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[i]Will smaller artists be treated more fairly with TIDAL than, say, Spotify?[/i]Jack: Damn straight. I’m aiming to get unknown artists paid so that they can make more music.
[i]Can you tell us more about TIDAL?[/i]Jack: TIDAL is going to help a lot of artists out. I’m talking about the punk band that has 50k hits on Youtube and doesn’t see a dime.
[i]I think TIDAL is a noble cause, I don’t understand the backlash that it’s getting.[/i]Jack: There’s a lot of misinformation about music in the last decade, people know that it costs a lot of money to make a super hero movie, but they don’t know that it costs millions to make a country album too.
[i]Will the release of TIDAL help TMR grow as a company?[/i]Jack: We want to get the music of TMR from the unknown artists out to as many people as possible.
[i]Thank you for being an advocate for all musicians, not just the ones who have made it.[/i]Jack: Glad you dig it. Unknown musicians don’t have a voice being heard, i want those artists to make a living at being artists so more great music can happen.
[i]I really struggled to tell a large difference in “high definition” audio with the PONO player. Is TIDAL that much better?[/i]Jack: Depends on what you’re listening too. Ear buds and computer speakers are only good for ham radio as far as I can hear! Haha! Remember there was a culture of hi fidelity stereo audiophiles that got tossed aside because of computers being the new stereo. There was a lot of beauty in that, just like watching a nicely streamed hd movie on a wide screen television with surround sound is gonna be the next plate?
[i]What are some of your favorite artists on TIDAL that we can check out?[/i]Jack: I want to get all of tmr’s music on TIDAL, so those songwriters and musicians can get their songs to a bigger audience (remember most of those artists don’t get radio airplay) and I want them to get paid royalties for their songs too so they can live.
[i]I trust that you wouldn’t get involved in a simple grab for money like other people are accusing y’all of… I just wish it was something I could afford. With the vault membership, there’s not much left over for other “non-essentials…”[/i]Jack: Well I used to buy three records a month at 18 bucks a piece when I was a teenager bussing tables. I also went to the movies three times a month. What did that cost? Same as today with inflation? hmmm…
[i]How big of game changer do you think TIDAL will be?[/i]Jack: It’s about educating everyone. It could make a difference just like tmr has made in the vinyl world in that last 6 years. It starts with people who think music is sacred and beautiful.
[i]I think TIDAL is great for the fact that it will get more money to artists. After reading how little Pharrell from Pandora streaming off of one of “Happy.” Really made me realize how little musicians just starting out must be making, when Pharrell only made $2700 off of something like 43 million plays[/i]Jack: Yep, whoever started the model of making a website that gets paid by big advertisers (Youtube) and does not pay that money to the artists GENERATING the interest. Makes no sense to an artist trying to survive.
[i]I totally understand wanting to help out smaller artists. My musicians buddies are all struggling.[/i]Jack: But also bigger artists, medium artists, whatever, if PSY gets viewed 2 billion times and makes a couple grand, where did all his money go?
It’s also very important to buy real records from artists you love when they are on tour. That buys gas in our tanks when we were struggling.
Jack: Yes we did. We spent all last night talking and discussing ways to make it very cool. Here’s the shocker: musicians want you to hear their music in the best ways possible. We mix on very nice speakers and systems only to have 90% of it be heard on tiny components that cut out half the information
[i]Any largely unknown artists we should be looking for on TIDAL?[/i]Jack: I hope tons. I want tons of obscure albums that haven’t been digitized to be on there too. Loretta Lynn recorded something like 90 albums! How many can you acquire or stream digitally? 4? 6? Where are the other 80+?
[i]Which is why I find it interesting that you listen to your music playback in your car when you’re working on records, or so I read.[/i]Jack: Digital in the car, Vinyl in the bedroom, baby
[i]Does TIDAL have any plans for supporting independent artists? I hear that services like Youtube will soon be wiping away independent artists vids etc. or they will be charging them to host their content… something to that effect anyway…[/i]Jack: Lots of ideas, but you KNOW I’m all for independent artists getting heard.
[i]TIDAL is a bit elitist to be talking about the little guy in the music industry no?[/i]Jack: What is elitist about it? Who’s speaking for the little guy?
[i]Jack, it’s because everyone has gotten used to free and cheap.[/i]Jack: Should movies be free too? How about food?
