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I've always loved SoundCloud. I remember how it was difficult for people like me to upload their music on the web in order to share it. The only viable option
by bbx 14y ago
I've always loved SoundCloud.
I remember how it was difficult for people like me to upload their music on the web in order to share it. The only viable option was the MySpace music section (which required a different MySpace account). Even renowned artists used it. But the music player was just a single feature among the whole MySpace package, and the resulting experience for both the uploader and the viewer was unconvincing.
SoundCloud filled a need: upload your music easily, and doing just that. The uploading experience is fluid. The player is great, easy to share, with a nice sound quality.
This startup idea should have been obvious for some, but the real key was to implement a perfect UI for a great UX and SoundCloud achieved it for me.
- aw3c2 14y agoI am not sure what made them such a success (Soundcloud is awesome, I am just wondering). I think marketing and then prominent artists played a huge role. Soundcloud also seems to have a very open policy for mix-sets that use non-free music (legal "grey" area). Sites like http://be.electrobel.org/ http://be.electrobel.org/ , http://archive.org http://archive.org have been around much longer (I do not know how they worked 5 years ago and for some sharing music might ((have) require approval by mods). And of course more local ones like http://www.dogmazic.net/index.php?op=edito&choice_user_language=english http://www.dogmazic.net/index.php?op=edito&choice_user_l... or http://www.myownmusic.de http://www.myownmusic.de
- enqk 14y agoscene.org also was a curated ftp for distribution of music (in addition to the demoscene) .. that was pretty cost effective if you were amongst the approved ones.
- mehulkar 14y agoNot sure about traction/usage of either, but Bandcamp shows up over and over as the other big contender. ReverbNation sometimes, but ReverbNation is too much clutter for me.