https://padlet.com/saadjshahab/a04ldvlkap13 What I took away from this book. en-us 2017-12-04 03:49:27 UTC 2025-10-26 16:34:33 UTC hello@padlet.com saadjshahab https://padlet.com/saadjshahab/a04ldvlkap13/wish/212701416 This book has really informed me about a different musical concepts and gave me insight into how somebody that is a music critic sees, hears, and analyzes music. As somebody that is just a cursory listener of music, I was unacquainted with the many nuances in listening to music and the many concepts that Ratliff's book has gone into great detail to describe. This book is really good for increasing a musical layman's knowledge and explaining the various musical techniques utilized and applied by music artists. My favorite aspect about this book was Ratliff going into detail about the concept of musical transmission and how various energies are transmitted through music and how that transports the listener to another reality. The most problematic part of this book was understanding some of the abstract concepts that went over my heads such as "me gente" and "linking", some of the language used in the book is a bit complex for a layperson that isn't well acquainted with the concepts of music and the perspectives Ratliff uses to derive his information from. "Every song ever" has really influenced the way I listen to music as I am now equipped with at least a rudimentary understanding of the different musical concepts Ratliff examined in this book. Prior to this class and reading Ratliff's book I had very little knowledge in the technical aspects of music listening and producing as a layperson I just listened to music passively and didn't care too much about how the music was made, what tools were used, and my experience of listening to the music colored how I understood the music and subsequently influencing my taste in music.]]> 2017-12-04 03:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/saadjshahab/a04ldvlkap13/wish/212701416 saadjshahab https://padlet.com/saadjshahab/a04ldvlkap13/wish/212712358 2017-12-04 05:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/saadjshahab/a04ldvlkap13/wish/212712358 saadjshahab https://padlet.com/saadjshahab/a04ldvlkap13/wish/212713102 2017-12-04 05:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/saadjshahab/a04ldvlkap13/wish/212713102