Does it matter if we own music? Or is “renting” it good enough?
Streaming is the future. It’s just too convenient and affordable. Besides, all the labels are firmly behind it.
But let’s not throw out music ownership entirely. There are still good reasons to own music, whether it be something physical (CDs, vinyl, sheet music) or downloaded files. Or is that just old fashioned thinking?
Watch this from music historianTed Gioia and one of the founders of the Jazz Studies Program at Stanford University.
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If we don’t buy music, we don’t really support the creators of it. It’s a slippery slope and saving a few bucks isn’t worth the demise of bands who make so very, very little from streaming. People spend more on fancy coffees than they do on music. It’s almost thievery.
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