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Clockwise from top to bottom: junior Freddy Kennett and senior Daniel Loumpouridis, junior Mandy Watson, seniors Andrew Centner and Robert Kennedy, and junior Gracee Wallach performing at Spoken Rite on Monday, Apr. 13. Spoken Rite was run by senior Erik Liederbach and held at the Wilmette Theatre. Students and community members performed raps, songs, and poetry Maday and Camorlinga App of the week Album of the week Movie of the week Resturaunt of the week Quote of the week “If I, , can remove my ego, I think there’s hope for everyone.” - Kanye West, in a speech at Oxford University Captain Rocket For more in-depth reviews on what’s trending, go to newtriernews.org TIDAL looking to make splash in streaming Can TIDAL compete with and iTunes?

Senior Kate Wall doesn’t think so. by Elizabeth Byrne “I wouldn’t pay extra.” Wall Sixteen of the music industry’s said. “I don’t really care about the most successful artists came together song quality, it’s more about the on March 30 to announce a “game- number of songs available.” changer” in the music subscription Junior Addie Turner agrees that service industry. the elevated price tag isn’t worth the Known as TIDAL, Jay-Z and access to songs. artists such as , Kanye “I mainly use iTunes for my West, and Beyoncé are shareholders music and I don’t buy more than six in the newest and most expensive songs a month, so why would I pay music streaming service. more for something I wouldn’t really So what’s all the hype for? use?” Turner said. TIDAL isn’t a new concept. The When asked about the increase online music streaming industry also in royalties to the artists, Turner has many successful competitors, so wasn’t convinced. why bring another player to the table? “Beyoncé doesn’t need any According to Jay-Z’s interview more money, none of them do. She’s got enough to last her,” Turner said. with NYU’s Clive Davis School of TIDAL offers high quality music available for streaming, but for $19.99, it isn’t worth the cost to some tidal.com Recorded Music, he does not believe Both Wall and Turner had no idea The $9.99/month option is they are adding more competition to the streaming of 1,411 kbps files. from each song streamed. The sixteen of what TIDAL was. It seems like similar to other services such as the industry. Now what does that sound artists who are shareholders will around New Trier, Spotify is still the Spotify or in which users “We’re really not to like? Much better than Spotify or directly receive the money instead of go-to streaming service. pay for access to their music library. compete with anyone. We’re actually even iTunes according to TIDAL’s TIDAL taking the money. “I didn’t have any idea what In this option, the audio files are here to improve the landscape,“ website. Spotify only offers 320 kbps When asked about it, TIDAL was and I still don’t think I compressed into “normal quality”, Jay-Z said, “As the tide rises, all the and iTunes offers even less with 256 told NYU that she joined because of will use it. I love Spotify,” said Wall. 96-kilobytes-per-second files (kbps) boats will .” kbps, so TIDAL has surpassed them restoring music back to its original While TIDAL hasn’t hit the or higher quality 320 kbps files. Unlike Spotify or Pandora, in streaming quality. But 1,411 kbps art form, before everything was halls of New Trier, it’s still a young The $19.99/month option is TIDAL doesn’t offer a free version is equivalent to that of a regular CD. digitalized. company, so who knows where it will angled towards hard-core music for its subscribers. There are two Yep, those round shiny things “It’s about putting art back into go. But Jay-Z is hopeful that people lovers and audiophiles. Instead options: $9.99/month and $19.99/ that people used to play on Discmans the forefront, bring humanity back will see it for what it is. of compressed audio files like its month. So what’s the difference before the iPod was invented. into being artists. Not technology, “This is really musicians competitors, TIDAL offers users between the two? Not much, besides TIDAL is not only breaking art,” said Madonna. making music that is about music and “lossless” streaming. This is a new the audio quality. boundaries on streaming quality, But does a higher quality of there’s no endgame here,” said Jay-Z format for online files, which allows but also with who receives royalties music excuse the higher price tag? to NYU. @thejacksully: @newtriernews Ladies love Heelys, it’s a classy shoe that you can ride around in. It’s a mix of style and practicality