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Yes! Soundcloud, to me, is meritocracy in music today. Are they, will they, be as evil as everyone else in sneakily selling personal data? Sure, that's beside t

Yes! Soundcloud, to me, is meritocracy in music today. Are they, will they, be as evil as everyone else in sneakily selling personal data? Sure, that's beside the point; a society-wide problem. Soundcloud provides a direct connection between fully independent music creators and an audience, large or small. If my music were that good, I would blow up on Soundcloud, at some scale. Disagree? Ask Billie Eilish what she thinks of Soundcloud.

mojuba 7y ago
So what does Billie Eilish think of SoundCloud?
- kamikaz1k 7y ago
  "Soundcloud is the only reason I am anything. 100%. We are in a time where anyone can make music which is so dope and Soundcloud is the only reason we can all do this." https://omr.com/en/billie-eilish-omr-podcast/ https://omr.com/en/billie-eilish-omr-podcast/
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malthaus 7y ago
That hasn't been the case for a long long time. Especially reposting turned it into yet another spammy service full of promoters. Additionally, discovery is terrible. There used to be cases of people being discovered, im sure. But a lot of it is not quite the rag-to-riches story they make it seem, especially your example of Billie Eilish.
- braindongle 7y ago
  Do you create music independently? Have you tried to distribute it? If not, from where is your expertise? If so, maybe your music isn't that good? That's the responsibility that I take. I have just over 8,000 listens on Soundcloud. I have good reason to believe that the great majority of those are real. It's quite satisfying. My hobby has perhaps connected with some people, in the magical way that music does. If I were better at it, it wouldn't just be a hobby. :)
  - robdoherty2 7y ago
    hey braindongle, what is your soundcloud handle? I'd like to check out your work and add to those 8k listens! :) (incidentally, I am patientfrog on soundcloud)
    - braindongle 7y ago
      https://soundcloud.com/willhaslett https://soundcloud.com/willhaslett Will check out your stuff! Incidentally, I've toyed with the idea of "usefulmoose" for an artist name. [adjective-that-people-like][animal-that-people-like]. Good formula.
  - cyberferret 7y ago
    I found SoundCloud great about 5 or 6 years ago - engagement was high, and I was getting lots of comments and interaction on my music, but lately, it has nosedived. Not sure if because there is just a lot more noise (pun intended) on there nowadays, or other artists have simply abandoned the platform?? BTW - my handle is: https://soundcloud.com/cyberferret https://soundcloud.com/cyberferret (very close to the adjective-animal name thing that another commenter mentioned! :) ) Look at the organic engagement from the tracks I posted 5+ years ago, versus later ones and you can spot the down trend quite easily!

mojuba 7y ago

So what does Billie Eilish think of SoundCloud?

kamikaz1k 7y ago
"Soundcloud is the only reason I am anything. 100%. We are in a time where anyone can make music which is so dope and Soundcloud is the only reason we can all do this." https://omr.com/en/billie-eilish-omr-podcast/ https://omr.com/en/billie-eilish-omr-podcast/
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malthaus 7y ago

That hasn't been the case for a long long time. Especially reposting turned it into yet another spammy service full of promoters. Additionally, discovery is terrible. There used to be cases of people being discovered, im sure. But a lot of it is not quite the rag-to-riches story they make it seem, especially your example of Billie Eilish.

braindongle 7y ago
Do you create music independently? Have you tried to distribute it? If not, from where is your expertise? If so, maybe your music isn't that good? That's the responsibility that I take. I have just over 8,000 listens on Soundcloud. I have good reason to believe that the great majority of those are real. It's quite satisfying. My hobby has perhaps connected with some people, in the magical way that music does. If I were better at it, it wouldn't just be a hobby. :)
- robdoherty2 7y ago
  hey braindongle, what is your soundcloud handle? I'd like to check out your work and add to those 8k listens! :) (incidentally, I am patientfrog on soundcloud)
  - braindongle 7y ago
    https://soundcloud.com/willhaslett https://soundcloud.com/willhaslett Will check out your stuff! Incidentally, I've toyed with the idea of "usefulmoose" for an artist name. [adjective-that-people-like][animal-that-people-like]. Good formula.
- cyberferret 7y ago
  I found SoundCloud great about 5 or 6 years ago - engagement was high, and I was getting lots of comments and interaction on my music, but lately, it has nosedived. Not sure if because there is just a lot more noise (pun intended) on there nowadays, or other artists have simply abandoned the platform?? BTW - my handle is: https://soundcloud.com/cyberferret https://soundcloud.com/cyberferret (very close to the adjective-animal name thing that another commenter mentioned! :) ) Look at the organic engagement from the tracks I posted 5+ years ago, versus later ones and you can spot the down trend quite easily!