Does Tidal have a country and western bias?

[Count Arthur]

Tidal had an offer whereby you get 4 months for £5.00, or something like that, so I thought I'd give it a try.

I've only had it a few days and I've found a few interesting things on it. However, if I leave it to it's own devices, it seems to veer off towards country and western and before I know it were in "yee-haw, c'mon cousin, let's get married" territory - no offence to any rednecks or hillbillies that may be perusing this forum from the comfort of their own trailer.

Anyone else found any algorithmic peculiarities with Tidal?

 

[andreasmaaan]

i'm pretty sure tidal's got both kinds of music

 

[pjug]

Maybe it is telling you something about yourself that you didn't know.

 

[watchnerd]

Tidal had an offer whereby you get 4 months for £5.00, or something like that, so I thought I'd give it a try.

I've only had it a few days and I've found a few interesting things on it. However, if I leave it to it's own devices, it seems to veer off towards country and western and before I know it were in "yee-haw, c'mon cousin, let's get married" territory - no offence to any rednecks or hillbillies that may be perusing this forum from the comfort of their own trailer.

Anyone else found any algorithmic peculiarities with Tidal?

I have never ever had Tidal veer off towards country and western, and that's after using it for 2+ years.

There must be something in your listening habits that cause it to do that.

 

[watchnerd]

Maybe it is telling you something about yourself that you didn't know.

That's my guess.

It doesn't do it to me.

 

[Count Arthur]

I guess it could be worse, it could start playing jazz.

 

[gvl]

First time I hear it. They usually push hip-hop and r&b, that is one reason I'm not a subscriber.

 

[Voo]

its all hip hop/ rb for me also...

 

[Jimbob54]

Tidal had an offer whereby you get 4 months for £5.00, or something like that, so I thought I'd give it a try.

I've only had it a few days and I've found a few interesting things on it. However, if I leave it to it's own devices, it seems to veer off towards country and western and before I know it were in "yee-haw, c'mon cousin, let's get married" territory - no offence to any rednecks or hillbillies that may be perusing this forum from the comfort of their own trailer.

Anyone else found any algorithmic peculiarities with Tidal?

Never used the auto play feature. But I've got 4000 odd favourite albums and it pretty much nails what of the new releases for the week would be my preference (first on the newly released tab of home.)

I think the autoplay goes more off your starting track than your collection/history. But maybe it learns from skips.

What do you normally start with in this situation?

 

[Fregly]

Tidal had an offer whereby you get 4 months for £5.00, or something like that, so I thought I'd give it a try.

I've only had it a few days and I've found a few interesting things on it. However, if I leave it to it's own devices, it seems to veer off towards country and western and before I know it were in "yee-haw, c'mon cousin, let's get married" territory - no offence to any rednecks or hillbillies that may be perusing this forum from the comfort of their own trailer.

Anyone else found any algorithmic peculiarities with Tidal?

I married a hillbilly girl and I resemble that remark. No we are not blood related.

 

[Count Arthur]

What do you normally start with in this situation?

I think it started veering off into country after I listened to a couple of Beck, Hansen, not Jeff, tracks; some of his albums are a bit folk/Americana-ish I guess, but others certainly aren't.

Tidal did turn up this, which I like:

Is that country? I know what I like, but sometimes I'm not entirely sure what genre it is.

 

[SIY]

I guess it could be worse, it could start playing jazz.

YOU ARE DEAD TO ME.

 

[Jimbob54]

I think it started veering off into country after I listened to a couple of Beck, Hansen, not Jeff, tracks; some of his albums are a bit folk/Americana-ish I guess, but others certainly aren't.

Tidal did turn up this, which I like:

Is that country? I know what I like, but sometimes I'm not entirely sure what genre it is.

That's dave berman aka silver Jews last record before he died last year. I suppose he could be called alt country. I just call it music. But i can see how you go from beck to him to all manner of what you're calling country. If it plays garth brookes it's gone off the rails

 

[Fregly]

 

[Count Arthur]

If it plays garth brookes it's gone off the rails

LOL

 

[Count Arthur]

That's too country for me. I don't like it when people try and fit extra sylables and half a dozen notes into single sylable words.

 

[Count Arthur]

YOU ARE DEAD TO ME.

Jazz is for people that can play an instrument, sometimes really well, and want to be in a band, but haven't figured out how to play the same tune as everyone else.

 

[SIY]

Jazz is for people that can play an instrument, sometimes really well, and want to be in a band, but haven't figured out how to play the same tune as everyone else.

YOU’RE NOT MAKING IT BETTER.

 

[sejarzo]

Nice.

 

[Webninja]

I’ve been off/on Tidal even before JayZ bought it, and it’s never gotten close to Spotify for nailing predictions. Letting it play always goes to rap/rnb for me. I got a free subscription to Apple Music, which is a bit better than Tidal for suggestions, but still not as good as Spotify. If only Spotify would offer a lossless tier...