That will change, if stuff like iTunes dies. They'll strong arm them, just like companies did to Netflix. It will then likely make everyone's subscription go up a few bucks a month to justify that.
I prefer to own physical copies of the media I love so I still purchase hard cover (leather-bound) books, Blu Rays, and SACD/DVD-A/CDs. For digital music, if streaming allowed FLAC, I'd give it a try. However, there are several artists which Spotify doesn't have because they are obscure and/or long gone so I'd continue to purchase physical albums. Nevertheless, $120/year isn't bad for music.
I love me some Spotify. Not only is Spotify amazing when it comes to listening to music, but it even stopped from downloading any music illegally. Spotify FTW! I should be the spokesperson or something.
I've read/heard that a lot of artists actually considers their albums loss leaders in a sense. Touring and other sales are where the money is at now.
artists get the same money per song as they did before digital downloads. it's the major labels, publishers, studios who can't gouge the record buying public anymore.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p>.<a href="https://twitter.com/Spotify">@Spotify</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Pandora">@Pandora</a> have made it impossible for songwriters to earn a living: three months streaming on Pandora, 4,175,149 plays=$114.11.</p>— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) <a href="https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/statuses/452200886970769408">April 4, 2014</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Since this is a Spotify thread, and since there is clearly an agenda with you posting that; the initiated will note she gave specifics about Pandora and nothing of Spotify.
Spotify is awesome man. Aux cable in the car to the Galaxy S5 running Spotify App = No need for local radio or expensive satellite radio.
If I want to support an artist I buy tickets to their shows I never thought musicians got more than pennies from Album sales anyway.
It's easier to say that but it's a lot harder for fledgling artists to grow in this market. Harder than ever and that's with Hypem and Pandora helping with exposure. It now takes a band twice as long to become financially stable in this climate. Studios are shutting down left and right and all for what? digitally compressed garbage.
New artists aren't going to make money off the live shows either, because the labels in recent years are making them sign 360 deals or they won't get signed. That's how ****ed the music business is now.
Speaking as someone who obsesses over eyecandy, I'll never understand audiophiles. I love music as much as the next person, I have expensive speakers (admittedly it's a sound bar), and expensive headphones. I don't have an issue with the sound quality...but to each his own.
