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jiggy2011

I think spotify needs to develop their own artists somehow, that is the only way I can see this working in the long term.

Having said that , I don't really like the idea of having "spotify exclusive" music especially since that would essentially force people into using facebook just to hear a track.

Another option would be for artists to sell content directly to services such as spotify on a per play or per month basis.

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This is what Netflix has started to do with some movies/series (e.g. Arrested Development). The problem with this model is that it doesn't scale, even if you could make a deal with a handful of the top grossing artists you'd still need to talk with WMG to license the rest of the artists.

More and more I think we need to reinvent the way that big music companies work. Some independent labels are doing just fine without treating their users like crap so at we know it's a viable business decision.

What I mean is actually develop the artists from scratch in the same way the record companies do currently.

The only way I can see to reinvent the big music companies is to not consume their content and help contribute to the independent labels.

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