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Bernardo de La Paz

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10. Streaming is about 85-90% of sales of music.

Reply to eppur_se_muova (Reply #9)

Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:48 AM

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Some tabulations count physical music media in merchandise, some in "music".

Whatever your perceptions of concerts, $31 billion is big business, about as big as streaming and merchandise combined.

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"Inspired by artists" means 'stolen from artists' speak easy Wednesday #1

Exactly. Their music, their lyrics, and also articles about them plus reviews of their music, because highplainsdem Wednesday #2

There's one on You Tube as well roscoeroscoe Wednesday #3

There are a lot of AI creations on YouTube, unfortunately. It's flooded with AI slop. Fil Henley - Wings of Pegasus - highplainsdem Wednesday #4

Thank you for posting. I accessed recordings of the human group, and I like them. John1956PA Wednesday #5

AI musicians & actors will have a day in the sun, but people like real people & will pay for them over & above AI. . .nt Bernardo de La Paz Wednesday #6

I'm not so sure about that ... for a lot of people, AI crap will be good enough. Good taste is not a universal attribute eppur_se_muova Yesterday #7

It will fill in for a lot of muzak and background music. But few will pay to go to a concert given by AIs Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #8

Does "merchandise" include recordings ?? Not everyone streams. Collectors are still buying vinyl, for crap's sake ! eppur_se_muova Yesterday #9

Streaming is about 85-90% of sales of music. Bernardo de La Paz Yesterday #10

Again, that's just surprising to me. But then, I've always favored the 'wrong' kind of music. nt eppur_se_muova Yesterday #11