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I suspect that what's happening is more of a shift from labels, rather than a shift away from music.
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And I suspect that there is a shift to unscrupulous operators ripping off artists by aggregating unlicensed music on file-sharing websites and charging advertisers for access to the people who show to those websites. THAT"S the " new business model" that we keep hearing about.
The solution is to close down this "new business model" through law enforcement or watch creators -whether "indie" or "label" -just drift away as they find themselves unable to support themselves through the making of original creations.
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There's a cost to no enforcement for sure, but there's also a cost to too much enforcement or the wrong kind of enforcement. Copyright is a fine balance, so it makes sense that the enforcement of copyright should also be a fine balance.
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Right now, we are pretty much at the stage of virtually no effective law enforcement. We are a long way from any kind of fine balance. I can if I want download an unlicensed copy of almost any popular musical or written work with impunity, as I have been repeatedly told.
I can't do that with, say, any car I want, because there is effective law enforcement against the theft of automobiles. People still steal cars; but lots of people get caught and the police can get at the stolen car fencers and chop shop owners.
Just as the the rule of law has been extended to the automobile industry, so too will be extended to the digital media industry.