https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c en-us 2017-11-27 01:18:20 UTC 2017-11-27 05:04:31 UTC hello@padlet.com veneziaguzman https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210234892 Ratliff, Ben. Every Song Ever: Twenty Ways to Listen in an Age of Musical Plenty. New York: Picador, 2017. EPUB. 1 Aug. 2017. Web. 4 Oct. 2017. ]]> 2017-11-27 01:49:05 UTC https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210234892 veneziaguzman https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210243559 "It is well to think about natural processes when we think about music, because music is one of them. Most of us have very little opportunity in our lives to study the formation of crystals, but we may see a fair amount of fire, tide water, feathers, and birds’ nests. We know that those things are not simple, sequential, repetitive patterns. And so we recognize implicitly the ways in which certain pieces of music show supreme organization, but seem a result of form cumulatively developed outward from the center, to extend the crystal metaphor—or from the beginning of a piece, since music moves linearly through time. I think about music like this as linking music. Rather than settling within its prescribed parameters, it seems to move inexorably forward and outward, unfolding and enfolding, according to the logic that suits it best." (Ratliff 142)]]> 2017-11-27 03:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210243559 veneziaguzman https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210244956 2017-11-27 03:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210244956 veneziaguzman https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210245584 This quote from Troy Collins review on All About Jazz.com states that, "For the uninitiated, Zooid is named after "a cell capable of independent motion within a living organism." Threadgill has adapted this concept into a systematic series of rules to govern collective improvisation. Each musician is assigned a separate range of intervals, which facilitates melodic, harmonic and rhythmic independence from the core group, while contributing to the music's overall communal structure. The cumulative effect is a contrapuntal latticework of polyphonic harmonies, kaleidoscopic textures and modulating cross-rhythms." which perfectly sums up what the creators were trying to accomplish. ]]> 2017-11-27 03:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210245584 veneziaguzman https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210248233 Collins, Troy. “Henry Threadgill: Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Spp.” All About Jazz, 18 July 2012, www.allaboutjazz.com/tomorrow-sunny-the-revelry-spp-henry-threadgill-pi-recordings-review-by-troy-collins.php.]]> 2017-11-27 03:35:14 UTC https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210248233 veneziaguzman https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210249743 I get what he's saying about linking, but his examples don't really solidify it for me. He uses a lot of older works and some really artistic jazz in his play-list making it practically unaccessible to a younger audience. Which is pretty funny when you think about how that itself ties into the whole exclusivity thing. Anyways as he said, this link from beginning to end has existed as a fundamental part of nature, making the jump to music understandable. ]]> 2017-11-27 03:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210249743 veneziaguzman https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210253397 2017-11-27 04:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210253397 veneziaguzman https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210253548 The song starts out quiet with only a few bells but slowly swells with more instruments being added. The strumming follows a pattern at times, but quickly abandons it to move onto the next rhythm. It grows in intensity at each shift until returning to its slower pacing and fading out near the end similar to the opening in the beginning. Although it has its differences, the separate components link nicely creating a serene harmony that returns back to its roots at the end. ]]> 2017-11-27 04:23:59 UTC https://padlet.com/veneziaguzman/835ol9b67e8c/wish/210253548