How Much Does Music Cost?

Music probably shouldn't be completely free because music artists do put a lot of time and effort into it. They also have to spend their money to get their music recorded and produced. That's why I think music shouldn't be completely free. But I do think that you can make music cheaper than what it is right now. Music could be free based on what the artist thinks but music is defiantly not worth .99 cents a song on iTunes. They should cut the prices at least in half, that way the companies could make more money because more people would be willing to pay that much money for a song or a CD.