Music streaming services, charges are TOO CHEAP? Agree or disagree?

[M4T]

20 bucks a month is the equivalent of buying 12 albums a year, most people didn't buy 12 cds a year before streaming. So streaming actually generates more money but now people are buying 12 albums a year, but consuming 1 album a week, so the royalties are being split amongst way more artists. Big artists with dedicated fambases like Kanye, Taylor Swift etc would make more without streaming because their fans would purchase an album if they had no choice. Alot of mid rappers benefit from streaming because we are only listening to them out of curiosity, but nobody would actually buy their shyt.

 

[Pegasus Jackson]

Artists hoping for $18 Tower Records maxi single profits in 2024 need to get off the goddamn fent and reconsider their occupation.

 

[valet]

James Blake explaining his venture with "Vault" streaming service was added to the OP. Any thoughts on that?

 

[KingSol81]

Music and porn are free to me.

You're definitely paying a price, you just may not realize it.

 

[Mac Ten]

I'm about to start buying the physical copies of what streaming doesn't have full albums of, such as The Show sdtk

I have that soundtrack in my book still....

Hopefully, u have a CD player in your car to listen to it

 

[Mac Ten]

I'm about to upgrade to IPHONE today and I'm honestly contemplating whether I should stream.

Can anyone that's a IPhone user provide me with some apps that I can drag and drop my old Gucci Mane tapes??

Answer plz

 

[EastsideRio]

Or it was too expensive to begin with.

Artists are funny people, they always act like they’re not the most capitalistic people out there cause they run around with Bernie shirts.

Go ahead and remove your shyt from streaming services and sell it for whatever price you want. No one is stopping you if you own your shyt.

Artists ain’t even getting paid, labels are

 

[EastsideRio]

I'm about to upgrade to IPHONE today and I'm honestly contemplating whether I should stream.

Can anyone that's a IPhone user provide me with some apps that I can drag and drop my old Gucci Mane tapes??

Answer plz

Youtube

 

[shopthatwrecks]

I'm about to start buying the physical copies of what streaming doesn't have full albums of, such as The Show sdtk

and then if they are own the streaming platform they are missing songs

 

[Buckeye Fever]

and then if they are own the streaming platform they are missing songs

The Show sdtk is guilty of that lol

Krayzie Bone's Thug On Da Line was down to 2 playable songs, then the said fukk it and removed them 2 as well

 

[Harry B]

Artists ain’t even getting paid, labels are

Owners of the music are*

The owners of the music are who have been getting paid whether it’s 24 dollar vinyl or YouTube streams.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

It’s always been easy to make music

You are a white chick born in 2003, so it makes sense you’d say that. It has never been this easy to make music. The pure technology and accessibility makes your statement a flat out lie.

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

Vinyl is booming rn. If you can get 50,000 people to buy your vinyl/cassette (easier said than done) you will eat good, that's before we factor revenue from live shows.

getting those 50k records pressed is the hard part

 

[EastsideRio]

Owners of the music are*

The owners of the music are who have been getting paid whether it’s 24 dollar vinyl or YouTube streams.

Not every artist has 24 dollar vinyls and artists ain’t getting paid shyt from YouTube streams

 

[Harry B]

Not every artist has 24 dollar vinyls and artists ain’t getting paid shyt from YouTube streams

The point flew a billion miles over your head, therefore I see no reason to continue this discussion