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[Quez]

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/9/8366967/apple-live-nation-tidal-streaming

Interesting article about a new streaming service that will likely result in musicians pulling their catalogs off of existing streaming services.

Just what we need, another streaming service. I haven't pirated music in years since subscribing to Google Play. However, if the artist start signing exclusively with particular streaming services it is going to force many back into torrenting.

Is the consumer supposed to pay $10 a month for 4-5 music services?

 

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Nobody is pulling anything from existing streaming services. This will flop

 

[Quez]

They said Jay-Z already pulled one album, and all the artist they are targeting have rights to their own music. It looks like that is the direction it is headed.

 

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They said Jay-Z already pulled one album, and all the artist they are targeting have rights to their own music. It looks like that is the direction it is headed.

Of course jay z did... Publicity stunt. There will be an instance of it here and there then it will flop. Artists want/need ears. They won't find them on tidal.

 

[shadyridr]

Nobody is pulling anything from existing streaming services. This will flop

except jayz

 

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Nobody is pulling anything from existing streaming services. This will flop

except jayz

read the post above yours

 

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I'll happily accept wagers on the success of this venture.

As of a month or so ago tidal had something pathetic like 20k subscribers. I'll be surprised if they hit 6 figures. They won't touch 7 figures.

http://www.stereogum.com/1790959/behold-the-half-assed-hubris-of-tidal/franchises/essay/

 

[Quez]

The difference between this and the existing streaming services is the talk of Live Nation being involved. They basically have a monopoly on the existing ticket sales model. You really can't just lump Tidal in with Spotify, Pandora, and Google Play if they offer something different. It would have to be more than just ticket presales IMO.

 

[Abraham]

I think it will be fine. Some very rich and arrogant people involved. That said, is Madonna really the best person to have narrating/speaking during the first commercial?

 

[PIK95]

Arcade Fire owns all their own music and they are involved. It was mentioned that it would be 19.99 a month initially. I use Google which is cool until its not. No LZ and others kills me.

 

[Abraham]

Arcade Fire owns all their own music and they are involved. It was mentioned that it would be 19.99 a month initially. I use Google which is cool until its not. No LZ and others kills me.

I believe its $10 for regular and $20 for super duper quality.

 

[Hov34]

This sums it up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TsfEFDSyDA

 

[rockaction]

This sums it up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TsfEFDSyDA

There is no way the consumer benefits in any way from this. I find it a hilarious disconnect that these folks think we actually care that they're not earning enough money through other streaming services. Do I care that the Red Dons can't tour because of money concerns? Absolutely. Do I care that Kanye or Chris Martin isn't getting what he thinks is his copyright due? No.

 

[kupcho1]

Dead

Three Weeks Later, Nobody Is Downloading Tidal
Just a few short weeks ago, a gaggle of the biggest names in music gathered to announce Jay Z’s new streaming music service, Tidal. I remind you of this fact because, statistically speaking, you’ve probably already forgotten about it: Tidal is now the 50th most popular music app in the iTunes store, and doesn’t even crack the top 700 overall.


Only a few minutes ago, the entire music industry stood on a stage in a collective display of how…Read more Read more
Any hot new app will see a big drop in downloads after the hype from its launch dies down, but it doesn’t look like Tidal was all that hot to begin with. It briefly peaked at #19 overall before falling out of the top 200 less than two weeks later.

Meanwhile, its competitors are surging: Pandora is at #7, Spotify is at #34, and Beats Music just broke the top 50. Even circa-2013 Spotify challenger Rdio is seeing more downloads than Tidal this week.

Some of Tidal’s problems were apparent to anyone who is not a wealthy member of the illuminati or close personal friend of Jay Z: its main value proposition was that, for only 10 dollars a month more than you’re paying for Spotify—that’s just two Starbucks lattes!—you can feed and clothe the famous multimillionaires you see on your screen.

But it also had some less obvious flaws, like a very ####tily-designed app with broken search functionality and a marketing message—attacking those other, non-artist-benefitting streaming services—that seems to have helped Spotify more than it helped Tidal. Boy Genius Report points out that Spotify saw a nice spike in downloads coinciding with the day Rihanna, Nicki, Kanye, Madonna and Jay-Z took the stage to reclaim music for the top-40 artists who already dominate it.

Two weeks ago, a happy-go-lucky troupe of ragtag recording artists (collective net worth: over…Read more Read more
Last week, Tidal “streamlined” 25 employees out of their jobs and fired CEO Andy Chen, who’s being replaced in the interim by Peter Tonstad, the former CEO of Tidal’s parent company, Aspiro.

No number of personal phone calls from Jay Z and Jack White can turn this thing into a success.

 

[Jayrok]

Tidal

Spoiler

get it?

 

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This is a magnificent flop?

I am shocked... SHOCKED I tell you!!

 

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Some of Tidal’s problems were apparent to anyone who is not a wealthy member of the illuminati or close personal friend of Jay Z: its main value proposition was that, for only 10 dollars a month more than you’re paying for Spotify—that’s just two Starbucks lattes!—you can feed and clothe the famous multimillionaires you see on your screen.

 

[Long Ball Larry]

They said Jay-Z already pulled one album, and all the artist they are targeting have rights to their own music. It looks like that is the direction it is headed.

Because he owns Tidal.

 

[Corporation]

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/9/8366967/apple-live-nation-tidal-streaming

Interesting article about a new streaming service that will likely result in musicians pulling their catalogs off of existing streaming services.

Just what we need, another streaming service. I haven't pirated music in years since subscribing to Google Play. However, if the artist start signing exclusively with particular streaming services it is going to force many back into torrenting.

Is the consumer supposed to pay $10 a month for 4-5 music services?

I doubt very much that artists will pull away from the established channels. I doubt this service is around in a year (at least how it is currently configured).ETA: Well I guess I should have read the rest of the posts That was quick.