Music streaming is FREE! (Yes, really)

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[earthoid]

My only complaint about streaming is that the original recording is often replaced by a remastered version where the results are not always better.

[jonberry]

I’ve been in this music business for enough time to release music that I am certain reached your top 1000. This is an honest and insightful synopsis - the fact you are someone to take the time to represent a moral view of what a music fan can be is highly commendable. Thank you.

[looopyu]

This vid is an example of why I like this channel so much!

[Moremusicnowplz]

Streaming subscription $12.99, discovering your new favorite artist/album through streaming… priceless. And then go out and buy their music at your local shop. Support artists and small business owners!

[hueyw]

I'd happily pay more to stream if the streaming service would guarantee that the extra I pay goes solely to the artists and doesn't get eaten up in profits the way it does now.

[chrisnyc]

It's broken the same way everything is broken - the people putting in the work get little or nothing while the rich who hold equity hoard all the profit. Raising the price of streaming would only generate more money for them to hoard.

[mitschiewaldmann]

1:33 The moment you said free I knew exactly what you meant. No further clarification needed! But since some people obviously stopped to think and take everyone by their word we need videos like this. Keep up the great work 👍

[zroter]

It really depends on your listening habits. If you are essentially listening to the same "essential" albums, buying them in some form might make sense. If you are always discovering new music (listening them for a few times and then moving on) and old albums get listened no more than once a year, streaming services are way more interesting.

[thejasontlewis]

Gillian Welch has a song called “Everything Is Free” on her 2001 record “Time, the Revelator”. It’s still probably the closest any artist has come to describing the feeling of having your life’s work become totally worthless because the record companies finally figured out how to cut the artist out of the money equation. Streaming is kinda evil and a really terrible way to listen to music compared to physical media. I’d rather pay for the superior experience.

[uccelino]

A musican friend of me pointed out that for the genres of music he and I enjoy it doesn’t make any sense to stream other than for promotion of the artist- he is simply giving the music away for free to streaming. He and his colleagues would be over the moon if they got to over 10000 streams over a month (which would include several streaming services), but it would be economically less profitable than one customer buying 1 [!] CD (producing LPs are out of the question for most independent musicians because it cost way too much - Vinyl is a rich man’s game today) we have to face it that if no one bought the CDs it would simply not make any economical sense to record music for the «non-pop» genres - and music at large would be all the poorer for that reason. - As it stands now, for most musicians, streaming services are leaches on the back of Music, and they are not doing much for music to go forward at all.

[victortio]

My issue with streaming is that once their contract ends, some artists and their work simply dissapears and my only comfort is my physical collection

[pcm]

I grew up in the LP only era, followed by cassette tape, then CD, and finally to the streaming era. I used to be jealous of friends who had 1, 000 or so albums. I just couldn't afford that much music at the time. Now, for about $13/month (Qobuz), I can access over 100 MILLION CD minimum quality albums. So yes, streaming is practically free. Not to mention how much space it saves me.

[proinseasburke]

I pay for two music streaming services, Tidal and Idagio. I use Tidal for pop, jazz, etc etc, and Idagio for classical, my main musical interest. The combined cost of these services is 23 euro and 98 cent per month or .8 cent per day. I am amazed at the volume of music that is available to me at the push of a button. I realize i don't own the product but I am able to download for offline listening. Moreover, if both Tidal and Idagio doubled their monthly subscription I would still pay the extra for the wealth of enjoyment I receive.

[dodpr]

I totally agree. My only issue is that there is so much music that I end up skipping tracks. Same thing happens with Netflix. So much variety that I cant decide.

[jvnb-ye]

I love it all! Vinyl, CDs, streaming. My main source lately has been vinyl and Tidal streaming. I turned on my Rega Apollo CD player for the first time in 2 years. Played my 35 year old Led Zeppelin CDs and they sounded fantastic! My $11.00 a month Tidal subscription is a steal. Just enjoy it all!!!

[mrpositronia]

I feel nothing from streaming. Even though I still do it. If I really like what I hear, I will look to buy the title in physical format.

[siguz]

Another benefit of streaming: It's available on all of your devices whereever you are. Someone could put their bought music on a server to stream it in house or even over the internet to their own devices. But this includes some IT knowledge and some hassle. And if we would ignore those, then it will still require you some hardware to store this library on, and the power to operate this server.

[tonyhodgkinson]

Too much choice makes me skip from track to track and end up listening to nothing, so I just bought me a new cd transport and am listening to albums again.

[JaradPetroske]

Radio Paradise offers free streaming of great tunes with FLAC quality.

[viis]

I now want a list of John’s 1000 essential albums lol

Pretty sure I could guess a couple hundred of them…