Free music.

Will music eventually become free? Will it cost little to nothing for listeners to hear any album they want? Will buying physical releases and supporting artists become old hat? Has the price of music fallen because of piracy? Has it fallen because of the enormous amount of albums out there right now? Have you heard any free albums this year that you loved? What have been some of your favorite free releases? Is putting out free music the best way for artists to spread the word about their material? Is this a business model musicians and the industry can sustain? Will this hurt physical releases? Tours? PR firms? Booking agents?

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[GamecubeLPs]

I hate downloads. I love the feeling of holding a CD or record and placing it in my room :P

[Hubahubatime]

in the future, music wont cost anything. it wont even be free. it will just be in our heads and we will be able to turn it on or off with our voice.

people! im talking about boom boxes inside our frickin heads here. just wait

[PowerRushFlame]

if the album itself becomes free everything surrounding it should also be free, from musical instruments to a bus trip or electricity for those artist, if not making an album will only cost money and you will gain nothing,making it imposible to have a profesional musician career, so the only way for music to be free is that almost everything in the world becomes free, so it is very hard, still im happy spending money on a beautiful album that i like,im happy spending my money in something I love

[blickluke]

cant download from Grooveshark unless you BUY from there.

[CanadianChronic2121]

I would buy music , but there isn't anywhere in my town that sells CD's or Vinyl ...... =S

If I really love an album , I would LOVE to be able to go out & pay money for it & be able to own it & add to my collection .

But it seems now a days everyone just plugs their iPod into a set of portable computer speakers wherever they go

[khetti2006]

Musicians shouldn't get as much money, (They should get 'enough') because then you get shit people making music that only do it to get rich. Although, that's just a pet peeve of mine, lol.

[TheRepublicOfUngeria]

All information will most likely move into the digital format, electronics are always getting cheaper, and internet is always getting cheaper (and we are figuring out how to mass produce carbon-nanotubes, which would be another massive revolution in electronics as wall as many other fields of creation)

[NoahEdwardsMusic]

@dbilidb you are OBVIOUSLY not a musician haha

[joshxip]

@Hubahubatime I have theory that apple will introduce(steal) the idea of a chip in the brain, that plays any audio file you please.DUN DUN DUN

[thesharkster1]

i would take the approach that trent reznor took and allow people to download the album for free but also allow people to buy the album if they want to support the artist. lets not forget that if you like the artist youll also probably go to a live show which is still a pretty big source of income for any artist

[GamecubeLPs]

@CharlieSmurffy Fag? You're talking to someone thats 14 and owns over 100 records and 200 cds :P

[CharlieSmurffy]

@GamecubeLPs Fag, I only use records.