[BlazingArizona]

Buying music by the song (remember 45 or 78 RPM records?) is a way for the industry to return to it's roots and will ultimately inspire artists to write better songs instead of album filler.

This Internet-based business model is already working so well for Apple that it has opened up its site (Apple Music Store) to artists for direct sales, bypassing all those record-industry middlemen.

[bk1000]

"This Internet-based business model is already working so well for Apple that it has opened up its site (Apple Music Store) to artists for direct sales, bypassing all those record-industry middlemen"

I was not aware of this. I think this is fantastic.
The industry will find a way to survive through adaptation.
This will be better for the unsigned artist, a way for
established artists to remain that way, and the only
losers will be the whiners, i.e. record execs bent on
beating a dying horse.