"'Tidal Blew It': All the Artists That Have Hammered Tidal
By Marc Schneider
The hits keep coming for Jay Z's Tidal streaming service, and we're not talking about all those quickly-pillaged exclusives from its group of superstar artist-investors. Since re-launching in late March at a confusing event in New York City, Tidal has been playing a lot of defense, mainly for its reputation as a club for "music's one percent" (equity holders include Beyonce and Rihanna) and for not focusing more on smaller and indie artists who are struggling to make a living.
The latest indictment comes from Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard, who told The Daily Beast that Jay Z had a chance to stand up for the little guy but he "blew it."...
"If I had been Jay Z, I would have brought out ten artists that were underground or independent and said, 'These are the people who are struggling to make a living in today’s music industry. Whereas this competitor streaming site pays this person 15 cents for X amount of streams, that same amount of streams on my site, on Tidal, will pay that artist this much... I think they totally blew it by bringing out a bunch of millionaires and billionaires and propping them up onstage and then having them all complain about not being paid."
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