https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz Made with a heart that's realized the end is near en-us 2017-11-27 19:25:38 UTC 2017-12-01 02:40:35 UTC hello@padlet.com hannatali4 https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210612785 I really enjoyed his book. Ratliff is a phenomenal writer, and very good at transporting you into the music with his words. I enjoyed the diverse music that he chose for his playlists. I agreed with most of his elements, and he is quite good at describing them as well. Altogether, I liked his book and I enjoyed doing assignments based on it. ]]> 2017-11-27 19:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210612785 hannatali4 https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210614220 My favorite elements were The Single Note and Repetition. The single note in music examples is so piercing, sometimes annoying, but mostly just brings your interest to it. I understood that element the most, and liked how he described it to be a form of resistance, rebelling against conventions of making music a pleasurable experience all the time for the listener. And I also enjoyed repetition mostly for the musical examples that I was reminded I love so much. Repetition to some may scream unoriginality, but to me it says "This is what I want you to remember. This is what is important, and I want to get it through your head."]]> 2017-11-27 19:28:22 UTC https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210614220 hannatali4 https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210616798 I had trouble with some elements, like Endless Inventory. It was hard for me to get a physical grasp on that element. Sometimes I can't connect his examples to what he is trying to say, because the element is so abstract. ]]> 2017-11-27 19:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210616798 hannatali4 https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210617184 I used to be convinced that professional music opinions was only for professional listeners and musicians, and I had no part in that world. If I couldn't use fancy words to describe why I like a song, then I didn't understand its true meaning. I now understand that everyone is a professional listener, and we are always subtly judging every music piece we come across. I analyze all of the music I like a lot closer, and can also now accept that the songs that others find annoying can still be valid and a good music taste, because it is mine and its what I like to listen to. My music taste is valid, and interesting, and just as complex as the next person's.  ]]> 2017-11-27 19:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210617184 hannatali4 https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210930744 The perfect moment in a song, or a book, or a day can't be explained in tangible feelings. But when it hits you- you take in a breath a little bit deeper and smile and realize the implications of the perfect- that it has to end. But those moments are the ones to live for. Music brings us closer to perfection, and the deeper we listen the more transcendent we become.]]> 2017-11-28 14:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210930744 hannatali4 https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210942091 I tried to pick music that's perfect to me. It always makes me stop, or look around me in a deeper appreciation of the world I live in.]]> 2017-11-28 15:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210942091 hannatali4 https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210943645 This song makes me nostalgic. It reminds me of late nights in the car with my family, the smell of my grandma's house, and warm hugs. And yes, I did cry while typing this. ]]> 2017-11-28 15:14:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/210943645 hannatali4 https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/212133811 Ratliff, Ben. "Slowly Fading out of Sight: The Perfect Moment" Every Song Ever: Twenty ways to listen in an age of music plenty. Picador, 2017. p. 205]]> 2017-12-01 02:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/hannatali4/anqbbmvcluoz/wish/212133811