I've been somewhat amazed at the amount of progressive music available on streaming services, particularly Apple Music. Given that progressive music is a niche market and fans are likely to buy CD's or even downloads to feed their obsession, why would these artists allow the music to be streamed?
Certain purveyors of progressive music like Cunieform and DGM seem to have recognized this reality and don't allow their music to be streamed. This makes a lot of sense to me and that's what I would do if I were in the biz. However, a LOT of prog artists are available on streaming services: Echolyn, Nad Sylvan (and Unifaun), Advent, Mike Keneally, and a host of others. The economics of this don't make sense to me. These niche artists are likely losing sales to folks that can just stream the album for next to nothing. I suppose they're being held hostage to distribution deals from the parent label, or perhaps they're actually making money?
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