Connecting through music by George https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3 Closeness en-us 2017-11-13 05:16:39 UTC 2025-12-12 17:41:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Closeness georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206097480 In the text of Ratliff's book "Every Song Ever", he describes this notion of closeness as something not visual but something the musicians feel. He compares it to the phrase "entrainment" and how these two musicians essentially become oscillating bodies with one another. this notion of closeness describes the feeling two musicians get when they connect with each other through music, when they can harmonize with each other and know the other persons next move. in the very beginning of the chapter Ratliff uses examples such as Earl Phillips, who has worked with such notable artists such as Jimmy Reed and Howlin' Wolf and the musical chemistry he is able to have with artists where he turns those gaps where the singer doesn't sing into a beautiful wholesome sounding part od the piece. Another example he uses are The Beatles to describe that there can be more than just two people, the Beatles being the group that sold the idea of musical closeness with four minds.]]> 2017-11-13 05:18:52 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206097480 Musical Example georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206098517 Ratliff throws "she loves you" as a musical example of the Beatles selling the notion of closeness between four minds.]]> 2017-11-13 05:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206098517 Musical Example georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206098579 an example of closeness can be observed between Ricky Nelson and his guitarist James Burton.]]> 2017-11-13 05:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206098579 Example #1 of closeness georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206098859 I was surprised that Ratliff didn't go into Simon & Garfunkel, who, though their personalities clashed, their musical connection was undoubtedly there. ]]> 2017-11-13 05:33:16 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206098859 Example #2 of closeness georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206099276 Ratliff describes the closeness between the members of the group and this can be observed in their song "Dark Star".]]> 2017-11-13 05:37:47 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206099276 "According to his own stories, from Mexicans singing in the california labor camps where he and his Texan family worked..." georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206099520 - Ratliff (p. 164) 
Describing where singer buck owens got his closeness. ]]> 2017-11-13 05:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206099520 "Coltrane-and-Jones units dont happen very often. They do miraculous things; they can also pull bands apart, or ensure power struggles." georgem_71896 https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206099690 - Ratliff (p. 166)
Describing the power that closeness has in music.]]> 2017-11-13 05:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/georgem_71896/7ybillllgmq3/wish/206099690