Andrew McCluskey
@andrewmcc
Creator / Contributor at musicto
Andrew McCluskey
andrewmccluskey.com
From Laura Hilliger: https://pixelfed.social/p/laurahilliger/695376386265047957
“Smart” suggestions don’t hit like a friend’s rec or the music blogs of years past.
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A trend describes a convention in the process of taking on new adherents.
What is Culture? Part Six: Defining cultural phenomena
we are seeing a trend towards playlists being made by three or more people. We are also projecting a trend towards collections and collectives
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Philosophy - Outside
good one to think about
In needing to maximize hedonic value for as many people as possible, a healthy cultural ecosystem must produce artworks of both relatively simple and complex stimuli. Complex stimuli preferred by experienced and educated individuals are alienating to less experienced and educated individuals, and simple stimuli are not entertaining to more... See more
Culture is an Ecosystem: A Manifesto Towards a New Cultural Criticism (2)
this speaks to the levle of complexity in track selection but perhaps more to the complexity of the contextual exchange - cmpare go with spirit to a single sentence summary with no description - significant difference level of complexity and input required
Remind me Often and music
remind me often