Making Recorded Music a Product Again
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Making Recorded Music a Product Again

Making a Scene Presents - Making Recorded Music a Product Again

There was a time when recorded music was the thing. The record was not the flyer. It was not the teaser. It was not the loss leader for a T-shirt, a tour, or a playlist slot. It was the product. Fans saved up for it, hunted for it, lined up for it, argued about it, and lived with it. The album sat on a shelf, in a car, in a stereo, in a stack by the bed. It had weight. It had ritual. It had value.

Now a lot of indie artists are stuck in a bad joke. They make the most expensive thing in their business, then hand it over to platforms built to train listeners that music should feel endless, cheap, and disposable. The song becomes background utility. The album becomes content. The recording becomes marketing for the real business, which lately means touring, merch, and trying not to drown. And yet the bigger joke is this: the public still pays for music when music feels like a real object, a real event, or a real piece of access. In the U.S., streaming made up 82% of recorded music revenue in 2025, but vinyl still passed the $1 billion mark. Globally, streaming drove most recorded music income in 2025, yet physical formats also grew, pushed by strong vinyl demand. That does not say fans refuse to buy music. It says fans will not pay much for the plainest possible version of it anymore.

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