It seems that the reaction to HITNRUN splits into two camps.

1) I already pay for streaming, but I use [x] service and I won't be switching to TIDAL.

2) I'm not interested in streaming! I want a physical release!


My perspective is a bit of both. I want a physical for collectors reasons, but I listen to music using Google Play Music, and I'm a paid subscriber (£7.99/month). Google Play Music allows you to upload your own collection as well as access their database, so if there were a physical release, I'd just rip it and put it on GPM.

Here's my reasoning : If I'm going to mostly listen to music in one place, there's gotta be a way for me to upload my own obscure and rare stuff that wouldn't be other available.



So for those of you who are in the first camp, which service would you use?

Second question - if you were to switch to another service, would it be TIDAL? If not, which one would it be?

I used SPOTIFY... Was a shame to have Prince pull all his stuff there...

I don't pay to stream music. That's like paying to listen to the radio. I use Spotify and Pandora for free. Sure I have to listen to a couple of ads every now and again and I can't skip as many songs a I want and whatever other "service" they offer. That doesn't bother me in the least.

This is why Tidal is circling the toilet bowl anyway because they don't offer a free option and that 30 day free trial isn't going to cut it for folks that aren't willing to pay at all.

As someone who doesn't pay for any streaming service, there is something I'm not clear about: if you are a subscriber to Tidal, will you have to also pay for the Prince album? Or is it just part of your subscription?

I don't really stream, I make playlists of music I own or listen to the radio. Sometimes I'll listen to Soundcloud or Pandora, but I will not pay for a streaming service, not unless there's something more enticing (ie. remastered catalogue/unreleased extras), which hasn't occured yet.

This 'BIG' news is really no news. No one really cares about modern Prince music, so I'm really not sure how this benefits anyone except Prince, assuming he was paid upfront for the exclusive.

I'm still rocking Launchcast circa '00. I can't tell you how many times I've heard Fire And Desire at this point.

I dont use streaming for my own personal music enjoyment....I play from my own collection of things I own. everything I NEED TO HEAR is on my phone so I can have music in the car, and THAT is my entire Prince/D'Angelo collections - driving = Prince, DAngelo, Lauryn Hill Mary J Blige and Florence & The Machine lololol

I did just sign up for applemusic, which i love. i use streaming mainly for 'throwaway music' i'd never buy. its useful for my business and all their workout/fitness playlists are easy for me to reccommend for my younger clients and it keeps me current with what they listen to and enjoy. (which - gahhhhh, poor things... will diplo stand the test of time? my 20's were so much better for music) however, i have purchased from some of the 'suggestions' applemusic made, which surprised me. so i'm actually making purchases i didnt expect to via the streaming.

I'm in the gym bsusiness so I use(d) spotify because i could have clients send me their fave playlists for their private sessions....and they loved having their own music be the backdrop for their one/one sessions

I use itunes dj podcasts ALOT - for all my fitness videos because i can tell my web members what to use to be able to use my fitness videos without any riaa problems. I dont need to put music in the video - they stream it on their own and i just float the title across the screen. this makes everyone happy because if people dont like it they can play what they do like....win/win


I consume music in alot of varied ways for varied reasons....which i think most people do...i buy music almost weekly for one reason or another. it's like breathing.

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if i cant buy a CD or Vinyl, im downloading and burning onto CD..i aint paying for no streaming service and using up my data....nah...it aint that serious

I only use Spotify free.

I use Google Music but I don't pay to subscribe, I uploaded my own collection.

I'm quite happy to give Tidal a go. It's unlikely I'd switch to tidal as my main service because Google Play now has all my Prince boots uploaded. If he becomes an active Tidal user with plenty of content I'd be happy to keep up my subscription.

My Amazon Prime membership allows me to stream their entire music catalog ad-free without any additional cost. I don't use it much but I'm glad I have access to it. Also, 80% of my music library has been uploaded to Amazon cloud. I haven't considered any other streaming services.

I have a problem with paying to rent a music catalog without the ability to download and store the music on some kind of physical media.

However, if Prince & WB made the complete 14 minute version of Computer Blue available for download on Tidal; I would seriously consider signing up for a trial.

crenshaw said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

I'm somewhere in between the 2 models described by Militant. I gave up on physical formats nearly 10 years ago, ripped all my CD's and sold them (for a 10th of what I'd paid them ) and ever since I listen only to digital music.

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However I want to own a copy of the music, I don't use streaming services if only because I currently live in Asia where connections are too slow and too unstable for relying only on streaming, but also because I am a collector and I enjoy having my own records collection. + anyway there's no streamin service in the world capable of providing everything I listen to, with a 4000+ albums collections on my drive I have lots of rarities that aren't on any streaming service, let alone all on a single one.

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Now I know someone will rip the new P album the minute it's out and share it, so I don't worry about owning a copy of it, but as long as it can't be purchased and downloaded IDK whether it should count as a proper release, or then so should everything that's been aired on TV, broadcast on radio and streamed online.