Often Pirating can come with not only risk but also can be not the best quality out there, the easiest pirating method I know of getting music is finding the song on YouTube and that is defo not studio quality.

I know not much will go to the artist but this is the best I can do without the money or ability to go to there shows and not enjoying Streaming Services.

iTunes is DRM free, you can easily move the MP3 files to any device (even ones that have never had iCloud access).

I don’t buy physical as I would wear it out playing the only track I would want to listen to on the album (as often it’s only 1-2 songs I am actually interested in.

I purchase music to get the highest quality possible, pay towards the artists I enjoy listening to & so I don’t pay for streaming services such as Spotify as they are bad models especially when I don’t want to listen to music one month.

Some months I listen to no music at all, as other months it’s not normally more than a few songs I listen to on repeat, obviously my playlists grow but not at 10 songs a month all year around. Also music streaming services are more closer to 14.99 in my country than 9.99

I know i’ve got a few songs that I’ve got over 10 listens to, and I think a good goal for each track might be 1 play per pence that I spent on it, so a £0.99 song would be 99 plays.

I personally avoid streaming services as I know some months I rather just listen to podcasts or just not listen to music at all. This is why I’m starting a digital library of songs that I purchase. But yeah I guess getting a song to less than 0.01 per play would be a good goal to see the value in the purchase.

That is fair enough, I purchase Digitally as it’s cheaper (as not really interested in a full album) and the higher quality of music does help a bit as it means I can hear it on better quality kit and it still sounds amazing. Streaming isn’t really a thing I enjoy as some months I may not want a new song or even want to listen to music, So i’m triyng to work out what amount of plays makes sense that you’ve ‘got worth’ out of it. I know it’s a little subjective but I wonder how much 99p is worth

So the reason I purchase songs digitally is a few reasons;

1. Purchasing an album is really expensive
2. Purchasing the album is stupid for me as I normally only like 1-2 songs on it.
3. I’m really autistic and can’t deal with going to an artists shows
4. I don’t like how Streaming services work taking money no matter how much I listen to the music
5. Digital Media can be copied and saved
6. I know I could just download the MP3 from YouTube but I like to pay something towards the work