Comments on: Spotify and the Music Streaming “Problem”

By: Meg

Meg — Thu, 04 Dec 2014 13:52:09 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Deborah! You’re right, we’re paying for music (or free websites, etc.) when we are the audience for advertisers, too. My family subverts the commercials as much as we can by subscribing to the media services we like and avoiding the rest – I forget commercials exist until I watch broadcast TV. Thanks again, come back soon!

By: Deborah

Deborah — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 18:20:23 +0000

Nice post, Meg!

I am also a big Spotify fan. One thing I’d like to add is that the music is not just free. If we listen for free, we get commercials to pay for it. Just like the radio.

I like the point you make that times are changing, and the music industry is changing too. There are bands who make their living off YouTube now, and play sold-out concerts without ever having “record labels.”

I do love Taylor Swift, and I hope I don’t lose her songs forever off my Spotify.

By: cyndee

cyndee — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 13:01:42 +0000

Thanks, Meg. You put intelligent words to my thoughts. Can I also add that Tay owns several million dollar homes, has a clothing line, perfume, and a rather successful concert tour record. If she was as cool as everyone says she is, she WOULD be willing to give her music away at this point. It’s like she’s saying, “Screw you people who don’t worship me enough to make me richer!”