Yeah well it's quite obvious that Reznor doesn't know much about music, you got that right. Guy is a retread clown. What has he ever done? Make some weirdo videos and maybe a couple songs that were popular for about a week? Great, Trent. That certainly qualifies him as knowing how us little folks are supposed to "enjoy our music".
I used to share the same sentiment until I got used to Spotify's free plan, which is seriously making me consider pay a subscription especially if they can match Apple's $15 family plan. It's really awesome.
What I like the most is: I make personal playlists and add tracks to it as I encounter them, I no longer have to confront the question of whether I wanna spend $1 on a track to add to a playlist, or buy the entire album. In my case since I'm old school, if I have the choice to buy, I prefer the entire album, but it gets costly fast, in which case I have harder decisions to make on what to commit on buying.
You'll find yourself giving a chance to genres and artists you may not have considered before, since there is no 'commitment' you'll be free to explore and give a chance to new material. This is why I think streaming works and even though I like owning music, it seems to me streaming is the future.
Sorry, not interested Trent. I buy music. I like supporting the artists I listen to. I buy it from them on a CD at their shows when possible. Not interested in streaming, DRM or getting locked in to any middle-man money schemes scooping the dough off the top. I am a long time Mac fan. I think iTunes is an abomination and needs to go. The UI is awful, there's no dark mode and it's trying to do way too much these days. Break out these services away from the music player. I don't need them.
MEMO TO MR. REZNOR:
Music is not about an experience.
Music is about quality.
Experience is the back-end buzzword that companies use when they are trying to sell rip-offs.
There is almost no music of quality that has been produced in the last twenty years. Therefore, people are content to stream it for free rather than pay for it.
Writing good music is hard. It may be that good music has died a natural death, in which case, no amount of curation will save it. In the event that it hasn't died yet, we are in a moribund period, and are waiting for it to re-ignite.
There is almost a 100% chance that it won't in the current quality-hostile climate, however. Why? Because musicians aren't paid enough. Not nearly enough.
When musicians are paid Tim Cook's wage, and he is relegated to his rightful position as a drone administrator and paid accordingly, then, and only then, will music once again flourish.
Yeah well it's quite obvious that Reznor doesn't know much about music, you got that right. Guy is a retread clown. What has he ever done? Make some weirdo videos and maybe a couple songs that were popular for about a week? Great, Trent. That certainly qualifies him as knowing how us little folks are supposed to "enjoy our music".
Yes, I'm sure Trent who is one of the most revolutionary musicians of the last 100 years needs your advice on what music is.