I’m ****ing Up The Music Industry. Music Label Executives Can’t Sleep At Night Because of Me.

By Andrew Meyer on June 26, 2008

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Hello. I'm 23 and I really like music. I listen to a lot of music.

And, I'm ****ing up the music industry.

Music label executives are popping Ambiens at night because of me. Their relationship with their spouse and children is strained because of me. The water in their traditional distribution pipes is drying up fast because of me.

Why?

I haven't bought a CD in over 1.5 years.

I've only purchased a handful of albums and singles off iTunes over the years and only because family and friends gifted me iTunes gift cards.

I stream and download pre-release material on music blogs and than never pay money for the material when it is released.

And, you know what's going to give music label executives an even bigger headache?

I'm losing passion and zest for the digital download.

More than ever, I actually prefer streaming my music online than "owning" a track in digital form on my hard drive.

Why are music label execs getting hemorrhoids right now?

Because if one of their platinum-selling artists is dropping an album this month they sure as hell better figure out a way to make money while streaming full-length songs on the platinum-selling artists' Imeem page because I won't be driving to record store to buy the CD and I won't be buying the album on iTunes.

See my video question for readers in the comments.

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