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Originally posted by Cas
Streaming services, their prosperity confirmed.
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No$tradamus has a 96% accuracy rate.
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Originally posted by thedastardly
Also UMG is clearly worried that these exclusives are setting a precedent for more artists like Chance, who are indie, to get more rewarding distribution deals with platforms like Apple. Distribution labels have thrived off the average artist's inability to get their music out there without a big machine, and companies like Apple who have the resources might change that formula, especially now that streams are overtaking sales. Someday soon, physical distribution will be near dead.
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Originally posted by Pulse
So how will we consume music in 2028, No$tradamus?
By buying every single album or by listening to pitched versions on YouTube?
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The same way we've been consuming music for years, by buying albums (and listening to pitched versions on YouTube). Buying albums (both physical copies and digital copies) and buying singles (digital copies) will never not be the main goal for music companies—I heard a rumour once that singles, like albums, used to be sold physically, but I think that's just an urban myth. Streaming is the enemy of music corporations, and if streaming causes them to lose too much money, the whole "streaming singles and full albums" experiment is dead and will be shut down by "The Big Four" music corporations with haste (which
will happen; it's an inevitability, so enjoy it while it lasts). Beware this prophecy.
...Vin