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ug. 11, p18

'€œMusic streaming is indeed the future of music distribution.'€

These words came from rising pop star Raisa. The singer has collaborated with the music-streaming application Guvera by making a celebrity playlist of tracks she loves, such as John Legend'€™s '€œAll of Me'€.

Your comments:

I admit that I am still illegally downloading music (usually foreign artists). I used to buy albums in CD format. But now I never do that anymore because, first, the CDs are always played when I'€™m driving, which isn'€™t something that I do frequently.

Second, imported albums are relatively expensive for me. But I always buy local records (mostly independent artists), which are relatively affordable for me, and part of appreciating their hard work.

I agree the notion of music streaming is the future of music distribution. I mostly listen to music using gadgets. Records I buy are ripped to digital format, leaving the original discs unused, even though the packaging was eye-catching.

Making more methods for payment is certainly a good idea, but ad-funded music streaming could be a good start since many people are still reluctant to pay for streaming (they would prefer to illegally download music).

An ad-funded system is also good way to reap a wider market share, especially for people who aren'€™t really financially literate.

Lukman Edwindra