Album sales down 14% so far this year.

[GA Russell]

This report says that not only does no one buy CDs anymore, but the kids aren't buying mp3's like they used to. Instead, the kids prefer paying for the premium streaming services.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2014/07/03/music-biz-alarm-all-albums-down-14-1st-six-months-2014-streaming-way-up-kids-dont-want-to-own-the-music

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Kids... I wonder how old these kids are.

I hit the upgrade button on Spotify, to find out how much the premium service is. Amazingly, I found it's 99KR a month. I assume that's Norwegian Krone and is £9.28 (GBP). That's a hell of a slice out of a kid's pocket money (it's a quarter of my own pocket money )

Somehow, I doubt it's kids who are taking these decisions. It's people with jobs - maybe a few well heeled students. But they'll mostly be twenty-somethings. The days when teenagers controlled sales are almost certainly gone.

MG

[BillF]

Kids... I wonder how old these kids are.

I hit the upgrade button on Spotify, to find out how much the premium service is. Amazingly, I found it's 99KR a month. I assume that's Norwegian Krone and is £9.28 (GBP). That's a hell of a slice out of a kid's pocket money (it's a quarter of my own pocket money )

Somehow, I doubt it's kids who are taking these decisions. It's people with jobs - maybe a few well heeled students. But they'll mostly be twenty-somethings. The days when teenagers controlled sales are almost certainly gone.

MG

My twenty-something daughter pays £9.99 a month for Spotify, as I do. I doubt if we've ever listened to the same track, though!

[Scott Dolan]

Kids... I wonder how old these kids are.I hit the upgrade button on Spotify, to find out how much the premium service is. Amazingly, I found it's 99KR a month. I assume that's Norwegian Krone and is £9.28 (GBP). That's a hell of a slice out of a kid's pocket money (it's a quarter of my own pocket money )Somehow, I doubt it's kids who are taking these decisions. It's people with jobs - maybe a few well heeled students. But they'll mostly be twenty-somethings. The days when teenagers controlled sales are almost certainly gone.MG

It's $10 a month here. I can't imagine many teenagers not being able to afford that.

[A Lark Ascending]

Think how much mum and dad pay for their phone contracts!

[David Ayers]

I think the current or recent 5s contract bundles in a year of either Spotify or Sky Sport.

And yes the cost of Spotify is much less than that of a phone contract.

[BillF]

Kids... I wonder how old these kids are.I hit the upgrade button on Spotify, to find out how much the premium service is. Amazingly, I found it's 99KR a month. I assume that's Norwegian Krone and is £9.28 (GBP). That's a hell of a slice out of a kid's pocket money (it's a quarter of my own pocket money )Somehow, I doubt it's kids who are taking these decisions. It's people with jobs - maybe a few well heeled students. But they'll mostly be twenty-somethings. The days when teenagers controlled sales are almost certainly gone.MG

It's $10 a month here. I can't imagine many teenagers not being able to afford that.

Sounds like the music industry is up to its old discriminatory tricks. Downloads used to be 99 cents a track in the States and 99p here, i.e. about 50% more expensive.

[A Lark Ascending]

It's called capitalism. You charge what the market will pay.

[David Ayers]

So under socialism would we charge less or more than the market will pay?

Seems to be about round numbers in fact.

Anyway tracks on iTunes tend to be £0.79.

[A Lark Ascending]

Well, under socialism the state would fix the price.

Not saying that is good, bad or indifferent (suspect it would be highly inflexible).

Just that in a capitalist state you get variations in price as you get variations of remuneration for the same labour. So it's hardly surprising that things cost different amounts in different places.

[Scott Dolan]

Kids... I wonder how old these kids are.I hit the upgrade button on Spotify, to find out how much the premium service is. Amazingly, I found it's 99KR a month. I assume that's Norwegian Krone and is £9.28 (GBP). That's a hell of a slice out of a kid's pocket money (it's a quarter of my own pocket money )Somehow, I doubt it's kids who are taking these decisions. It's people with jobs - maybe a few well heeled students. But they'll mostly be twenty-somethings. The days when teenagers controlled sales are almost certainly gone.MG

It's $10 a month here. I can't imagine many teenagers not being able to afford that.

Sounds like the music industry is up to its old discriminatory tricks. Downloads used to be 99 cents a track in the States and 99p here, i.e. about 50% more expensive.

Downloads here are still $.99 to $1.29.

Not sure how that works out with the current exchange rate. Probably comparable?

[ArtSalt]

Who cares as to the vagaries and trends found in the uneducated ears of the herd?

[David Ayers]

Who cares as to the vagaries and trends found in the uneducated ears of the herd?

I know. Those toe-tapping jazz fans aren't worth two beans.

[Shawn]

Who cares as to the vagaries and trends found in the uneducated ears of the herd?

Who cares about the opinions of the elitist as they proclaim their superiority over everyone else.

[Scott Dolan]

Who cares as to the vagaries and trends found in the uneducated ears of the herd?

Where did your ears go to school?

[JSngry]

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