If the music industry as we know it is dying, what's going to replace it? Music tax - definitely bad idea. Buying CDs/albums - apparently, that is 'dying'. So

If the music industry as we know it is dying, what's going to replace it? Music tax - definitely bad idea. Buying CDs/albums - apparently, that is 'dying'. So, then, how are artists going to get payed in such a way that both artists and consumers are happy? They won't work for free, after all. I've been think about this, but to no avail - nothing really comes to mind.