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Thread started 08/01/15 12:13pm

terrig

Jay-Z Bouncing from Tidal

Well, not surprising. Had they not botched the launch, Jay-Z might have been able to get the funding, interesting though he (nor all the celebrated 'owners') are going to float it - so much for the 'revolution'. They all have enough money to do so.

So much for that pump & dump scheme Jay! There will be other opportunities lolololol

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=297025



"Tidal
has gone eerily quiet of late, apart from statements of support from Nicki Minaj and Madonna, and the word is that Jay Z is looking to get out. This ambitious undertaking has cost him millions of his own money because he never got the expected funding, he still hasn’t paid the licensing fees to the rights holders and no one is likely to throw him a life preserver and bail him out, so he has little choice at this point except to stop the bleeding. What will his exit strategy look like? Interesting to note that it’s not Apple, Sony, UMG or WMG that could be putting the final nail in the Tidal coffin, but Cash Money’s Slim and Baby Williams, with their tortious-interference suit against the service for its recent exclusive with alienated label artist Lil Wayne."

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Reply #1 posted 08/01/15 1:24pm

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eek Wow

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Reply #2 posted 08/01/15 4:43pm

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You can have all the endorsements in the world, with a plethora of big names to promote your product, but if the concept has been rehashed over & over again, whats the point? It will have a short expiry date.

Jay-Z has the resourced & the influence to launch a new idea and maintain its longevity, only problem is he didn't come up with one.

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future...

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Reply #3 posted 08/01/15 5:17pm

terrig

I think they underestimated the publics revulsion for ego and excess at the expense of their pocketbook.
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Reply #4 posted 08/01/15 5:34pm

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Stupid idea to begin with surrounded by a bunch of greedy celebrities with huge egos #TIDALFAIL
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Reply #5 posted 08/02/15 7:03am

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Typical Sagittarius...thinks an idea is too big to fail, but when it does...
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Reply #6 posted 08/02/15 11:44am

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Reply #7 posted 08/02/15 2:30pm

Ego101

didnt Prince get involved in this crap?

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Reply #8 posted 08/02/15 7:45pm

terrig

Tech question....does 'hi res' sound as proposed in this format - does it take up more bandwidth or would it require upgrades in sdata streaming on mobile phones?

Worldwide the people who access streaming the most are doing it on their phone, and thats part and parcel as to why the sound quality of the files has been degraded to enable it to be effectively streamed cheaply....

hi res streaming coud also increase on the data usage side in addition to the monthly subscription price...

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Reply #9 posted 08/02/15 8:16pm

1contessa

2020 said:

Stupid idea to begin with surrounded by a bunch of greedy celebrities with huge egos #TIDALFAIL

I think that's what turned people off in the first place.

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Reply #10 posted 08/03/15 8:19am

steakfinger

ScarletScandal said:

Typical Sagittarius...thinks an idea is too big to fail, but when it does...

Astrology and Santa Claus. As real as it gets.

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Reply #11 posted 08/03/15 10:48am

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didnt Prince get involved in this crap?

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Its been said that he signed exclusive streaming to the entire back catalog.... yanked from Spotify, from Amazon Prime (that one cut like a knife)... no idea the duration of the agreement. Anyone?

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But the new track STARE is on Spotify. boxing

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Reply #12 posted 08/03/15 11:24am

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lol Check out Joe Satriani's take on Tidal...he notified them that his biography on their site was a mess, and they couldn't/wouldn't fix it:

"I signed up with Tidal early on. I dialed it in and went, “I wonder if I’m on Tidal? Oh look, they have a bio!” — and it was the funniest thing. It was a very poor attempt. It wasn’t even copied from Wikipedia; it was just a very bad bio. And they called every record Surfing With the Alien. Can you imagine? “And then, in 1995, he released Surfing With the Alien…” I’m looking at it, going, “I’ve never even seen a cluster-typo like that!” [The aforementioned Surfing With the Alien was released in 1987.]

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I wrote them an email: “I love your service. It sounds really good. Hope when it finally launches, it’s great.” This is still when they’re gathering their preview customers, before the big launch. “By the way, it’s me, and you guys should really look at my bio, because it’s really messed up. If you need any info, let me know.”

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A couple of weeks go by, and I don’t hear anything. I write them another email. I got a response: “Our tech department is working really hard to blah blah blah.” Finally, after a few months, I was like, “Really, guys?” They had music up — and it was OK. It was good, but it didn’t make me want to never listen to my iTunes again.

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It just bothered me that they were saying, “Hey, we’re all this,” and at the same time, they couldn’t fix this teeny little thing. I’m thinking, if you can’t even handle this small detail, what are you really doing with the music?"

http://www.digitaltrends....supernova/

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Reply #13 posted 08/03/15 5:46pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

Maybe that's why prince unveiled his latest,blockbuster "MasterPiece" the hit funk single "Stare" on Spotify recently. It's already on it's way to a million spins already.. Go prince!!!

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #14 posted 08/04/15 9:42am

mjscarousal

This was a fail from the get go. Aside from the obnoxious press conference, there is no need to put out another streaming service. The market is already saturated with various streaming services. Nobody is not going to pay for a pricey service when they can easily go on youtube and get music for free or pay for a less expensive service.

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Reply #15 posted 08/05/15 4:01pm

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ScarletScandal said:

Typical Sagittarius...thinks an idea is too big to fail, but when it does...

eek

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Reply #16 posted 08/06/15 10:19am

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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #17 posted 08/06/15 5:24pm

mjscarousal

^ lol
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Reply #18 posted 08/07/15 12:22pm

EddieC

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I think we can all agree that today's announcement concerning HITNRUN has righted this ship.

Or maybe Prince should have had another meeting sometime since that first one.

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Reply #19 posted 08/08/15 12:18pm

KCOOLMUZIQ

it's very nice of prince to try & save Jay Z's streaming service. What a way to repay Jay Z back 4 broadcasting prince's highly,successful, BLOCKBUSTER, MEGA, bAlTiMoRe Xtravaganza...

eye will ALWAYS think of prince like a "ACT OF GOD"! N another realm. eye mean of all people who might of been aliens or angels.if found out that prince wasn't of this earth, eye would not have been that surprised. R.I.P. prince
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Reply #20 posted 08/09/15 11:22am

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Desiigner "Panda" LES TWINS x YAK FILMS | Laurent ft Skitzo & Boom Squad Inglewood heart (part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/w...vQFqB-mAWI new
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Reply #21 posted 08/10/15 7:30am

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KCOOLMUZIQ said:

it's very nice of prince to try & save Jay Z's streaming service. What a way to repay Jay Z back 4 broadcasting prince's highly,successful, BLOCKBUSTER, MEGA, bAlTiMoRe Xtravaganza...

Lol

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Reply #22 posted 08/11/15 9:55am

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Desiigner "Panda" LES TWINS x YAK FILMS | Laurent ft Skitzo & Boom Squad Inglewood heart (part 1)
https://www.youtube.com/w...vQFqB-mAWI new
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Reply #23 posted 08/14/15 7:33am

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mjscarousal said:

This was a fail from the get go. Aside from the obnoxious press conference, there is no need to put out another streaming service. The market is already saturated with various streaming services. Nobody is not going to pay for a pricey service when they can easily go on youtube and get music for free or pay for a less expensive service.

nod Streaming Isn't Saving The Music Industry After All.

Once the music industry pull their heads out of their butts and understand streaming will never be the gold pot beneath the rainbow, maybe they'll come up with a strategy. TIdal should have had a free streamng option and all music should be played in FLAC. People are still downloading, ripping and sharing shit off and on the net.

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Reply #24 posted 08/14/15 3:46pm

RJOrion

ScarletScandal said:

Typical Sagittarius...thinks an idea is too big to fail, but when it does...

eek

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Reply #25 posted 08/14/15 6:16pm

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mjscarousal said:

This was a fail from the get go. Aside from the obnoxious press conference, there is no need to put out another streaming service. The market is already saturated with various streaming services. Nobody is not going to pay for a pricey service when they can easily go on youtube and get music for free or pay for a less expensive service.


THAT!^ nod

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Reply #26 posted 08/22/15 3:39pm

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So far, this is just rumours.

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Reply #27 posted 09/05/15 10:57am

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Now streaming Made in America festival: (Aug 5, 6)

http://www.rollingstone.c...m-20150904


http://tidal.com/us/mia-live

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Reply #28 posted 09/06/15 8:50am

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Why is this thread, with its wholly untrue titular statement, still stickied, considering it's a month later and there's been no announcement to that effect? I have no particular like or dislike for the service, but I'm bemused as to why blatant misinformation is being spread here, and apparently being co-signed by the mods.
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