Your favourite artists' Album can cost less than R5

Downloading has many advantages which it comes along with. E.g. if you want to buy a CD but your not sure if you really want the CD, you can Just log onto Napster search the desired artist click on the album, and quickly browse through the CD. I know that this can also be done in an actual Music store but, you know how impatient the sales person can be with you if you ask to go back to another track. “I've bought CDs I first heard on Napster, like Real Big Fish and a lot of ska music," said Amy Osmon, a student at University of South Florida in Tampa. Not everyone is like Amy, there are those who just max out their downloading ability. These individuals solely depend on getting their music from down loading. They stay in the comfort of their homes download the latest track that blasting on the airwaves, while that artist doesn’t even get a cent from that download. Award shows such as SAMA’s have even created a category for the artist who received the most Downloads for their song. This just goes to show that record companies have been forced to move with the technological advances of the new media, and how it’s engulfed an ownership which once only belonged to the producer. By having such categories may even help in reducing piracy. Gone are the days when one would wait for the full album to be released for you to listen to your favourite Brandy or Linkin Park track. The smell of a new CD and the clean non-scratched cover is a distant memory for some; all they know is going to buy a re-writable to burn the albums of their choice, and not even being worried if that CD is scratched it only cost the less that R5.