Streaming Music: Comparing The Music Industry

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Comparing the music industry in 10-12 years ago to nowadays, we for sure can tell the massive change. From the way people choose digital over physical music, labels are something that can really affect your career path or how technology totally change our ways to produce music.
In the past 10 years, the music industry has faced a massive drop of physical sales while digital keeps rising. This factor cause by the technology we have to. With just a move of your tip you can have an entire album in your phone to listen comparing go to the store and buy your own. Also, I wonder if anyone still use CD player nowadays. It just so much more convient to download music through Itunes. Streaming music is also a game changing in music industry. Spotify,

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