I think for the mainstream you are absolutely correct, and music is making its way into the cloud for good.

But as we both know just because a mainstream exists, doesn’t mean everyone is in this mainstream. For instance, a decent enough market exists of audiophiles who want bit-perfect music, none of this lossy music you get with most of these sites… although I hear rumours that lossless music will be offered by Spotify at some point.

Furthermore what happens if Spotify, the business, fail? How do I get to the music I purchased?

The business model… it’s lacking.
(For example, why are they selling individual songs in their store? if anyone can buy 9.99 membership (even for one month) OR anyone can listen to any song whenever they want… who would want to buy single songs?)

But…. who am I to say. I know shit about their biz – and these folks have raised tons of money so… I just shut up :)

However, Spotify earned Lady Gaga $167 (not thousand, just one hundred and sixty seven dollars) from 1 million plays. Clearly the model still needs work, but it’s good to see some evolution all the same.

It exists on iPhone and you can share playlists with your friends so if you find a song you want them to hear, you can just drop it in your shared playlist. Spotify rules.

~DtD