Why An Artist Should Stream Their Music Essay

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Many people love music want to listen to it as much as possible but it is really worth paying a dollar per song or 15 dollars for an album? Many people would say yes and some could say no but, who is to say which person appreciates music the most so for the people who don't want to pay that much they can either priate the songs for free where the artist gets no money or they can stream the music through as site like spotify and the artist will get paid a sum of money for each play. Though many artists oppose Spotify such as Taylor Swift who took down all of her songs from the site recently. So, why should artist complain when streaming gives them and their songs protection and exposure. For many reasons artist should stream their music and here are two very important reasons.

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Most people would not like to spend money on guessing if something is not guaranteed they will like. If you end up not liking the song you will most likely not want to buy from that artist again and the artist has been given a bad a name in your mind. With Spotify you can if you will like the artist song without having to pay for it. Plus most of the time if you end up really liking an artist you willing to buy their ,music for more. This helps if you are a new artist and you need exposure and no one knows if they will like your music or not. Spotify is a great way to get publicity for the future.

All in all streaming is a great source of music.It hass many benefits that exceed just not getting paid and excessive amount. Without the exposure you would never could make it big in the music industry. You also make little to no money when your songs are pirated and Spotify gives you a way to prevent that. Streaming is the future of the music industry and it will greatly improve

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