I think one of the main benefits for more obscure bands to be on streaming services is discoverability. In the Discovery weekly and Release Radar you often ge

I think one of the main benefits for more obscure bands to be on streaming services is discoverability. In the Discovery weekly and Release Radar you often get bands I have never heard of. Also, if someone says "Oh I like this new band xxxxx" then you can find them on Spotify and see if you like them or not. Fron that perspective Spotify is a free service for bands to be discovered and generate more fans. Yes I do agree that bands should get a bigger piece of the profit pile, as long as there is a profile pile Personally, I like bying physical media. I am not cool enough to buy vinyl, I prefer cds. Finding places to buy cds is increasingly impossible The best used to be going to shows and buying cds at the merch desk or the bands website, but more and more new bands do not even produce cds anymore. There seems to be more bands doing vinyl. I guess with the prices they charge that the markup is a lot better. For now I try to buy digital music and burn it to cd myself. I would vastly prefer buying physical media directly.