TY - BOOK AU - Ratliff,Ben TI - Every song ever: twenty ways to listen to music now SN - 1846146860 AV - ML3838 .R29 2017 U1 - 781.17 23 PY - 2017/// CY - [London] UK PB - Penguin Books KW - Music appreciation KW - Music KW - Psychological aspects N1 - "First published in the United States of America by Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2016"--Title page verso; "First published in Great Britain by Allen Lane 2016"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes discography; Introduction -- Let me concentrate!: Repetition -- Past present future: Slowness -- Draft me!: Speed -- What if we both should want more?: Transmission -- We don't need no music: Quiet/Silence/Intimacy -- Church bell tone: Stubbornness and the single note -- Elevation: Virtuosity -- Blue rules: Sadness -- Getting clear: Audio space -- Purple, green, turquoise: Endless inventory -- I forgot more than you'll ever know: Wasteful authority -- Granite and fog: Density -- As it first looks: Improvisation -- Eyeball to eyeball: Closeness -- Just a little bit: Loudness -- R.S.V.P.: Discrepancy -- I still believe I hear: Memory and historical truth -- On the waves: Linking -- Mi Gente: Community ad exclusivity -- Slowly fading out of sight: The perfect moment N2 - "For the first time ever, we have all the music in the world to choose from. As Ben Ratliff, one of America's celebrated music critics, shows us, it's time to listen in a new way too. Opening our ears to unexpected connections, new experiences and little-known delights, this book will change the way you appreciate music forever."--Back cover ER -