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It's okay. You won't even get an opportunity to hear the best music. All that stuff is distributed by hand to DJs you've never heard of, who play it once at par

It's okay. You won't even get an opportunity to hear the best music. All that stuff is distributed by hand to DJs you've never heard of, who play it once at parties you'll never attend, and then put it into their collection never to be heard again by anyone.

injidup 3y ago
The idea that there is "best music" is nonsense. There is music you like and there is music you don't like. Good or bad is subjective. I know composers who will wax lyrical on the genius of some piece and to me it sounds like two tortured cats in a sack but give me some great Cuban rhythms I can dance to and those same composers will look at me like I'm daft. We agree to disagree. The concept of "best", "new" and "original" is a teenage thrall to marketing. I assure that there is enough depth on Spotify to satisfy any taste but if it's only important to you to virtue signal then good luck with that.
- whstl 3y ago
  I think you're both agreeing here. Bitwize's answer was sarcastic, and definitely not aimed at you. People really like to romanticize those things.
  - bitwize 3y ago
    Yeah, there was literally a Hackernews a few years ago who pretty much said what I said, but unironically: that there was music out there better than you've ever heard, but you'll never hear it because it's only released in print runs as few as one copy, and that copy is owned by a DJ who will never let it be heard again, and that this was by design because a wide listening audience would spoil the goodness of this impeccable music. I can't be arsed to find this comment just now, but I remember reading it. See also: Prince's Vault (from which I believe his estate is now compiling material to be released).
    - Projectiboga 3y ago
      Here is another example of exclusives from the old soundclash culture. A dubplate is an acetate disc usually of 10 inches diameter, traditionally used by studios to test recordings prior to mastering for the subsequent pressing of a vinyl record, but pioneered by reggae sound systems as a way to play exclusive music. They would later become an important facet of the jungle/drum and bass, UK garage, grime and dubstep music scenes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubplate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubplate
    - dpflan 3y ago
      But this phenomenon is real among music purists. There is not irony in the real act of exclusively guarding the sharing of music that is known to put the listener into the state of mind of musical enjoyment unlike anything one has heard before. I would argue that is the a main point of music, and replaying the same sounds at every concert can work but what if the audience had no idea what to really expect? Their minds cannot predict and hence the stimulus hits different. But again, some minds may not want that.
stubish 3y ago
Wannabes. 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' still is the future of music. Won't even be played at parties until 2103.
rufus_foreman 3y ago
"The best band will never get signed The Kay-Sette’s starring Butcher’s Blind So good you won’t ever know They never even played a show Can’t hear ‘em on the radio"
vvvvvvvvvvvvv 3y ago
This is hyperbolic but there is a sliver of truth there; "the best" music is not necessarily on exclusive dubplates, but if you don't put in any effort to discover new music you may simply never encounter the vast ocean of incredible art that exists outside of the mainstream. It's totally fine if someone doesn't want to do that (they probably don't care about music that much) but anyone who does so will be well-rewarded. There is nothing necessarily wrong with being incurious, but it's not an interesting or impressive position to hold.

injidup 3y ago

The idea that there is "best music" is nonsense. There is music you like and there is music you don't like. Good or bad is subjective. I know composers who will wax lyrical on the genius of some piece and to me it sounds like two tortured cats in a sack but give me some great Cuban rhythms I can dance to and those same composers will look at me like I'm daft. We agree to disagree. The concept of "best", "new" and "original" is a teenage thrall to marketing. I assure that there is enough depth on Spotify to satisfy any taste but if it's only important to you to virtue signal then good luck with that.

whstl 3y ago
I think you're both agreeing here. Bitwize's answer was sarcastic, and definitely not aimed at you. People really like to romanticize those things.
- bitwize 3y ago
  Yeah, there was literally a Hackernews a few years ago who pretty much said what I said, but unironically: that there was music out there better than you've ever heard, but you'll never hear it because it's only released in print runs as few as one copy, and that copy is owned by a DJ who will never let it be heard again, and that this was by design because a wide listening audience would spoil the goodness of this impeccable music. I can't be arsed to find this comment just now, but I remember reading it. See also: Prince's Vault (from which I believe his estate is now compiling material to be released).
  - Projectiboga 3y ago
    Here is another example of exclusives from the old soundclash culture. A dubplate is an acetate disc usually of 10 inches diameter, traditionally used by studios to test recordings prior to mastering for the subsequent pressing of a vinyl record, but pioneered by reggae sound systems as a way to play exclusive music. They would later become an important facet of the jungle/drum and bass, UK garage, grime and dubstep music scenes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubplate https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubplate
  - dpflan 3y ago
    But this phenomenon is real among music purists. There is not irony in the real act of exclusively guarding the sharing of music that is known to put the listener into the state of mind of musical enjoyment unlike anything one has heard before. I would argue that is the a main point of music, and replaying the same sounds at every concert can work but what if the audience had no idea what to really expect? Their minds cannot predict and hence the stimulus hits different. But again, some minds may not want that.

stubish 3y ago

Wannabes. 'Once Upon a Time in Shaolin' still is the future of music. Won't even be played at parties until 2103.

rufus_foreman 3y ago

"The best band will never get signed The Kay-Sette’s starring Butcher’s Blind So good you won’t ever know They never even played a show Can’t hear ‘em on the radio"

vvvvvvvvvvvvv 3y ago

This is hyperbolic but there is a sliver of truth there; "the best" music is not necessarily on exclusive dubplates, but if you don't put in any effort to discover new music you may simply never encounter the vast ocean of incredible art that exists outside of the mainstream. It's totally fine if someone doesn't want to do that (they probably don't care about music that much) but anyone who does so will be well-rewarded. There is nothing necessarily wrong with being incurious, but it's not an interesting or impressive position to hold.