> But I have simply stopped looking to these business models to do anything for me financially as a musician. That's too bad, because there are opportunities.

> But I have simply stopped looking to these business models to do anything for me financially as a musician. That's too bad, because there are opportunities. You could completely discount the revenue most artists get directly get from streaming and look at the services as the free option of the freemium model. They're getting their product to a far larger audience than they would have if there was a cost right out of the gate, and some of those free users will turn into paying ones. I know I have purchased albums (from iTunes) of artists I've discovered on Spotify. I'm positive that for Galaxie 500, some of their Spotify streams generated additional revenue in other channels.