Yesterday I talked briefly about just how online services like Last.FM and Spotify have changed my music listening habits from a strictly “buy CD > rip CD > listen to rip” model to just buying the music in digital downloadable format from the off.

Curiously only an hour or so after posting my thoughts a friend of mine Jonathon Greene (@atmasphere as many more know him) dropped a comment onto Jaiku.com:

“last.fm recommendation radio definitely leads to purchase for me …”

Now I know he hadn’t seen my post (I checked the logs) but it seems that the streaming model is working.  Whether or not services like Last.FM, Spotify or even Pandora are making any money from their subscriptions they should definately be making decent cash of referrals through to sites like Amazon.  At the end of yesterday’s ramblings I eluded to wanting a “Buy now” type button in my favourite media play: Songbird.  Now I am convinced that this would  be a seriously powerful revenue source for projects such as Spotify.