 2017-12-11 12:21:03 UTC

“Speed in music is like a sweater on a dog: mostly for show.”

hwcepak — 2017-12-11 12:22:31 UTC

hwcepak — 2017-12-11 12:27:02 UTC

hwcepak — 2017-12-11 12:28:23 UTC

Before I start speaking on Ben Ratliff's Every Song Ever let me first say I have enjoyed this class very much. I learned a lot from Dr. Prince's lectures, the TA's, and the discussions. The Padlets were tons of fun and they forced me to think creatively and intellectually about music. I learned how to truly analyze each sound and "appreciate music" (). With me being honest about my opinion and review of the class I will now give my honest review of Ratliff's book.
I disliked it. His ideas and his understanding/explanation of music are great. You can tell he understands music and he is passionate about how it is made, but he is not explaining anything that I did not already recognize. He also cannot explain anything without inventing a word. We have billions of words I know there is something you could find that explains your point and actually exists. I feel that if I tried I could write a better book than his. Especially, after all I learned from being in class.