Understanding Artists by George https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s Endless inventory en-us 2017-10-30 02:13:46 UTC 2025-10-29 04:04:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Endless inventory georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201575143 Ratliff in chapter 10 of his book "Every Song Ever" makes a point of understanding the musical artist. Ratliff claims that to fully understand the artist the listener should be well acquainted with not only every piece of music the artist has written but everything they've ever done. He begins the chapter with the example of Mariah Carey and her life as a musical artist. Ratliff's brief synopsis of Carey's life is used to describe how a lot of  people fixate on one artist and collect their work in an attempt to try and understand the artist, this is what he describes as endless inventory. Though the example of Carey was brief its used to transition to more examples like with his friend and Mozart or his cousin and Frank Zappa; which not only would've included The Grateful Dead but Zappa's solo work as well. Ratliff goes into more detail with the story of his cousin and The Grateful Dead than he did with Mozart or Mariah Carey.]]> 2017-10-30 02:21:19 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201575143 Mariah Carey georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201590762 Early in her career (1990s)]]> 2017-10-30 03:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201590762 Mariah Carey georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201591012 Now (2017)]]> 2017-10-30 04:01:20 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201591012 "we want to try to know everything there is to know about what can't be completely known." georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201591105 by Ben Ratliff (Every song ever ch.10, p.114)]]> 2017-10-30 04:02:18 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201591105 Recent Mariah Carey song georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201591383 2017]]> 2017-10-30 04:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201591383 Early Mariah Carey song georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201591503 1993]]> 2017-10-30 04:05:25 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201591503 "The point, for Fela and for you, is not to define oneself briefly within the music and get out. The point is breathe and stay put. georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201592105 by Ben Ratliff (Every song ever ch.10, p.123)]]> 2017-10-30 04:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/78n0livcf81s/wish/201592105