Free Songs - Return on Investment for Apple and artists

This is an open plea to iTunes, Apple, and the artists who post free tunes on iTunes. The trend for the last several months has been to offer only one song each week as a free download. This is an incredible shame!! When there were three or four songs each week, I was very likely to discover new music, buy new albums, and attend shows for these bands. It's just a matter of numbers—if there are more songs to preview, I’m more likely to find one that inspires me to support the musicians. I'd like to think it works that way for everyone else too.
Case in point--back when there were multiple free songs each week, I frequently found a free song that I enjoyed so much that I purchased the album:
Andy Grammer
Chiddy Bang
Drop City Yacht Club
Florence + the Machine
The Lone Bellow
Parachute
Olafur Arnalds
Ryan Star
Selah Sue
William Fitzsimmons
The Young Romans
Young the Giant
During that time, I also attended nine different concerts featuring the artists above. Since the number of songs was dropped to one, I rarely find music that inspires me. So what’dya say? Can we up the free tunes a bit? Please??

Richie Witch wrote:
During that time, I also attended nine different concerts featuring the artists above.
Concerts are almost always a loss for the artist and the label, unless you are one of the top acts.

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