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# How A Teenager Might Spend A $20 Monthly Music Budget
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/how_a_teenager_/
- Published: 2006-02-06T11:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2006-02-06T11:35:00.000Z
- Description: Our friends at IndieHQ used Hypebot’s recent article on a poll that showed slumping music sales has more to do with lousy product and high prices than downloading and used. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/02/how_a_teenager_.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Vinyl, Cassettes & Retail, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

Our friends at [IndieHQ](http://indiehq.com/2006/02/03/poll-explores-reason-for-sales-slump/?ref=hypebot.com) used Hypebot’s [recent article](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2006/02/new%5Fpoll%5Fshoes%5F.html?ref=hypebot.com) on a poll that showed slumping music sales has more to do with lousy product and high prices than downloading and used it as an interesting analysis of how a kid with a monthly music budget of $20 might choose to spend his hard earned cash.

[![Emusicnewlogo_5](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/emusicnewlogo_5.gif "Emusicnewlogo_5")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/emusicnewlogo%5F5.gif?ref=hypebot.com)

I personally subscribe to Rhapsody, Emusic, and Yourmusic.com…For the $20 per month example, you can’t really beat combining Rhapsody and Emusic services as you will have access to millions of songs.

Read is all [here](http://indiehq.com/2006/02/03/poll-explores-reason-for-sales-slump/?ref=hypebot.com) and weep. The scariest option is the use of [YourMusic](http://www.yourmusic.com/?ref=hypebot.com) , a major label supported [![Yourmusic_3](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/yourmusic_3.gif "Yourmusic_3")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/yourmusic%5F3.gif?ref=hypebot.com)site that sells 14,000 top titles at $5.99 including shipping and handling. Talk about devaluing your own product…