According to the “power” episode Damon Krukowski concede that “marginal, rejected-the repressed” because the the powerful entertainment companies are all  going digital and they are online. I support his views. He cites that in the audio, a book store, online music all those have many information where we can get that will be very powerful, but nobody can get easily. so, its doesn’t benefit for them.  in my point of view that he try to explain that how difference between record and spotify.  This development of technology, music are done by computer using algorithms. we all hear music which we like it, and  for entertainment depend on our situation and mood. similarly we recommended to other people those music. we never realized  that being marginalized. however, do we know power in marginalized  music? no matter what , there are many things in this world which we never notice  that for powerful for people. similarly, music has same power.

In the ways of hearing “MONEY” episode, Damon Krukowski illustrates revolution of music industry and their power on us. According one of his guests Jimmy Johnson, finding musicians without internet and categorizing them was a hunt back in 80’s. Not only they kept every record that released in stock, but also, he and his staff listened and wrote about them. He also mentioned that sometimes finding a musician who wrote a good song takes days, months and even years. All those challenges help companies to develop a method that give them ultimate power on their customers or followers. Thanks to internet and music apps, we don’t need to spend hours to find the right music or go through the challenges they have been through. In early 20’s with development of internet, finding songs with their writers and the right radio that we love to listen got a lot easier. However, music apps had to go through some challenges about recommendation songs to their followers. In 2005, they came up with some algorithm that finds out what type of music their followers like and let them to listen the radio that includes only their type of music. Popular apps, such as Spotify, Pandora and SoundCloud used the same method in order to give better service to their followers. It didn’t take too much time for them to find out it wasn’t a quite success. Acoustic similarities can find in two totally different type of songs. For instance, if you like to listen Michael Jackson, next singer could be Sting which is completely different type of singer or if you like heavy metal song, next song could be classical music. After that, they invented a cultural recommendation method which is used by not only music companies, but also, other websites such as google, amazon and eBay. With this method, as a follower it is hard to escape from their influence. They provide us exactly what we need, nothing else. It takes having all the new experiences we could possibly have from finding a music or writer. Giving us what we only ask, makes blind not see what we are missing. This method makes me ask myself “how can we be sure of listening our favorite radio is actually our favorite radio?”. Giving us only one option makes us lose the ability of compare with other types.

In the Power episode of Ways of Hearing, Damon states that “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.” He also asks “But might it not be a key to alternate approaches-to art, to society-to power itself?” What Damon is trying to say is that most modern entertainment industries have abandoned the old methods of distributing and listening to music. They moved to the internet and no longer rely on record stores and vinyls. Even some music genres are not as popular as they used to be. These days, companies have a lot of influence on us now that they have algorithms that keep track of what we listen to. This allows them to make recommendations in order to grab our attention. Damon describes how entering a record store felt like entering a different world because of the atmosphere they would create. The main difference here is that record stores don’t take your personal information in hopes of retaining your attention to them.

According to Damon Krukowski record stores are “The marginalized, the rejected, the repressed” because the big powerful entertainment companies are all going digital and they are all online.  Record stores and vinal music is of no benefit to them.  I think he is trying to show that the original way of listening to music is now more of an art and goes against our modern way of listening to music.  The difference between the record store and Spotify is you can learn knowledge and insight on different types of records ask questions and take someone’s personal recommendation and opinion on a certain thing whereas with Spotify you get your recommendations handed to you from a computer using an algorithm.  The difference is the powerful care more about making money and being efficient where the marginalized will take more pride in the art aspect of the music.

According to the Damon Krukowski says that “the marginal-the rejected-the repressed-is whatever the powerful have decided is of no use at the moment.” It means something that is not recognized by the public. First, he narrates the difference between the strong and the marginalized through the release of Music by Michael Jackson and Sting. Although two people have different because of the type, the way they publish is the same, people can listen to them at the same time. But in fact this social recommendation is not enough for music. Then they developed an acoustic technique to make the music sound more distinctive. They use cultural recommendations to get people to understand music in terms of what they think of music. The music is polished to great effect. He then goes on to illustrate how developers can reach out to the masses without being marginalized by describing the marketing strategies of Google, Facebook, Amazon, and apple. In addition, we are all trying not to be “the marginal” by society. But while we are adapting to the development of society, we also need to consider whether we have lost ourselves. I think those who are often ignored by us are the most real self.

In the way of hearing episode 5, Damon Krukowski illustrates how the development of the music industry has changed. Music is available everywhere nowadays but back then people used to get CDs and other related music from record shops. Apps like Spotify and Soundcloud have made it easier for people to listen to music and some suggestions that people might like. What I also think  Krukowski is trying to say is how the big companies have power over us and our interests, when they use algorithms, which collects personal data. Companies get the advantage of us by collecting these data and give us more suggestions that can be close to the kind of music we might like. After all, he pointed out how beautiful the record shops were and how they were full of information and knowledge about songs and artists. Entering it feels like entering a different world without the need of taking your personal information.

The point that I believe Damon Krukowski is trying to make with his statement in the beginning of the “Power” episode would be that those who have the power to present something to the world would be in control of what is considered to be the marginal, the repressed, and the rejected. This can relate to the differences between the powerful and marginalized in music because of how music producing companies such as pandora or Spotify can produce music based on what they feel the public would like to listen too. If the music company doesn’t think the songs are popular enough it gets put into a rejected category, whereas the more popular would be produced more frequently.

I think Krukowski was trying to hint at the idea that turning yourself more towards the marginalized (such as record stores or book stores) is a key to taking back power. Today in society, we use these apps run by large corporations that have an algorithm that gives us suggestions of music that is popular and will fit in with our tastes. Rarely will we find a song that is outside our comfort zone, because they only suggest what is familiar to us. As Krukowski says in his podcast, “They are replacing the freedom and chaos that is the internet at large with the control and predictability of their programs.” The only way we can take back the power to look for random music that is not manipulated is when we step into a record or CD store. In stores, you have to dig and sift through every single vinyl record or CD to find something to your liking. Through music, it shows how controlling the powerful (big corporations such as Spotify) is and how you gain back control through the marginalized.

In the “ Power ” episode by Damon Krukowski states, “ But might the marginal-the rejected-the repressed] not be a key to alternate approaches to art, to society-to power itself? ” His assertion refers to significant companies deciding what is olden, not crucial to humanity, and the consumers no longer need. How technology has taken people’s freedom away to go into a store to shop, explore, and recognize what items they need. When customers order online, they write the information on what they are looking for in the search bar. And according to what you entered, the computer takes you explicitly to that component and provides you with other objects you might interest in. Music indicates the differences between the powerful and the marginalized by the music companies deciding through an algorithm what songs you might like listening to verses an expert telling you which songs you will enjoy listening to now. In order to get knowledgeable feedback or come up with new stuff that you never thought you would be interested in listening to now, electric components have taken away from making human contact to talk to a music expert. This way, instead of selecting technology research for you, it gives you the power to govern your decision-making.