Do you pay for your music?
May 30th, 2010 | By Rob
It’s very odd being a Generation Y artist. The artist in you feels you should be paid for what you do, yet there is a voice in your head that’s saying that times have changed and we (the artists) shouldn’t be expecting payment for our music any longer – especially when we are starting out.
I recently opened a Spotify premium account which means I pay £9.99 per month to stream all the music I want to both my computer and iPhone. I did this 90% for convenience. I like the ability to be able to go to one place and easilly listen to pretty much anything I want without the hassle of waiting for videos to load on youtube, finding links to download things illegally or waiting for something to download legally on iTunes.
I can’t help but think however that 10% of the reason I did this was out of guilt. I feel as an artist I should be supporting other artists and paying for music. In return I guess I’m hoping one day that people may pay for my music or whatever other craft/service I’m providing.
What do you think? I guess the question I’m asking is in the title!
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