Fill in the Blanks Speakout B1 StreamingOnline version Reading Extra by Irina Smith 1 out about Jukebox' over streamed to rising launched temporary via You are on the bus and the person in front of you is wearing headphones and shaking their head a rhythm . It would be hard to guess their musical taste but it's likely they are listening a music streaming service . In the UK last year , more than 20 billion tracks were , and the figure is rapidly with 500 million songs being streamed online in the UK in a single week . It's easy to see the advantages of streaming downloads - you can search millions of tracks , customise - creating and sharing playlists socially - and find new groups and singers . You can also listen anywhere you like if you have an internet connection . If you don't , many streaming services now offer a downloading service . It's no surprise that people call it 'The New Radio' or 'The Universal and that Facebook , Google and Apple have all their own versions . 2 unethical content lose out on from physically monthly music label Consumers are generally ( a subscription costs about ? 10 a month ) but artists royalties . Apparently , an artist can expect to get only ? 0 . 0010 from a single play on a streaming service after the takes its share . That means for a solo music artist to earn a U . S . minimum wage of ? 1 , 060 they would need to get around 1 . 2 million plays . As a result , well - known musicians such as Taylor Swift , Radiohead and Coldplay have either banned their music being streamed or have released it before allowing it to be streamed . They complain that the system is because music should not be free . 3 undeniable dropped consequence feel nostalgia for content with at least comeback realise The convenience of streaming is , but vinyl records ( in some ways , the opposite to streaming ) have been making a huge in the UK . Even supermarkets have started to sell them ! Young people now an era that they never knew and love to dig out their parents' old vinyl . They are not just listening to music in a 'cloud' , they want to have it physically and treasure it . Records , unlike CDs or cassettes , are real objects of desire . Whatever your opinion , there has been one positive of music streaming : the number of illegal downloads has as people they can listen to what they want , when they want , without the time - consuming and dangerous business of stealing entire libraries of music . So , however we listen , more of us are doing it legally !
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