Well done - an excellent and balanced piece. The labels are worried that East As Much As You Can streaming services, even paid-for ones like Spotify's premium version, hollow-out sales to high spending customers.
I'm more sanguine - I think that people use Spotify to refresh love of music and maybe as an alternative to ownership for music that's on the edge of their current tastes. But I also believe it's a powerful discovery tool letting people to sample albums in advance and make more informed purchase decisions.
Human beings are magpies and Spotify lets people identify the silver trinkets that they want to have in their music collections, and which they'll then use for social interraction - but that's another story...!
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Spotify & Music Sales
Well done - an excellent and balanced piece. The labels are worried that East As Much As You Can streaming services, even paid-for ones like Spotify's premium version, hollow-out sales to high spending customers.
I'm more sanguine - I think that people use Spotify to refresh love of music and maybe as an alternative to ownership for music that's on the edge of their current tastes. But I also believe it's a powerful discovery tool letting people to sample albums in advance and make more informed purchase decisions.
Human beings are magpies and Spotify lets people identify the silver trinkets that they want to have in their music collections, and which they'll then use for social interraction - but that's another story...!