Like Sharon, I too like to stream music daily. Whether its through Youtube, 8tracks, Soundcloud, Spotify, or any other music streaming platform, finding and listening to songs is a part of my everyday activity. Often when I listen to music, I think of how different it was many years ago, and not at very advanced stages.

Sharon touched on how Spotify has been seen as the leader in the music steaming service for several years now. This is undoubtedly true, as I find many of my friends using Spotify. What it has, many other music services lack, old and new. With its sleek aesthetic design, ease of use and ability to share songs and playlists, Spotify creates a service that is unmatched by any of its competitors.

It was interesting to see how Sharon’s stance on how CD’s and Albums (such as those that iTunes provides) were being challenged by the “freemium business model” of Spotify and various other music streaming platforms. Despite the inter-competition that these freemium platforms face between themselves, their main concern is still fighting off the CD and Album market.

I personally fear a time where CD’s will no longer be in existence and record players will be a thing of distant memory. Where all we will have as consumers will be these streaming platforms, without any physical aspect to the music that brings us joy.

Sources:

Phone showing list of music streamers. Digital image. Pocket-lint. N.p., n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014. <http://cdn.pocket-lint.com/r/s/628x/assets/images/phpoognv4.jpg>.

Spotify New Design 2014 Overview. Digital image. Amazonaws.com. Amazon, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2014. <http://s3.amazonaws.com/digitaltrends-uploads-prod/2014/04/spotify-new-design-2014-overview.jpg>.