Krukowski says, “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.” means that larger companies have a power to decide whether a sound is socially accepted thus having a higher or lower value. This creates a social construct between these companies and the music producer on how their music should sound. Krukowski then asks, “But might it not be a key to alternate approaches-to art, to society-to power itself? This shows that the social construct can prevent a music from being produced, thus hindering an artist from creating different forms of art / expressing themselves, because it did not meet the criteria. 

In order for digital corporations to keep the user engaged, they allow the user to discover similar music and sound that seems familiar to them. This attracts the user and allows them to explore the product and use it more often. When a corporation surprises a user, the user might not like the product, thus lessening the use of the product since they don’t get the experience they were looking for. The product might not also spark an interest to the user when surprise compared to when they are given products they are familiar and comfortable with.

The music listening experience enabled by forced exposure is different from those that Paul Lamere is working on with platforms like Spotify because in force exposure it allows different artists/music to be discovered. Force exposure distributes music from all over the world while platforms like Spotify have classified music that catered recommendations to the user. In this way, users only discover similar artists and music based on their algorithm.

1. There’s something powerful in re-cooperating what power rejects because it feels like something sacred. There is the uncertainty in finding value & meaning; “finding treasure in another man’s trash.” Meaning that may have never been found.
2. Specific preferences and social agendas vs. what other, less powerful people find meaning is how music indicates differences between the powerful and the marginalized.
3. Surprised is coming to find something you might have never given the chance to feel actually turning out to be something you may come to enjoy. Discovering is more feeding an existing preference or “sounds like something [you’ve] heard before.”
4. Forced Exposure allows you to find novel cross-breeds of stimuli that one may come to appreciate. Spotify is more algorithmic in supplying a certain pattern of music a user tends to already come to like on a concurring basis. We can not get out of our sensational comfort zones if it’s never left or explored.

When Kruwoski says, “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.” Hes trying to tell us that as the days pass by things change in the world an there are advancements made in alot if things such as music and technology. Like back in the day in order to get music you would have to go get cds at stores and music wasnt available like it is today online. Today music is available on apple music, spotify, and youtube because back then this luxury wasnt available.

The big difference that Krukowski affirms between being surprised by the music is like listening to songs that we have not heard before. When we listen to a song for the first time we often are surprised at what we are hearing. Since we have never heard it before we feel out of place cause we arent acustomed to listening to that. And then when we are discovering music we know what we are getting ourselves into so we arent that shocked or surprised by what we hear.

Forced Exposures is different from other platforms because it helps you explore different music and artists. It provides you with different songs to choose from. However on a app like spotify there is an algorithm put into place that gives you and recommends you songs that you like or are similar to songs you have listened to.

Krukowski explains there are always things evolving such as music and ways of discovering new music. He explains how music nowadays is all based on what’s popular and what’s not which prevents us from exploring new sounds because of new technology. Big corporations such as Spotify decipher what’s popular which not only affects people from discovering new underground sounds but also restricts us to new sound,ideas,views.etc.

Krukowski believed discovering music is to expand your knowledge of music, unlike being “surprised” prevents people from doing so by only showing us information we’re already familiar with. For example Spotify’s discovery feature gives people a chance to not always listen to what they’re used to but something with a new similar sound.

Forced exposure plays music not only related to what you listen to but all types of different music unlike Spotify Paul creates a “discover” feature which also helps people explore new music but only based on their playlist which doesn’t help people expand their knowledge of music as much as Forced Exposure does.

At the beginning of the episode, Kruwoski says, “the marginal, the rejected, the repressed is what the powerful have decided is of no use at that time.” What Kruwoski wants to tell us by this question is that things in the world change as time passes. For example, music is currently digitized, and we can get it simply by clicking on the different applications. We already have music closer to homes like on phones, computers, and smart TVs. It is no longer necessary to go to a store to buy a CD to listen to music. However, Kruwoski also highlights that we forget other ways of interacting with music with these technological advances. Music indicates the difference between the powerful and the outcast in many ways. An example of this is that mainstream artists are given better opportunities, but lesser-known artists are denied opportunities to prosper.

The difference that Krukowski affirms between being surprised by the music is like listening to songs that we have not heard before. However, they can be songs that are good or even better than expected. However, when we discover music, it may be different than what we are used to hearing. These experiences give us different types of sensations. They can be feelings of satisfaction or pleasure. User experiences are of great importance for music platforms, as they can provide relative answers about the music that users are looking for.

Forced Exposures is different from other platforms because they create different experiences to identify users. Forced Exposure provides us with additional songs and artists that users can choose from. However, Spotify uses algorithms based on the music we have searched for. These algorithms create a list of music based on what we might like by giving us a more comprehensive range of unknown music.

Many may think that when Krukowski says “The marginal, the rejected, the repressed, is what the powerful have decided that it is not useful at this time” He was not referring to the antiques that are not available anywhere, which in themselves are art. But I must say that before mentioning this, Krukowski gave us an explanation of a phrase by a revolutionary person, giving us an understanding that old things have great value. He wants to get at the fact that with the marginalized, society can have different perspectives, tastes and ideas.

The powerful are what everyone appreciates. On the other hand, the marginalized are what only a few detail-oriented people appreciate. According to Krukowski, being “surprised” is not helpful. For social platforms, it would be chaos, and for auditory platforms, it could be as bad as it is good. But “discovering” offline, Krukowski says, would be as calm and easy as going to a bookstore. For him, this is important because the difference is that when you go to a physical space, you enter another world. On the other hand, when you enter a web browser, there is no one else. There is only you and the algorithm. Your level of learning is limited because you only find the answers to your questions.

The big difference in music listening between the ones enabled by Forced Exposure and the ones that Paul Lamere works on with platforms like Spotify is that Forced Exposure discovers music from around the world and allows you to explore beyond your expectations. But on platforms like Spotify, what happens is that it works with an algorithm that recommends songs similar to the ones you like (basically, it’s predictable), limiting your right to explore and discover beyond the world of music.

• At the beginning of this episode, Krukowski asserts, “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.” What does he mean by this statement? He goes on to ask, “But might it [the marginal-the rejected-the repressed] not be a key to alternate approaches-to art, to society-to power itself?” (“Marginalized” is an adjective that describes a person, group, or concept that is treated as insignificant or peripheral.)
• What is he trying to get at with this question? How does music indicate the differences between the powerful and the marginalized?
• What distinctions does Krukowski draw between being “surprised” by music and “discovering” music? What are the differences between these experiences and according to Krukowski, why are they important?
• How are the music listening experiences enabled by Forced Exposure different from those that Paul Lamere is working on with platforms like Spotify?