TIDAL Brings Music Lovers A New Experience
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TIDAL Brings Music Lovers A New Experience

Goodbye, Spotify. Hello TIDAL!

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TIDAL Brings Music Lovers A New Experience
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Spotify ads are the worst—you know the ones. Not only are the absolutely obnoxious, they ruin the vibe of a solo-jam session or a fun time hanging out with friends. Shout-out to the gyms that don’t use Spotify as their source of music.

After Beyonce’s release of “Lemonade” and Kanye West’s exclusive “The Life of Pablo” release, TIDAL become a more well-known outlet for music, thankfully.

After using Spotify and Pandora for years, I had to give the new streaming service a try and I am thoroughly impressed. This streaming service has been my go to for new music, good throwbacks and exclusive music videos.

TIDAL is a global, experiential, entertainment platform built for fans, directly from artists around the world. TIDAL members can enjoy exclusively-curated content.

The service offers high-fidelity, CD sound quality music, high resolution video, an opportunity to discover new artists via TIDAL Discovery, and unique experiences via Tidal X.

TIDAL is available in more than 46 countries with a more than 40 million song catalog and nearly 90,000 high quality videos, according to its site.

Not only is the streaming service easy to use on a desktop or mobile device, the interface of the design helps make it look as sophisticated as some of the artists who use it. (I’m still mad at myself for being in love with Bey’s album.) When playing a song, the cover album spins like a digital record player. Exciting, right?

With a $9.99 subscription fee for TIDAL Premium, users can listen to most artists without the distraction of ads. For students, TIDAL, like Spotify, offers a 50-percent off discount.

TIDAL offers exclusive content just for TIDAL subscribers since it is co-owned by recording artists. Fans of Nick Jonas got to watch his latest music videos, “Bacon” and “Under You,” early. Queen Bey’s fans who didn’t have enough money to pay for HBO to watch the “Lemonade" video album had the chance to watch it on the streaming service before it hit iTunes.

I figured there had to be a catch and maybe the streaming service wouldn't have some not-so-well-known artists, but it does. Yay!

For $19.99, or $9.99 for students, users can upgrade to TIDAL HiFi, a better sound quality option. But even the premium option offers sound quality that does the job just fine.

The next time you hear that annoying ad on Spotify, think about making the switch to TIDAL. At least get your 30-day free trial. OK, OK. I'm done sounding like an infomercial.

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