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bryanrasmussentoday at 2:39 PM1 replyview on HN

The problem with this article is there are more than one way to be a DJ

>This is a product issue. Spotify DJ is essentially “shuffle with some voice interludes”. There’s probably some non-AI code in there to explicitly prevent it from playing an album end to end.

And I would argue that is one of the stupidest ways.

https://medium.com/luminasticity/the-complete-playlist-e8eb3...

The Complete Playlist argues for shuffling and serendipity for achieving accidental surprise and delight and clever juxtapositions, something that if you had an actually competent DJ could be guided and not left to chance.

A competent DJ makes musical arguments in relation to an aural environment in the same way a competent Philosopher may make intellectual arguments in relation to an environment of ideas.


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gzreadtoday at 4:55 PM

I can tell you're a philosopher, because I do not think of DJ music as an "argument"