Future of Music Distribution

Music is a big part of my life, not only because I have been listening to some type of it everyday for as long as a I can remember, but because I enjoy it. I am glad that all these bands and record labels are trying to the best they can to keep the music flowing, whether its online or on TV or through some kind of physical copy. The coolest thing is that these people are really interested in getting all kinds of music out to as many people as they can, through different mediums so that almost everyone has some kind of access to it.

I am interested to see if these new ideas change the way we listen to music inthe future, though. Right now, the dominent form of music is still the CD... but, by testing these new types of distribution, are record labels/bands going to find something new that won't involve owning a physical copy? Will we, as fans, not even be able to purchase some music in album form? While I commend any new ideas for getting music out into the spotlight, I hope we will always have the option of holding onto something physical.