Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
“You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time.” by Angela Davis
Remind me Often and AI
Pop music is a promise that you aren’t listening alone
The A&R person is the first person to make contact with the band, and as such is the first person to promise them the moon. Who better to promise them the moon than an idealistic young turk who expects to be calling the shots in a few years, and who has had no previous experience with a big record company. Hell, he’s as naive as the band he’s... See more
The Problem with Music
As we grow accustomed to the convenience of shuffling a generated playlist, we forget that discovering music is an active exercise.
Tiffany Ng • How to break free of Spotify’s algorithm
Good Song Club
goodsong.club
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Serious-minded persons, for example, are continually condemning the habit of going to the cinema, and telling us that it leads the young into crime.
Bertrand Russell • In Praise of Idleness
From 1932 - see television - rap - video games,…
Aesthetically sophisticate individuals are likely to become cosmopolitan — i.e. they understand their culture of origin as arbitrary and become open-minded towards alternatives. Individuals with fewer aesthetic experiences are likely to remain provincial : They believe that only their culture of origin is correct, which closes their minds to other... See more
Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (2)
[UNEDITED] Whoa, Vol. 2: Conversations on AI × Creativity
youtube.comTools and Things I Want to Revisit
Woah 2 Conversations