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Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous
This streaming site shit has got to stop. Artists make less $ than when their music was on the radio only they keeping selling out more and more to in essence become mere advertising for the sites. Do artists even have integrity anymore or is selling out just not a thing?
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I've got a lot of friends -- former band mates mostly -- who continued making music after I gave it up, but never really "made it" in any substantive way, and a lot of them choose to be on Spotify because they think it helps them get the word out about their music. But they're all dissatisfied. I just think that streaming services -- Spotify in particular -- have become such a huge part of the music culture that people think it's essential to have their music available there. It doesn't seem to be paying off for any of my friends though.
I agree though. I use Spotify because it's a cheap way to access songs I like in those rare instances when I have no other way to hear those song. Like, I've forgotten my iPod or I'm working on someone else's computer. But I don't *like* it. I don't *enjoy* streaming music. I can't imagine who would opt for steaming a playlist over listening to an album, but, again, I'm getting too old to speak to this shit obviously.
What's funny is that a lot of people who still purchase physical copies of their music don't actually listen to t. I read an article out of the U.K. last week that contained the results of some massive survey of vinyl buyers, and only about 50% of them said they listened to the records they purchased.
Which I can't even begin to understand. Why buy it then? To show it off? So you look like a person who listens to -- whatever -- but you're really not? Why? Or if they're listening to it, they're streaming it, so why buy the fucking album if you only listen via stream? Either way, fucking poser alert, I guess. Like, major poser alert. Poser population reaching critical mass. Seriously, What the fuck?