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Buddy_Gilapagos
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"Wait, why would anybody buy another record ever again..."


  

          

when they are mostly on subscription services like spotify. I never had a subscription service before but I bought spotify because of all of the hype. the only feature that has really impressed me with spotify is the feature that has been available on subscription services before spotify. Specifically, Watch the Throne and The Carter IV were available on Spotify within a couple of weeks of their release. It makes me regretful that I bought Watch the Throne when it came out.

How can album sales still be a metric for measuring an albums popularity when then songs are freely streamable on subscription services within a couple of weeks?

Fuck a billboard, with the help of the interwebs couldn't we come with a number for all the times that a song was played on youtube, subscription service, scrobbled on last.fm, ec/?

Help me understand the music industry in 2011.

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Wait, why would anybody buy another record ever again... [View all] , Buddy_Gilapagos, Tue Sep-13-11 01:20 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
Life support
Sep 13th 2011
1
It doesn't make sense though!!!!
Sep 13th 2011
3
i thought this was actually abt vinyl
Sep 13th 2011
2
I went to Scratch DJ Academy
Sep 13th 2011
4
Same here. n/m
Sep 13th 2011
38
Well personally because I don't ''trust'' this streaming idea
Sep 13th 2011
5
Yep.
Sep 13th 2011
6
Streaming is the green choice.
Sep 13th 2011
11
      lol you're probably right and I got nothing for you
Sep 13th 2011
31
I never liked that people thought they could "own" music
Sep 13th 2011
7
No... If I paid for it, it is MY copy.
Sep 13th 2011
8
Not legally...
Sep 13th 2011
9
      'Entitled'? ...Fall back, son.
Sep 13th 2011
10
      I gotta say, dude managed to find a new angle to dispute in this post
Sep 13th 2011
17
           Ya know? I mean what the fuck?
Sep 13th 2011
20
                hahah.. yeah dude is way off on this one.
Sep 13th 2011
23
                     i think the poster is getting to a more abstract point,
Sep 14th 2011
45
                          The composition belongs to them. Not every copy of the record
Sep 14th 2011
46
                          The composition, the arrangement, the performance, AND the recording
Sep 14th 2011
88
                          Thank you.
Sep 14th 2011
83
                               LOL You literal like a motherfucker.
Sep 14th 2011
87
                                    You just don't think about it the same way that I do.
Sep 14th 2011
89
                                         NEWSFLASH! That little trashcan icon on your desktop?
Sep 14th 2011
90
                                              You're the one confusing the difference between
Sep 14th 2011
91
                                                   No, you're the one who thinks a folder labelled 'My Music'
Sep 14th 2011
93
                                                        oh, yeah, right, that was a thing I said
Sep 14th 2011
94
      Wrong.
Sep 14th 2011
98
           hey
Sep 14th 2011
99
           LMAO.
Sep 14th 2011
100
                same as it ever is, man. nm
Sep 14th 2011
101
           I didn't say it never happens
Sep 14th 2011
104
                you're STILL wrong.
Sep 15th 2011
107
                     Wow, you're trying REAAAALLLY hard
Sep 15th 2011
109
                          Seems like you two are arguing about two different things
Sep 15th 2011
110
                               But who is saying this?
Sep 15th 2011
112
                                    You are correct.
Sep 15th 2011
114
                                    man.
Sep 15th 2011
118
where my killah tape at?
Sep 13th 2011
42
because i aint got wifi/3g like that
Sep 13th 2011
12
^
Sep 13th 2011
14
remember when those who had DSL/Cable in the days of 56k
Sep 13th 2011
15
Yea buying physical copies will be obsolete in a decade.
Sep 13th 2011
13
oh really?
Sep 13th 2011
16
you can delve into specifics and nitpick all you want
Sep 13th 2011
22
      Yeah... Let's not talk about 'specifics.' That might be too realistic.
Sep 13th 2011
26
           Im not gunna lie...and say that sales weren't a signifigant portion
Sep 13th 2011
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                I expressed the point I objected to.
Sep 13th 2011
30
                     There's always the lucrative t-shirt route
Sep 13th 2011
32
                     oh yes... can't forget about that!
Sep 13th 2011
34
                     they know not what they speak
Sep 13th 2011
33
                     RE: I expressed the point I objected to.
Sep 14th 2011
92
                     I just rented out O2 Arena tomorrow night...you in?
Sep 15th 2011
119
Go home and cook rice n/m
Sep 13th 2011
39
RE: Yea buying physical copies will be obsolete in a decade.
Sep 14th 2011
97
I don't know what else to spend money on, LOL...
Sep 13th 2011
18
LOL only a European could say something like this:
Sep 13th 2011
27
      lol...i love that attitude
Sep 14th 2011
84
           I... admire it.
Sep 14th 2011
86
because vinyl is fucking AWESOME!!!!!
Sep 13th 2011
19
until lossless streaming is the norm, i won't be switching anytime soon.
Sep 13th 2011
21
Pretty sure I can't get Spotify in my car
Sep 13th 2011
24
Smartphone > 3/4g > Spotify app + subscription > AUX input
Sep 13th 2011
29
      RE: Yeah, because that's easier than. . .
Sep 13th 2011
36
           C'mon
Sep 13th 2011
37
                RE: If you don't take care of your shit, that's not the CD's fault.
Sep 13th 2011
40
                You have the same kind of problems with anything
Sep 13th 2011
44
So you want the music - you just don't want to pay for it?
Sep 13th 2011
25
digital downloads NEVER sound as good as vinyl or even cd's
Sep 13th 2011
35
some people's music taste and consumer habits don't change
Sep 13th 2011
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plus, the price of records going up to make up for that loss.
Sep 13th 2011
43
we're supposed to buy records b/c we feel guilty about not buying them.
Sep 14th 2011
47
Or maybe some people just like buying/owning records.
Sep 14th 2011
48
yeah, they want us to.
Sep 14th 2011
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      enh.
Sep 14th 2011
50
           I like vinyl, CD's mp3's, streams, etc...
Sep 14th 2011
53
           Napster happened like 10 years ago.
Sep 14th 2011
54
           I didn't say labels = them.
Sep 14th 2011
57
                Acts mostly seem to be giving it away for free these days
Sep 14th 2011
59
                     okay, guy.
Sep 14th 2011
64
                          nah, it's just this:
Sep 14th 2011
65
                               yeah, my initial reply was obviously facetious.
Sep 14th 2011
67
                                    my initial response was also facetious.
Sep 14th 2011
68
                                         and here we are.
Sep 14th 2011
69
i snorted here:
Sep 14th 2011
51
Bullshit
Sep 14th 2011
55
      its not a perfect analogy
Sep 14th 2011
56
           Your cow, your duty to safeguard it.
Sep 14th 2011
58
           the fence in this case cant be put up again
Sep 14th 2011
60
                i value convenience.
Sep 14th 2011
63
           RE: its not a perfect analogy
Sep 14th 2011
62
                of course we want everything for free all the time.
Sep 14th 2011
66
                     True
Sep 14th 2011
75
                          and i agree about ppl affording their mp3 collections.
Sep 14th 2011
76
lmao
Sep 14th 2011
61
I could go on with a
Sep 14th 2011
52
RE: Wait, why would anybody buy another record ever again...
Sep 14th 2011
70
Rhapsody>>>>Spotify...
Sep 14th 2011
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In my head I am building the perfect music App
Sep 14th 2011
72
i dig this.
Sep 14th 2011
73
That sounds good..
Sep 14th 2011
74
my friends music taste sucks. that might make me angry
Sep 14th 2011
77
I forgot Pandora Style music radio
Sep 14th 2011
78
i wouldn't put that in my dream app.
Sep 14th 2011
79
Pandora's done the best job of passively allowing me to discover new mus...
Sep 14th 2011
80
      Pandora is smarter than i expected with its selection...
Sep 14th 2011
96
What if they give their users their own radio shows
Sep 14th 2011
103
last.fm dropped the ball so hard
Sep 14th 2011
81
i thought you can upload to spotify?
Sep 14th 2011
82
      Not exactly.
Sep 14th 2011
85
i still buy vinyl...
Sep 14th 2011
95
eventually we will ask this about films and books too
Sep 14th 2011
102
I don't know, I'm mixed on that.
Sep 14th 2011
105
      E-readers (the black and white type) aren't hard on the eyes
Sep 15th 2011
108
      well im not talking about theatres
Sep 15th 2011
111
           why you think 3D is suddenly so popular (again)?
Sep 15th 2011
113
                yeah i know, 3d is like the last gasp to get bums on seats
Sep 15th 2011
115
                     not even Avatar?
Sep 15th 2011
116
                          yeah thats technically the best
Sep 15th 2011
117
All I Got To Say Is.....
Sep 15th 2011
106

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