Repetition and Length by Dylan Johnson https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3 Based on information found in Ben Ratliff's book. en-us 2017-10-08 16:30:53 UTC 2025-10-03 22:37:09 UTC hello@padlet.com JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195015651 Ben Ratliff's argument on repetition and length is that repetition is a "smart Psychological operation" that makes you focus on "all that is non-repetitive." This argument is true because the brain is trained to focus on patterns, repetition, and all that doesn't fall into those two categories. While it is a true argument, it is also a strong argument because it is based off of scientific knowledge which supports this fact. Ben Ratliff uses a few songs (all of which I couldn't force myself to listen to) to attempt to make his point. Eventually, those songs became so annoyingly repetitive that I couldn't bear to listen to them much longer. His argument did stand true, though. I was focusing on those things that were not repetitive, so I must agree with his argument. He also states that a long song is healthy as well, but I don’t know if I agree with that statement. If you take a long and repetitive song, and over play it, it will go down as the worst song to ever exist.
 

]]> 2017-10-08 16:32:36 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195015651 Kesha's "We R who we R" JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195016367 In this song, the chorus is repeated, but also certain syllables are: "har-ar-ar-ar-ard". This is an example of what he is talking about. ]]> 2017-10-08 16:39:02 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195016367 JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195016644 2017-10-08 16:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195016644 Sam Hunt's Body Like a Back Road JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195016759 In this song, the chorus is repeated "Body like a back road..."]]> 2017-10-08 16:41:57 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195016759 JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195016874 2017-10-08 16:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195016874 This is Sam Hunt JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195017036 Credit: Google Images ]]> 2017-10-08 16:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195017036 This is Kesha in "We R Who We R" JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195017217 Credit: Google Images]]> 2017-10-08 16:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195017217 JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195017888 "Within the songwriting community, there are these unwritten rules for the way that a song should be written in country music, and I think that those rules are constantly being broken over the years, and the molds change and the process is evolving."
--Sam Hunt]]> 2017-10-08 16:52:17 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195017888 JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195018060 "Glitter is my makeup of choice"
--Kesha]]> 2017-10-08 16:53:46 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195018060 Quotes from the reading... JohnsonDylan98 https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195018556 "Repetition is a smart psychological operation-a way to make you focus on all that is in fact non-repetitive. (page 14)"
"Making Records is pushing against a clock that is ticking counterclockwise (page 15)" ]]> 2017-10-08 16:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/JohnsonDylan98/rr15vl3bj6a3/wish/195018556