https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1 en-us 2017-12-04 05:22:36 UTC 2017-12-04 06:28:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Brightnessdown.png stephanierutherford https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212711493 Ben Ratliff's book, "Every Song Ever", has been a great way for me to interact with music in ways that I never have before. Throughout reading the book, we are challenged to evaluate different ideas and musical elements within music and how they are used to interact with an audience or listener. Ratliff provides many different musical examples and interpretations in order to try and help us understand these many different concepts and to encourage us as readers to explore these ideas in our own ways through our own music. In doing this, we learn the many ways that it applies to how we listen to and interpret music. Ratliff's examples in the book are used to help us better understand his own interpretations of the concepts he is trying to convey. Readers are able to use these examples to apply the concept of transmission to our own ideas and our own musical favorites. Being able to relate this to our own lives gives us an even further understanding into what exactly we are reading about. As we read, we are challenged to ask ourselves many questions regarding each element's importance and the reasoning behind it all. Ratliff does an excellent job of expressing these ideas to his readers while he leaves it all open for perception and interpretation.]]> 2017-12-04 05:27:34 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212711493 stephanierutherford https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212714405 One thing I really liked about Ratliff's book is that in every chapter he has a 'playlist' of songs that pertain to the element at hand. He uses these as talking points to convey the ideas he wants the audience to think about while they are reading. I feel that this is a different, but successful approach to grabbing an audience's attention, as well as getting a point across. This is also a great technique that he uses to help the reader follow along and try to fully understand what is being told. It was an excellent way to keep readers engaged!]]> 2017-12-04 06:00:51 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212714405 stephanierutherford https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212716475 I feel as though Ratliff organized his book very well in order for his readers to follow along easily and stay engaged in the topics. I don't really think there were many problems to be pointed out that made the book unsatisfying to read. He is a great author and really knows how to get his point across.]]> 2017-12-04 06:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212716475 stephanierutherford https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212716833 Ratliff discusses his book and explains how he perceives his writing and what his aim was when he wrote the book. He talks about what he truly wanted to convey and how he did it. ]]> 2017-12-04 06:24:12 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212716833 stephanierutherford https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212717040 Ratliff's book really helped me to understand many different concepts of music that I never really thought of before. Now, as I listen to music on my own, I can sometimes find myself listening and looking out for certain elements mentioned in Ratliff's book and I think about how they relate to how the music makes me feel. The book has impacted me in a positive way.]]> 2017-12-04 06:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/stephanierutherford/3saczbqbtlz1/wish/212717040