The Online Age is enhancing the music industry

i think that the online age is enhancing the music industry because it allows easy instant access the thousands artists and information about all sorts of music and improves the bond between the artist/band and the audiences. Sites such as Last FM allow the audience to listen to artists without having to go out and purchase the items and with features such as playlists you can easily group your favourite artists together. File sharing is becoming very popular in this age and a lot of people are complaining that it is destroying the music industry. I don't agree with this because file sharing is just like sending a song to your mates but on a greater scale. a lot of people including myself who use file sharing software such as frostwire still go out and but band/artists merch etc.. so i fell that this doesn’t not contribute to destroying the music industry. This online age also allows you to buy merch, CD's posters etc.. off the bands website making it easier to get hold of what you want.