wbhendrix Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Just heard about this today and signed up immediately. I have been waiting for a HIFI streaming service to replace my compressed spotify streaming service. Ive been using it all afternoon and the sound quality is extremely impressive!! Looks like i'll be canceling my spotify service in replacement of this. http://exclaim.ca/Music/article/jay_z_launches_his_tidal_streaming_service The company's blurb as as follows: "Introducing the first music streaming service that combines the best High Fidelity sound quality, High Definition music videos and expertly Curated Editorial." Tidal's Premium service costs $9.99 a month, while the loss HiFi service costs $19.99. They're available to test as a free 30 day trial. Unlike Spotify, it doesn't offer a free tier.Go to Tidal.com to learn more. dickcritter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbhendrix Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Check out some excerpts from Jay's #NewRules below. On restoring "fair trade" in music:Definitely. For someone like me, I can go on tour. But what about the people working on the record, the content creators and not just the artists? If they’re not being compensated properly, then I think we’ll lose some writers and producers and people like that who depend on fair trade. Some would probably have to take another job, and I think we’ll lose some great writers in the process. Is it fair? No. If you put in work, everyone else, you go to work you get paid. That’s fair trade. It’s what our country is built on.On what he wants out of TIDAL:Artists come here and start making songs 18 minutes long, or whatever. I know this is going to sound crazy, but maybe they start attempting to make a “Like a Rolling Stone,” you know, a song that doesn't have a recognizable hook, but is still considered one of the greatest songs of all time, the freedom that this platform will allow art to flourish here. And we’re encouraging people to put it in any format they like. It doesn't have to be three minutes and 30 seconds. What if it’s a minute and 17, what if it’s 11; you know, just break format. What if it’s just four minutes of just music and then you start rapping?On whether it will offer exclusives from artists:Well, it’s up to the artist. You know, there’s a thing now, it’s called the album cycle. You put your single out, promote it, then another single -- I think that now for an artist an album cycle doesn’t have to end. They’re on Instagram and Twitter and all these things, so we’re just talking about ways of extending that album cycle, and it could be anything. What if it’s a video offering tickets to the next concert, or what if it’s audio or video of the recording process? It could be anything. It could be them at home listening to songs that inspire them. Anything they want to offer, you know; just be as creative as possible, that’s the only charge, really. Make it look really good and make everyone that consumes it think, “Man, I got something really great.” Treat the people with respect; make it memorable.http://www.hotnewhiphop.com/jay-z-w...d-restore-fair-trade-in-music-news.14621.html souljacker8888 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 What is the pressing info for Jay Z's Tidal? When does it ship? mappingtheyears, monsterrod, SubstituteForLove and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
th11thson Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I'm going to wait for the newbury variant. docdasuess, 74R, tape and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
213041284s Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 What is the pressing info for Jay Z's Tidal? /99 Hairy Potter, rynflnnry, Fridge Fox and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRINCE Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 /EVERYTHING ELSE THREAD thesewoodenideas, monsterrod and 74R 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 /99 eBay gold. 74R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 These gonna come with a free Pono player or what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just a normal guy kevin Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 I just streamed the new Sufjan and the beats sound incredible. Burkazoid, Tommy and _stretts 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFC1549 Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Who is Jay Z and what does he do? thesewoodenideas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrangeJoe Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Lol this is such a load of shit. Lossless quality for 20$ a month. Give me a break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Tidal has been around for a while, Jay-Z just bought into it recently. Way overpriced, but it is awesome people are trying lossless streaming. Fridge Fox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_stretts Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 lossless streaming cash grab people probs aint even listening with decent headphones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterrod Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 In b4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circuit bored records Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 One of my coworkers was all about this like 6 months ago. Fat chance I'll ever pay for a streaming music service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitterhappier Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Very happy to see Jay-Z finally getting paid for all of his work. Probably one of the most underpaid artists we've seen in our lifetime. ̮ ɤ ̮, tape, Burkazoid and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_stretts Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Very happy to see Jay-Z finally getting paid for all of his work. Probably one of the most underpaid artists we've seen in our lifetime. Same goes for Kanye West and the others that came out of the wood works to launch TIDAL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsgoodtobefree Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 It's cool that artists are supporting high quality audio formats, but if the mastering is bad there's really no point. natenomm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetsuodaironman Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Compared to me Jay Z is lazy. Fridge Fox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrewest Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Very happy to see Jay-Z finally getting paid for all of his work. Probably one of the most underpaid artists we've seen in our lifetime. "Would you rather be underpaid, or overrated?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamover Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Check out some excerpts from Jay's #NewRules below. On what he wants out of TIDAL: Artists come here and start making songs 18 minutes long, or whatever. I know this is going to sound crazy, but maybe they start attempting to make a “Like a Rolling Stone,” you know, a song that doesn't have a recognizable hook, but is still considered one of the greatest songs of all time, the freedom that this platform will allow art to flourish here. And we’re encouraging people to put it in any format they like. It doesn't have to be three minutes and 30 seconds. What if it’s a minute and 17, what if it’s 11; you know, just break format. What if it’s just four minutes of just music and then you start rapping? What the fuck is he talking about? All the videos with all the rich artists just makes it look like jay-z tricked Madonna, daft punk, and jack white into a pyramid scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circuit bored records Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 What the fuck is he talking about? All the videos will all the rich artists just makes it look like jay-z tricked Madonna, daft punk, and jack white into a pyramid scheme. It sounds more to me like some conceited narcissists talking about starting a civil revolution when all they did was endorse a business that offers streaming music, and nothing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_stretts Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 wbhendrix Check out some excerpts from Jay's #NewRules below. On what he wants out of TIDAL: Artists come here and start making songs 18 minutes long, or whatever. I know this is going to sound crazy, but maybe they start attempting to make a “Like a Rolling Stone,” you know, a song that doesn't have a recognizable hook, but is still considered one of the greatest songs of all time, the freedom that this platform will allow art to flourish here. And we’re encouraging people to put it in any format they like. It doesn't have to be three minutes and 30 seconds. What if it’s a minute and 17, what if it’s 11; you know, just break format. What if it’s just four minutes of just music and then you start rapping? Jay-Z thinks 18 minute classics don't exist then what the fuck is this? *dropsmic* tape and 213041284s 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just a normal guy kevin Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 Yeah. He's kind of describing what music is like for a majority of independent musicians and presenting it like he's stumbled upon this revolutionary approach to music. "You can use any instruments. Play long songs or short ones. The lyrics can be anything too. And it will just be friends playing music that they enjoy and love performing." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wbhendrix Posted March 31, 2015 Author Share Posted March 31, 2015 Man. I'm shocked at the amount of negativity on this forum. I understand if it's not your cup of tea but everyone's so fast to label it a cash crab. I for one am happy to pay $20 a month for the difference in sound I can hear when doing tests between this and spotify on my Martin Logan speakers or oppo headphones. It's a really good value when I consider I spend much more than $20 a month on CDs only to obtain a lossless copy ripped to my computer. By getting this service I won't need to continue to purchase so many CDs. Now It'll just be vinyl and streaming lossless for me dethrock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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