JAY Z & FRIENDS LAUNCH TIDAL STREAMING SERVICE
- wwetvsports21
- Mar 31, 2015
- 2 min read
(WWETV) JAY Z with the help of some friends launched his new streaming service Tidal. In an interview he stated People really feel like music is free, but will pay $6 for water,” he said. “You can drink water free out of the tap, and it’s good water. But they’re OK paying for it. It’s just the mind-set right now.”
He believes he is going to get the music industry back on track. He spoke about whether or not he is competition to other streaming services such as Spotify. "It’s not me against Spotify, but for us, you know, just the idea of the way we came into it, with everyone having equity, will open the dialogue — whether it be with the labels, the publishers or whoever,” he said.
"For someone like me, I can go on tour," Jay Z said of a musician's options for making money. "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."
When asked if he encountered any major label backlash when presenting the idea around the industry, Jay offered that TIDAL isn't in competition with labels.
"I think the labels were a bit suspicious that we were creating a record company," he said. "It’s not a record company; if anything, it’s a record store. I have a record company. I don’t want another label. I’m happy with what I’m doing. But some were suspicious. We had talks, like, 'Man, you guys also ought to bless this talent. We want you to be involved in this thing as well.' Again, we’re not even against other streaming companies. We want everyone to do well. We just want to carve out our section and let our voice be heard."
ALSO CHECK OUT TIDAL REVIEW BY REVOLTV
In the video below Complex music takes it to the street to see whether or not people can tell the difference in quality between Tidal vs. Spotify.
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