I may be slow to the party here, but only found this today...
might be of interest
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=amb_link_173130747_5?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A77197031%2Cp_36%3A-1&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=auto-sparkle&pf_rd_r=0P4EX9EA73MD0MWCHW2W&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=365262947&pf_rd_i=free%20mp3%20downloads (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=amb_link_173130747_5?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A77197031%2Cp_36%3A-1&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=auto-sparkle&pf_rd_r=0P4EX9EA73MD0MWCHW2W&pf_rd_t=301&pf_rd_p=365262947&pf_rd_i=free%20mp3%20downloads)
The trouble with these samplers is that unless you know what you are looking for, you can wade through a lot of crap to find the occasional gem and, as the saying goes, life's too short to listen to shit music.I have to disagree. How do you discover new music? Personally I have a range of methods including personal recommendations, websites like Amazon going 'if you like this you might like this', listening to the radio etc. However if you only ever stick to these quite often you'll get stuck in a 'infinite recommendation loop', only ever hearing new stuff that has made it onto a stations playlist. In the past I have bought quite a few record label samplers, with the reasoning that often labels have a range of artists that are linked or variations on a theme. A classic example of this is 4AD, I have bought things never having heard them but as they were on 4AD taking a calculated guess I'd like them.
I've never got a shortage of new stuff to listen to from these sources, in fact I have loads of stuff on backlog I would like to listen to properly, but never have the time as I do like listening to stuff i know some of the time too.I have to agree. ;) Likewise I never have enough time to listen to what I have already. That said I do like a freebie, but try not to nick music so artists giving tracks away is win/win.
try not to nick music so record companies begrudgingly agreeing to artists giving tracks away is win/win.
(Cue ObiTo be fair I was looking for it before you posted...this is another reason why I dislike Spotify. They bang on about 'supporting the artists' but in reality, yeah if your already massive you might get a reasonable additional income, but if your not big they basically rip you off. Saw a tweet from an artist saying for 90,000 plays they got £8. Whoop.slacklineposting iib graphic on just how low they are.)
(Cue slackline posting iib graphic on just how low they are.)
How is this graphic anything other than prejudicial? Take the LP/CD out of the equation and compare single tracks only, or compare only full album sales and streams in all formats - but don't compare apples (LP sales) and oranges (single streams) in the same statistical array just to make your point. With this graphic you are simply propagandizing.
46 streams from Premium Users = 1 Itunes $0.99 download.
Many people would "sample" a CD on Spotify but would never download it.
Spotify is projected to make $889 million in 2012. It will pay 70% of this or $622 million in music royalties.
Which is harder, getting 100 people to stream a song ONCE, or getting 1 person to download the song?
Look at VEVO views on Youtube. If it pays $0.005 like Spotify, it would mean 200,000,000 views = $1 million USD.
Not a music fan then Slackers? Or just free Dj sets?
The first thing to note is it is hardly a fair comparison for starters. From the comments:QuoteHow is this graphic anything other than prejudicial? Take the LP/CD out of the equation and compare single tracks only, or compare only full album sales and streams in all formats - but don't compare apples (LP sales) and oranges (single streams) in the same statistical array just to make your point. With this graphic you are simply propagandizing.
I get the same, and that album looks oh so tempting by the track names!
I can't get you 17 albums, although there are 497 listed on Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1368520110/ref=sr_shvl_1-all?ie=UTF8&rh=i%3Adigital-music-ss%2Cn%3A!195211011%2Cn%3A!251258011%2Cn%3A318768011%2Cn%3A318774011%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A625150011&sort=salesrank)
Haven't tried to download any yet, they do ask for payments details (as per normal) so it might redirect you to .co.uk
Musicians withdrawing songs from Spotify & other streaming services (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23313445)
might open the flood gates. Might not, we'll see.