https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev It's your choice and ear to listen en-us 2017-11-27 03:49:20 UTC 2017-11-27 04:22:26 UTC hello@padlet.com matthewmoreno3 https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210250048 Ratliff gives us an interesting and very well written out chapter. Linking and Exclusivity are two very important elements that I hadn't really taken to mind until reading the chapter. To Ratliff Linking is the ability to 'link' the music together almost like telling a story and allowing it to piece itself to where it's a good one. As for Exclusivity, Ratliff notices that people tend to 'exclusively' choose a type in which a certain song is performed. This exclusivity can be artist, culture octave, style, etc.  ]]> 2017-11-27 03:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210250048 matthewmoreno3 https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210250835 "The great linking works seem to be telling you something about the process of living." 
         -Ben Ratliff]]> 2017-11-27 03:58:14 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210250835 matthewmoreno3 https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210250861 "All music is powered by its search for a membership" 
-Ben Ratliff ]]> 2017-11-27 03:58:33 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210250861 matthewmoreno3 https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210251502 I completely agree with both statements that Ratliff puts out in the chapter. Music is like a story that people want to hear. But the necessary building blocks need to be there so that the story is executed flawlessly. Well flawlessly to some and to others they beg to differ. That's where exclusivity comes in. There are times when I like to listen to a certain song over another and vice versa, or even a song with a different artist performing it. Never before have I noticed that I have been using both so blindly. Thanks to this chapter I've been able to realize this. ]]> 2017-11-27 04:05:26 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210251502 matthewmoreno3 https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210252029 In Chapter 18 Ratliff uses the song "Spiritual" by Donald Lawrence. I see that linking that he describes in the chapter. It seems that the majority of the song comes from the choir. They repeat the word spiritual but it doesn't sound repetitive. I'm not bored in the slightest and it helps build up, when the song gets louder and louder. It gives off that story telling of someone trying to be better when they are so low. The fact that gospel singers are involved gives off that feeling of wanting to better one self. ]]> 2017-11-27 04:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210252029 matthewmoreno3 https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210252817 My example has no lyrics, and is from a movie. A piece that Joe Hisaishi wrote for the movie Howl's Moving Castle, called "The Merry Go Round of Life." This piece of art builds off of one another and like the Ratliff example, shows moments of repetition that builds rather than repeats. An exclusive piece that I can not listen to in any other way. This song gives me that story of having peace and adventure waiting for me in the future of life. Truly a beautiful peace that I will listen to and try to learn how to play in my spare time. ]]> 2017-11-27 04:16:54 UTC https://padlet.com/matthewmoreno3/ki7xpzmd8nev/wish/210252817