CDs’ are turning into old technology and is being replaced by mp3s’ and digital music. Try typing in “free music” into the Google search engine and you’ll find roughly 192,000,000 different results, try the exact same phrase in the Yahoo search engine and you’ll end up with about 908,000,000 different results. Type in the word “itunes” into the Yahoo search engine and the result are almost halved with about 533,000,000 results, while Google yeilds a mere 133,000,000 different results. So what benefits propel people to pay for music through itunes rather than downloading it from limewire and frostwire. Songs on itunes range in price from 0.69$ to 1.29$ per song, so why would I pay for these songs if I can get them for free all over the web. There are risks involved with downloading music, really you may download a virus onto your computer. If I was really concerned about getting a virus that my anti-virus couldn’t detect then Itunes would be safe alternative to buy digital music. Musicians and record labels will need to start adapting to changing trends. I really like the concept of being able to download the songs I like but I would still be willing to part with a few dollars for a cd if I was to set my own price, like Radiohead did with their album. Radiohead allowed their fans to download their whole cd for whatever price the fan thought was reasonable, which also included the fan being able to download the music for free. One of my favorite singers right now is Jason Derulo, he became famous through playing his music on youtube and the funny part about the video is you never see the guy you only hear his music. Now that I’ve heard some of his songs I would be willing go see him in concert. There is less and less money being spent on cds but if your music is good a fan like myself would still be willing to pay 120$ for a concert ticket rather than 20$ for a cd.
