Thanks to streaming, recording industry revenues are back up to pre-internet levels, but musicians are poorer than ever

I don’t really stream either. I use Tune-in to listen to podcasts and NPR on my phone, but that’s about it. It’s really very similar to radio, though, in that it’s a place for people to hear about new music, and shouldn’t be the end of the chain, I think. But then again, there has always been a split between music geeks and the casual listener. I still prefer hard copies of music (primarily CDs, but some vinyl) and I have very few pieces of music that are just digital in format. I guess downloads are cheaper, and so the artist tends to get less?

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