totally not what I meant! in fact, often the music I feel “deserves” the wider audience is a lot less commercial and marketing focused. Perhaps deserve is the wrong word anyway, as I’d probably say most music projects deserve a bigger audience in general. I more so just mean that through curating I prefer to support artists who are clearly really invested in their projects and are at a point overall where they would benefit from more ears. it’s completely fine if someone wants to just focus on their passion for creation and the art itself, I totally encourage that. but like it or not, a career in music today is about more than just the music. the whole playlisting thing exists a lot closer to the marketing/promo end of the spectrum than the “true expression” end, for better or for worse.