http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stor...UlxCo6uRZGHHOQ



30 years in 30 seconds

wait for it to move from 1 year to the next



Look at the evolution:

LP/EP-------cassette ----------cd-----------digital download------------?

Could the next step be streaming like Spotify ($10 a month to listen to all the music in the world)?

or is it still going to be digital download? (which in 2010 takes up 32.1% and GROWING) while CD (49%) is getting smaller and smaller each year.

CD's still make up almost 50% of the market? Wow

It's decreasing at a good rate

95%, 80%, 55%








2012?

2015?




p.s. Mobile is RINGTONE.

I think people will stick will digital downloads. It's the music you want in one place. you'll know exactly where it is. even though you pay $10 a month for Spotify, it's not the same feeling as to owning the copy. but who knows what the future of all of it will be.

HMM interesting...

I wonder what will come after digital download?

Tell that to Scandinavian where revenue from Spotify is 3 times greater than revenue from Itunes.


http://musically.com/blog/2011/07/08...fy-us-rumours/




The pie chart above is for USA but for Sweden, it would be much different where subscription (Spotify) might be the top dog.

Brain wave downloads. '

and we can all thank katy perry

Subscription music like Spotify/Rhapsody. $10 a month to listen to all the music in the world on your mobile, computer or home theater system etc....

It's already the biggest source of revenue in Scandanavia. 3 times bigger than Itunes.

With Spotify do you just get access to songs and then you can stream them? Or can you pick songs and add them to your library?

I have the same question.

But that's a really interesting change.
I remember when CD players were the ****.
But I'm also curious to see what will happen with digital downloads, since all the changes in format have been happening relatively quick.

you download the spotify software and you can stream just about any song. + you can play your songs in your library on the software

yes if the way of accessing the music changes. right now it's less of a hassle just to use itunes, but i could see people shifting to subscriptions like these, but not in flocks

I guess BEE HD just answered that question.



If you have a smartphone (android, iphone) you can download up to 3,333 songs and play them OFFLINE.


If you want to try it out, get an invite here for the free version. Give it a test drive. It's like an ITUNES where you can download 15 millions songs.










credit to the OP of this thread. I read that Spotify send invites every 15 minutes or so. So refresh your email once in a while.

If one link is out of invite, try another link


http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3118256

I used the coca cola invite to sign up when it first came to the U.S. it was relatively fast

I think digital downloads will be here for a while. A lot of people are still to be introduced to the iTunes stores. Not just the older generation but even kids who use iPods only use iTunes as a library. And then not just the iTunes store but Amazon and other to be released Music Libraries.

I also think mobile (ringtones) sales will be non-existing in some years. Mainly because you can put music from your computer onto your phones. You can also use GarageBand and Windows MovieMaker to cut songs and put them directly onto your phones.

That's actually pretty cool. But I don't think just as many people would use it compared to something like iTunes. Since with iTunes it's hassle free. As in you can just buy an iTunes card and use it whenever. I also think that most people only buy a few iTunes cards a year. As in they only want to pay for what they want to buy.

EDIT:

I clicked one of the links and I feel like I'm apart of a scam.

Yea with iTunes you use only what you want, not just $10 for music alone. iTunes has the bundle edge. That's what makes the hassle less. It's all in one. I do enjoy listening to the whole song before I buy it in HQ on spotty though. Plus they have ads if you dont buy the subscription

at the scam

The links are for twitter names.. If that doesn't scream scam

Physical >>>>>>>

I still buy physical albums
I download but that's till the cd comes out or if I like the cd before buying it
If there is like 3 songs on the album I like and nothing else and it's pretty cheap in price I still buy it lol I rather something I know is physical and I own

I just hope that physical CDs will be around for a while

how will the rankings for BB100 work if it was subscribed music? I mean, you get all the music, so how can the count which one is no.1?? Plays?? but people can cheat with plays.