• Arcade Fire's Win Butler Blames Major Labels for "Ruining" Tidal's Business

    Arcade Fire's Win Butler, and his wife and co-band leader Régine Chassagne, took part in the highly criticized celebrity launch of Jay Z's Tidal music streaming service, and while he's still a supporter, the indie artist admitted in an interview that the launch event was botched and the major labels are largely to blame for the faltering business model.

  • Prince Says "It's a Bad Time For Music," Cites Lack of Creativity

    Prince has always been critical of the music industry, but usually that criticism is directed at labels and the bureaucratic, political machine that runs the industry, not the artists themselves. Now he's turned his eye to artists though and in an interview with 'The New York Post' he cited his concerns about the lack of creativity in pop music today as why "it's a bad time for music."

  • Jay Z Joins Instagram, Makes First Post & Then Deactivates Account

    Yesterday marked an important day in music history. All over the world, stars and fans of the late great "King of Pop," Michael Jackson, paid homage to the fallen icon in the form of social media messages for his birthday. In honor of the musical legend's special day, Jay Z (Sean Carter), joined Instagram, made his first post and then deactivated the account.

  • Prince Compares Record Contracts To Slavery, Defends TIDAL

    In a private meeting with 10 journalists at his Minneapolis studio on Saturday night, Prince discussed some of the hot topics on his mind in the music industry. No phones or recording devices where allowed in the studio at all, so only a few quotes managed to escape from the event, but the one that has stuck out the most was Prince's advice to young artists looking to grow. He urges them to not seek out a record contract, but instead stay independent and free because "record contracts are just like - I'm gonna say the word - slavery." "I would tell any young artist... don't sign," Prince continued. He also took the time to defend Jay Z & TIDAL, who he has just signed a deal with.

  • Birdman Sues TIDAL for $50 Million Over Lil Wayne's 'Free Weezy Album'

    Though Birdman was just named in an indictment that alleges he was involved in a plot to kill Lil Wayne, he's showing no attempt to make amends with his former "son," who's still fighting to free himself from Cash Money Records. If that lawsuit wasn't enough, Birdman has brought forth another. He is suing Jay Z's TIDAL for recently releasing Lil Wayne's 'Free Weezy Album' -- to the tune of $50 million.

  • Neil Young Removes Music from Streaming Services, Cites Awful Audio

    Neil Young has joined performers such as Taylor Swift and Prince in removing his music from the majority of streaming services, however he cites audio quality and not financial elements for the decision. The godfather of grunge has always been an audio-obsessive, but there's a chance that this recent decision was simply to help boost use of his personal service, Pono.

  • Jay Z's TIDAL Price Drops with Family Bundle Plans

    TIDAL has announced it is offering a family plan with discounted prices as an attempt to try and lure new users to the service. Jay Z's streaming service is reacting to the moves by other services like Spotify, Apple Music and Rdio, which offer either free subscriptions for a limited time or as part of a freemium model. TIDAL has a pay wall to start and wants to make it more accessible for groups to sign up. The company announced Wednesday that it is offering up to a 50 percent discount on up to four additional users to the same account. The initial user still has to pay the standard $10 per month.

  • Soundcloud Introduces 15,000 Play Limit on API Embedded Tracks

    Amidst all of the pressure from other major streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music and TIDAL, Soundcloud has found itself struggling to keep up as it attempts to resolve its ability to monetize the content on its platform without alienating its users. On Tuesday, the service announced a move to cap the number of plays on a third party site like a blog using a Soundcloud customized API. The cap is at 15,000 plays over 24 hours per streamable item, which may sound like a lot, but for a select few number of sites that are able to drive a lot of traffic, this could be pretty devastating.

  • Lil Wayne's 'Deal' with Jay Z Just TIDAL Promotion; No Roc-A-Fella

    Lil Wayne announced over the weekend that he had "signed a deal" with Jay Z, which had many predicting that Weezy's next chapter would be with Roc-A-Fella Records, once the current Cash Money lawsuit fiasco blows over. Alas, the rapper's manager clarified the comments on Sunday, noting that Wayne had signed a deal with Jay's TIDAL streaming service...in other words, something the world already knew.
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