With Hollywood in turmoil and many industries in upheaval with strikes- TS was bound to get drawn in…
twitter.com/jaleelshaw/status/1681250884477501441?s=20
Um, interesting thread. There are other music peers that were larger than TS who had stronger ties & influence at the time. She tries to lead by example. But at the same time, she has to balance her ties in the industry in order to be effective- play the long game.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal_(service)
TIDAL is a Norwegian-American music streaming service, launched in 2014 by Swedish public company Aspiro. Tidal is now majority-owned by Block, Inc., an American payment processing company
TIDAL Artist ownership
"During the press conference, Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Rihanna, Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Daft Punk, Jack White, Madonna, Arcade Fire, Alicia Keys, Usher, Chris Martin, Calvin Harris, deadmau5, Jason Aldean and J. Cole were introduced to the stage as "the owners of TIDAL". Eric Harvey of Pitchfork stated of the artists who co-own the service, "These are the 1 percent of pop music in the world right now, these are artists who do not answer to record labels, do not answer to corporations." Lil Wayne joined in 2017, KW left in 2017.
"In March 2015, Aspiro was acquired by Project Panther Bidco Ltd., [Jay-Z helmed company bought streaming service for $56.2 million] which relaunched the service with a mass-marketing campaign, promoting it as the first artist-owned streaming service. In January 2017, SprintCorporation bought 33% of Tidal for a reported $200 million. In March 2021, Block*, then known as Square, agreed to pay $297 million for majority ownership of Tidal. In June, 2022, through the disclosure of the Annual Stockholder Meeting 2022, Block reported that the stake acquired in the Tidal music service was 86.8%.
Block is helmed by Jack Dorsey- former founder of Twitter. Around TIDAL transaction he also donated $10 million to Beyonce non-profit foundation. Also some other issues arose.
peopleofcolorintech.com/articles/did-jay-z-finesse-jack-dorsey-into-buying-tidal/
capitalxtra.com/features/lists/richest-hip-hop-deals/jay-z-los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-and-president-and-chief-executive-officer-of-live-nation-entertainment-michael-rapino/
Jay-Z in 2008 signed a 360 partnership w/ Live Nation [Ticketmaster & Roc Nation (2008) is owned by Live Nation] Deal helped him globally. Other 360 deals- Madonna (LN) & Drake (UMG) twitter.com/RuncieDan/status/1509936617733038084?s=20
variety.com/2017/music/news/jay-z-and-live-nation-200-million-deal-1202423886/
TS Warning:
Billboard Woman of the Decade 2019 youtu.be/ZVpkFb9-fts
genius. com/Taylor-swift-the-future-of-music-is-a-love-story-lyrics
The Future of Music Is a Love Story [Jul. 7, 2014 Wall Street Journal]
Where will the music industry be in 20 years, 30 years, 50 years?
Before I tell you my thoughts on the matter, you should know that you're reading the opinion of an enthusiastic optimist: one of the few living souls in the music industry who still believes that the music industry is not dying…it's just coming alive
There are many (many) people who predict the downfall of music sales and the irrelevancy of the album as an economic entity. I am not one of them. In my opinion, the value of an album is, and will continue to be, based on the amount of heart and soul an artist has bled into a body of work, and the financial value that artists (and their labels) place on their music when it goes out into the marketplace. Piracy, file sharing and streaming have shrunk the numbers of paid album sales drastically, and every artist has handled this blow differently
In recent years, you've probably read the articles about major recording artists who have decided to practically give their music away, for this promotion or that exclusive deal. My hope for the future, not just in the music industry, but in every young girl I meet…is that they all realize their worth and ask for it
Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paid for. It's my opinion that music should not be free, and my prediction is that individual artists and their labels will someday decide what an album's price point is. I hope they don't underestimate themselves or undervalue their art."
Reputation Poem
taylorswiftswitzerland.ch/index.php/wiki/poems/why-she-disappeared-2/
When she looked around, her skin was spattered with ink
forming the words of a thousand voices
Echoes she heard even in her sleep:
“Whatever you say, it is not right.”
“Whatever you do, it is not enough.”
“Your kindness is fake.”
“Your pain is manipulative.”
Sweet Nothing
Industry disruptors and soul deconstructors
And smooth-talking hucksters out glad-handing each other
And the voices that implore, "You should be doing more"
To you, I can admit that I'm just too soft for all of it
They said the end is coming
Everyone's up to something
Lots of scrutiny- but I wonder if streaming was a topic of business (Dec 2014)? She had removed her catalog from Spotify in 2014 - but came back June 9, 2017
billboard.com/music/pop/jay-z-justin-timberlake-taylor-swift-apartment-why-6406542/
JT was part of group that bought MySpace in 2011 & sold it to Time in 2016
Interestingly she started seeing CH in 2015. (Part owner of TIDAL). So probably had to be a bit careful on streaming stance.
Another factor: SB influence/agenda
businessinsider.com/why-taylor-swift-got-off-spotify-2014-11
usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/11/07/taylor-swifts-spotify-decision-drives-debate/18634219/
I feel that’s why vinyl is making a comeback. CDs now are kinda outdated which is crazy to me cause I remember when they started. But people use their phone now for everything. But people like to collect vinyls and they cost more than a cd. It’s a shame how little artists make streaming.
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