Firstly, I don't mean that artists shouldn't be compensated, but free for users.

I tried spotify this weekend the ad version, it's a bit annoying, but i probably listened to more music this weekend than in the last year.

If you spend $1.29 or so as in itunes, you are not going to buy as much as you might like or not know you would like.

If you pay for 1000 songs, you still wont scratch the surface of music, and you will grow tired of those and need more.

Maybe the reason we listened to led zeppelin a million times back in the day, was because it was too frickon expensive to buy everything on the rack, we bought the best of the best, or at least, what the radio previewed.

On spotify for example, you could listen to a thousand songs in a week, and not repeat one.

Now, you wouldnt buy it, because you cant afford all that music, and there's something new every day. And therefore you wouldnt hear it either.

Its great for fans of music, as they can listen to anything they ever wanted, but it's also great for bands.

When I was a kid there were one or two "FREAKS" who liked The Ramones for example, nobody understood why, because nobody knew them,

However, now The Ramones are more popular than they were when they were playing, and it's due to the internet and exposure.

You dont have to buy all that music, yet you can discover a great ground breaking band like The Ramones.

"yeah but the artist doesn't make money"

Well their exposure could double, triple, quadruple, or even make them like the ramones who now enjoy world popularity.

And with spotify, the ads cover it, and maybe some of the listeners pay for premium.

I think this is the wave of the future, it's the only way people can hear whats out there, and more importantly on their own schedule, not the radios schedule.

And we all know how hard it is to get real radio play.

For an Indie, you have a better chance of getting somebody interested in your music if they can hear it, and some buzz can be generated. Expecting people to buy your home recordings, just because you are you, when they wont buy top of the notch blockbuster albums, is expecting too much.

All you can ask for is to be heard, this might be the best way.

Last edited by December Rock Star; 11/12/12 04:20 AM.