Re:If nothing is curated, how do we find things
by ta12653421 on Saturday May 17, 2025 @04:38PM
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i like how you frame "shared cultural experience" which was mainly scarcity and lack of access due to less distribution channels as nowadays :-)
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Re:If nothing is curated, how do we find things
by jedberg on Saturday May 17, 2025 @04:58PM
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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.
Re:If nothing is curated, how do we find things
by defrost on Sunday May 18, 2025 @03:17AM
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> 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.