These days, vinyl album covers are used for decoration. Sharing CDs
with friends is obsolete because of memory sticks. And now, the world of
music has evolved yet again.
With the creation of social media-music hybrids like Spotify and the
highly anticipated Google Music, social media users can share music for free
without any consequence.
These programs decrease music pirating, since users can listen for free
at any time (besides the occasional commercial interruption). The programs
enable users to choose their own music and give suggestions on similar
related artists.
This new music and social media pairing could potentially bring the
money back into the industry, since it encouragers users to buy tracks and
makes it easy.
Programs like Spotify benefit both the consumer and the record companies
by introducing such a wide variety of little-known music and influencing
consumers to pay for their music.
A major difference between Spotify and online radio programs, like
Pandora, is that you can import your current iTunes playlist and choose all
the music you listen to. On Pandora, you have no control, besides specifying
the artist or song that you are interested in hearing.
Still not convinced? Check it out for yourself: www.spotify.com
