Comment by ta12653421
Comment by ta12653421 a day ago
i like how you frame "shared cultural experience" which was mainly scarcity and lack of access due to less distribution channels as nowadays :-)
Comment by ta12653421 a day ago
i like how you frame "shared cultural experience" which was mainly scarcity and lack of access due to less distribution channels as nowadays :-)
> but the next thing I ask is "how do you find new music".
> expert curation. Someone who spends their whole life studying these things
For a long time I followed the Peel sessions (1967 - 2004) which was BBC DJ / Commonwealth new music and industry audience sized level of shared curation experience.
That was richer in information and breadth and more niche an experience than the larger broader scale appeal of the UK's Top of the Pops, Australia's Countdown, the USofA's later MTV curated new music offerings.
Curated or not, now or in the 1960's, 70's, later there is and has always been a sizable amount of industry capture and strong influence in bringing artist's to audiences / markets.
This is completely true. But there is something to be said for expert curation. Someone who spends their whole life studying these things so I don't have to.