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Author: Ben Ratliff Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 1429953594 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
What is music in the age of the cloud? Today, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time. It is possible to flit instantly across genres and generations, from 1980s Detroit techno to 1890s Viennese neo-romanticism. This new age of listening brings with it astonishing new possibilities--as well as dangers. In Every Song Ever, the veteran New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff reimagines the very idea of music appreciation for our times. In the age of the cloud, the genre of the recording and the intention of the composer matter less and less. Instead, we can savor our own listening experience more directly, taking stock of qualities like repetition, speed, density, or loudness. The result is a new mode of listening that can lead to unexpected connections. When we listen for slowness, we may detect surprising affinities between the drone metal of Sunn O))), the mixtape manipulations of DJ Screw, and the final works of Shostakovich. And if we listen for more elusive qualities like closeness, we might notice how the tight harmonies of bluegrass vocals illuminate the virtuosic synchrony of John Coltrane's quartet. Encompassing the sounds of five continents and several centuries, Ratliff's book is a definitive field guide to our musical habitat, and a foundation for the new aesthetics our age demands.
Author: Ben Ratliff Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN: 1429953594 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
What is music in the age of the cloud? Today, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time. It is possible to flit instantly across genres and generations, from 1980s Detroit techno to 1890s Viennese neo-romanticism. This new age of listening brings with it astonishing new possibilities--as well as dangers. In Every Song Ever, the veteran New York Times music critic Ben Ratliff reimagines the very idea of music appreciation for our times. In the age of the cloud, the genre of the recording and the intention of the composer matter less and less. Instead, we can savor our own listening experience more directly, taking stock of qualities like repetition, speed, density, or loudness. The result is a new mode of listening that can lead to unexpected connections. When we listen for slowness, we may detect surprising affinities between the drone metal of Sunn O))), the mixtape manipulations of DJ Screw, and the final works of Shostakovich. And if we listen for more elusive qualities like closeness, we might notice how the tight harmonies of bluegrass vocals illuminate the virtuosic synchrony of John Coltrane's quartet. Encompassing the sounds of five continents and several centuries, Ratliff's book is a definitive field guide to our musical habitat, and a foundation for the new aesthetics our age demands.
Author: Ben Ratliff Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 0374277907 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 273
Book Description
What is music in the age of the cloud? Today, we can listen to nearly anything, at any time. It is possible to flit instantly across genres and generations, from 1980s Detroit techno to 1890s Viennese neo-romanticism. This new age of listening brings with it astonishing new possibilities--as well as dangers. --Publisher.
Author: One Direction Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation ISBN: 1495037401 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 14
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(Piano Vocal). This sheet music features an arrangement for piano and voice with guitar chord frames, with the melody presented in the right hand of the piano part as well as in the vocal line.
Author: Shortcut Edition Publisher: Shortcut Edition ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 19
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* Our summary is short, simple and pragmatic. It allows you to have the essential ideas of a big book in less than 30 minutes. By reading this summary, you will discover a new approach to music, the different ways of listening to it and musical examples in the digital and instantaneous age. You will also learn : the different harmonic repetitions within a musical piece, from yesterday to today; how the surrounding space can be captured within a piece of music; what background music is and the importance of silence; how to listen to standards in the 2010's and the willingness of musicians to merge with music. With YouTube and the Cloud, it is now possible for us to have access to a multitude of music, from here and elsewhere. This digital musical richness also has its drawbacks: we often don't know what we are listening to. We have a general idea of it, at most, and stay on the surface. Spotify's algorithms, for example, propose a playlist based on nationality, age, etc., without trying to make the listener discover a real diversity. Yet there are many different artists, including Björk, Beyoncé, Arvo Pärt, The Beatles and John Coltrane. Although at first glance they have nothing in common, they can be brought together, not by assigning labels or using a specific vocabulary from the history of music, but by linking their music to each other, to you and to life. *Buy now the summary of this book for the modest price of a cup of coffee!
Author: Dave Barry Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing ISBN: 9780740706004 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 116
Book Description
How "MacArthur Park" goes, so I sang it, giving it my best shot, and Rob laughed so hard that when I got to the part about leaving the cake out in the rain, and it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again, Rob was on the floor."
Author: JJ Heller Publisher: WaterBrook ISBN: 0593193253 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 41
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This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.
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