Month: September 2024

THE ALGORITHIM IS NEVER SATISFIED

As usual, Seth Godin sums it up in ‘Feeding the algorithm.”

“If you’re posting on social media or any platform with an algorithm, the real question is: do you work for the algorithm or are you committed to working for the people who want to go where you hope to take them?”

I love this; “are you committed to working for the people who want to go where you hope to take them?”

I’m off social media because I don’t want an algorithm shoving garbage into my eyeballs every minute. Sure, there’s sometimes a sliver of good stuff, but I’m no longer interested in sifting through garbage. Not for anything.

Some people are afraid to leave social media. Literally fearful. It’s the FOMO, not being up to date, missing what friend’s are doing.

I do quite well not knowing what my friends are eating for breakfast, thank you.

THE BAR IS LOW

Listeners have unlimited options. They have probably 25 albums they could recite word for word and another 10 they put on for a good cry or workout.

Expanding on your “NEW SONG, CHECK OUT IT” messaging is the very least you can do.

BETTER AMATEURS

I’ve heard the song a million times, but hearing guitarist Joe Gore talk about it just gives it so much depth. Like, I can’t even imagine standing in the same room with Tom Waits, let alone making music with the man, and hearing Joe talk like that – even with all his knowledge and skill – it’s just so heavy.

Love the concept of turning the artists into amateurs… using “inferior” equipment, no time to really come up with parts, everything in two takes, and Tom needs to be done by 5 so he can be home with his kids. Man. This is a great interview.

WORKING MEN’S CLUB, VIELS, OM UNIT & JAMES BANGURA

Three artists I found via Bandcamp’s ‘Selling Right Now’ scroller. Please enjoy.

DIG MORE

We talk a lot about not letting algorithms and AI take creative jobs – yet somehow we let robots curate “best of” lists and become tastemakers of music and media and art.

We subscribe to cool / smart / interesting people, right?

Then go to their Substack profile and dig through their subscriptions.

Dig around and find some blogs, click on the links in their posts – discover something new, fresh, and interesting from an actual human instead of a computer.