Just another reason to buy music from the artists own website, if they have one.

It'll likely be seen as "lost revenue" and therefore piracy by the holders, as I don't imagine that they include small individual sites in their surveys, but the artist will get more money in the end and that's what matters.

Doesn't everyone always say that Spotify rarely/barely make a profit? Don't they still have to give most of their money to the labels?

That is wild

surface of the circle is directly proportional to the revenue, this presentation is much better to compare two values to each other (if you have problem comparing how much 367 is compared to 128 and need an image for that, that is). it would be harder in the pie chart.

if you want share of the total, the bottom graph is much better for that (and it adds layer of information that pie graph wouldn't have).

i assume that is why.

Maybe because the two top mediums shown are circular shaped, a CD and a vinyl record.

Probably because they wanted to show the variance over time which one pie chart cannot visually show. And it's easier to compare a circle vs a circle than a pie chart.

I've recently learnt about Cassette Futurism and it's making me nostalgic for en era that never was.

Why do that when we already have digital media players like iPods and phones that meet the criteria?

What is this thing called ringtone? I don't believe I have heard of it before.

Digital License: commercial use, such as with video game osts, movie commissions, or streaming service licensing fees from record labels.

MP3: pay-to-download services.

They sort of are. A lot of hardcore shows I go to always offer cassettes at the merch table.

I never bought an album on tape. Only ever used it for boot legging. And I sure don't miss searching for a particular track on tape I would want to play.

I bought a cassette this weekend at a smaller local concert. They only had cassette and CDs. CD just feels meh to me and I also don't have a CD drive around anymore, so I went with the tape. The format is really cool for smaller bands as you don't need much effort to release them. Just design the small piece of paper and you're good to go. It's also better to carry around during the concert compared to being stuck with the huge-ass vinyl in the pit lol.

If possible, I prefer to get a vinyl, but I get it that it's a pain in the ass for smaller semi-professional bands as it's expensive a fuck to release on vinyl. So cassette it is, now I only need to get my hands on a tape deck lmao.

That would be very interesting indeed.

I imagine that the drop observed between 2005 and 2020 isn't because people didn't listen to music, but likely rather piracy and digital media being harder to properly gauge (musicians selling music on their own websites and such, not having to burn it to CDs first).

This is also supported by various claims and statistics showing a fall in piracy in the late 20's.

How is the data distributed among the positive and negative y axis?

It's symmetrical. There is actually nothing negative shown in that graph. The graph could be flat at the bottom on the axis that it would change nothing. However, it looks like soundwaves.

There's no positive or negative, just share (width). It is done creatively but still accurately, it looks like the most dominant segment takes the center allowing you to easily spot which was the most popular at what year.

I just bought a record from an artist Merch booth at a concert last weekend. Feels good and I got it signed.

It's seriously niche. Nobody is buying cassette over vinyl or CD for any reason but aesthetics or a gimmick or novelty.