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.

When Kruwoski says, “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.”, he states that society has control over the components exposed in the world and chooses what they do with it. Apart from citizens, corporations and programs are in charge of making it popular, disliking it, or updating it due to lack of appreciation or old quality. Kruwoski also describes that there is something powerful in recovering what power has rejected which refers to society. This idea shows the community has two types of people, the ones who go with the flow and are part of what the majority are into at the moment and the ones interested in the shadows. These people are open to maintaining different expectations and accept a variety of tastes.

Kruwoski comments that being surprised by music happens when you find tunes similar to your past experiences with music. This procedure occurs through digital corporations that can predict future likings due to recent history. Still, at the same time, it prevents you from having new and original experiences. Oppositely, discovering music is the process of having contact with new horizons where you can explore freely with no idea of what conforms to it.

The music experiences from Forced Exposure are songs extracted globally and give many users a chance to create new expectations in music and expand their music taste. Music organizations like Spotify only offer you themes related to your taste in music and stay inside your music bubble due to a computer programmer controlling the app.

In living with music, Ralph Ellison describes how music affected his experience living in a New York City building by illustrating how the noise his apartment would have was such a regular and frequent thing in his life. Still, at the same time, it influenced him to become part of the music world because sounds provoke emotions that lead to inspiration even though at first he found it annoying.

The sentence “In those days, it was to live with music or die with noise ….” means the world revolves around noises, and it’s up to the person whether they want to take it and appreciate it or neglect it.

The comparison between Ellison’s essay and Episode 2 by Damon Krukowski’s supported the idea of different ways to avoid disturbing sounds. As technology advances, we come up with new ways to ignore them and stay in our bubble.

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.

1-In “living with music”, Ralph Ellison describes how hearing and listening was such a routine thing in his life and how this affected him in his apartment in New York. The noise was so annoying that he didn’t allow her to think clearly.
Ralph Ellison said that when he was little, he sang terribly and that the voice of his neighbor reminded him of that moment in his childhood. However, the music made him doubt since he couldn’t complain to the police.

2-In the first sentence, “In those days, it was to live with music or die with noise …”, that before music was to enjoy it and above all to relax. However, nowadays the music is very annoying as it is very noisy.

3-Damon and Ellison believe that there were different alternatives to block out annoying sounds. However, both stated that people are in their own space. Above all, they claimed that technology had come to create a more significant distraction. Today, we prefer to wear our headphones to avoid the noise around us.

In”Living with the Music” Ellison describes the different sounds you hear in a NYC apartment and how these sounds impacted him.Ellison also believed sound makes us, almost a part of us. He also believed“Art thou troubled, Music will Calm Thee..” implying sound evokes emotion whether people recognize it or not. Ellison goes on describing his German Jazz player neighbor & how it would  distract him from doing things such as writing but besides the fact he was annoyed it eventually inspired Ellison to start playing again.

I feel Ellison was implying that there is always constant sound. In that case either enjoy it, perceive it, appreciate it or “die” just taking it as an annoyance.

Damon and Ellison both believed there were infinite alternatives to block sound.They both believed people were in their own “bubble” and technology was a form of distraction. For example, listening to music blocks yourself from reality and prevents you from listening to your surroundings.

• 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?

The act of listening is the physiological ability to perceive sound from the surroundings by receiving vibrations through the ears, the ability to receive sounds does not require of concentration because it develops at a Subconscious level. However, listening, on the other hand, is the psychological skill that depends on consciousness to analyze and interpret the sounds you hear. The mindful decisions we make require understanding before making the decision, the influence of what we hear, see, and believe on affects the thought of deciding. Listening is therefore not just a matter of using the ears but also the eyes,  gestures,  and expressions. David Kurkowski and Murray Schafer recognize that there is a relationship between space and sounds since music plays an important role in space because according to David, sound is increasingly dependent on technology, this means that as technology evolves the kind of sounds also evolve. But Murray on the other hand says that sounds depend more on the culture aspect of feelings.