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# Think of Your Music As A Service, Not As A Product
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/think-of-your-music-as-a-service-not-as-a-product/
- Published: 2013-06-18T09:26:43.000Z
- Updated: 2013-06-18T09:26:43.000Z
- Description: As a musician, do you think of your music as a service or as a product? Before the phonograph, people could only experience music live. Now, people can experience music. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/06/think-of-your-music-as-a-service-not-as-a-product.html]
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- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Think Tank, digital music, Mark Doyon, music, Music Business, Natalie Cheng, Phonograph, product, service, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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As a musician, do you think of your music as a service or as a product? Before the phonograph, people could only experience music live. Now, people can experience music virtually anywhere with digital music. As a musician, thinking of your music as a service rather than a product can help you strengthen your relationship with fans. Check out more of what **Mark Doyon** had to say about music as a service on [Music Think Tank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/think-of-your-music-as-a-service-not-as-a-product.html?ref=hypebot.com).

“Virtually no one alive today remembers a time before vast, personal record collections, a day when music could be experienced **only in the moment in which it was performed**. But that is exactly how it was experienced for thousands of years before Edison.” ([Read On](http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/think-of-your-music-as-a-service-not-as-a-product.html?ref=hypebot.com))