Isnt it simply that there are 1.3 billion net users and that attention is now currency ? Some people (most web users admittedly) want free content and some will pay as they want to support an artist or want as has been said previously in this thread a purchased file. The more people that hear a track and tell their friends and / or talk about it blog it the more you will sell.
Its simply attention (as Bethemediauk)
Isnt it simply that there are 1.3 billion net users and that attention is now currency ? Some people (most web users admittedly) want free content and some will pay as they want to support an artist or want as has been said previously in this thread a purchased file. The more people that hear a track and tell their friends and / or talk about it blog it the more you will sell.