Business Side Of Thing [Digital Music]
Want some interesting graphs on digital music retailers? Look no further.
I know a lot of independent bands are always wondering how they would be wise to sell their content online digitally, and although the obvious answer is ‘everywhere’, there definitely seems to be a rise of the subscription based music services (unless you’re Napster).
How do you get your music and how do you see this changing in the future?
Source: Gizmodo, charts from Mint.com
Tags: digital music
November 9th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
I will always prefer physical. I’ll be buying albums until they stop stocking them in stores.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I thought I would, but I probably won’t too much longer.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:30 am
I am very surprised the Zune Marketplace market share is that low. I love that service.
November 10th, 2009 at 8:40 am
When I saw it I was surprised it was that high. I suspect it will grow to a strong third or tie for second in 2010.
November 11th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Like Harrison, I will continue to buy physical music.
Digital access to legal music was fantastic at first. I loved the iTunes music store. Its immediacy, especially. After awhile, however, I realized that I missed owning something tangible to go with the new music. Liner notes, cover art, even the CD itself for playing on my stereo as one piece of connected art.
Now, I mostly just buy single tracks on iTunes, things that I would never to buy as part of a larger album. Everything else I buy on either CD or vinyl.