Meta Critique

This whole process has made me actually appreciate the process of the eclectic method, and the process of formal criticism itself, to an incredible degree.  Throughout the writing of this blog, I've begun to see Mr. Tambourine Man in a more full and 3 dimensional light, and I can now play the song much better than I did formerly; I think that formulating the performance guide might have helped my own performance as well.  

However, there are a few problems with the constraints of the eclectic analysis, at least from my point of view, and that is although Ferrara takes careful steps to minimize any coming together of different forms of analysis, at least in the first steps, sometimes this is ineffective for a full and in-depth analysis.  In my case, Mr. Tambourine man is a pretty flat song, structurally and musically, in that its just one theme with slight variations repeated over and over again until the full message of the lyrics play themselves out; the structure exists for the lyrics to shine through.  Due to this fact, the sound-in-time portion would be much more effective if done simultaneously with the textual representation, and combining these two elements would garner a much more full and honest interpretation of the song as it moves.  This, while I tried to do somewhat, is not conducive under the present airtight format.  Also, 

I think that virtual feeling is very subjective arena for thought, and although it's an interesting step I questions its validity when put beside all of the others.