Cal Newport makes a great point about artists and creative people being on social media.
If our work is on social media, we leave the chance of “being discovered” to a grey box. An algorithm.
But the “old way” of finding and discovering things on the Internet was through blogs and directories.
Posts and link dumps curated by real humans. DJs on live radio stations. Writers that reviewed music in magazines.
It was slower, sure, but I don’t think we need any more “36 new songs released today” posts, do we?
I think it’s time to get back to directories again. DIY style. Curated links to resources to duplicate tapes, make zines, and lists of art galleries by city and state.