What SoundCloud created can never die
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#3I really hope SoundCloud doesn't change too much with a new owner. There's something special about it's user generated mixes and commenting at different time stamps on a mix that make it unique. I often find myself coming back to SoundCloud every once in a while seeking new content or mixes that Spotify and Tidal seem to lack for me.
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#4This makes me sad. I use SoundCloud to listen to one genre only (progressive trance for when I'm programming) and its gotten so good at recommending me exactly what I like. On top of that DJ sets are top notch.
There are many genres I like to listen to, but the result is a mix of all the things. It's quite rubbish to get a mix of very different genres spanning decades, which happens with Spotify all the time. And YouTube has been abandoned for all but the occasional song for me for similar reasons.
I'm not holding my breath on this sale as so many times the end result is for the worse. Guess I should see what else is out there.
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#5I really hope SoundCloud doesn't change too much with a new owner. There's something special about it's user generated mixes and commenting at different time stamps on a mix that make it unique. I often find myself coming back to SoundCloud every once in a while seeking new content or mixes that Spotify and Tidal seem to lack for me.
Yes, Spotify and SoundCloud togethrr nearly completely scratch my music itch. Would love to see more SoundCloud integrations, e.g. with Yamaha receivers, which only support Spotify and airplay.
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#6This makes me sad. I use SoundCloud to listen to one genre only (progressive trance for when I'm programming) and its gotten so good at recommending me exactly what I like. On top of that DJ sets are top notch. There are many genres I like to listen to, but the result is a mix of all the things. It's quite rubbish to get a mix of very different genres spanning decades, which happens with Spotify all the time. And You…
share your playlist pls!
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#7SoundCloud is still my most used music platform. If you like electronic music, it’s second to none. I like the fact that you can have 1-2h sets where you can comment reactions or ID different songs at specific timestamps. I also like to interact with different small artists there and follow their growth in the industry. I would message them tracks that I like and they would send me private links to early versions of their next release for feedback. You can’t find that anywhere else.
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#8I hope it never dies either. We are paying subscribers of both Apple Music and SoundCloud here and use both of them just about daily, and we have Bay Area DJ friends on there as well.
I wouldn't be upset if Apple acquired them as well. Perhaps we'd finally get an Apple TV & CarPlay version. They bought Shazam a few years ago and the sky didn't fall then either.
I'd rather see Apple acquire then rather than a venture capital firm or even worse, Google.
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#9Prometheus? :)
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#10SoundCloud disappearing would be a shame. There's nothing that currently exists that replaces it. Consumer-oriented streaming platforms are a dime a dozen these days, sure, but there's no real alternative for a musician-oriented platform; specifically, a platform where musicians can connect with other musicians, with zero overhead for sharing music. Just upload and done. Unlike commercial platforms like Spotify, there's a culture of bootlegs, edits, mashups and DJ sets where musicians turn a blind eye to copyright complaints, thanks to the inverted payment approach (with Spotify, they pay you for being on the platform; with SoundCloud, you pay SC to be on the platform).
IMO, from my naive outside perspective, it seems like they were trying to be yet-another generic music streaming platform and that was a losing move. SoundCloud's legacy and current relevance is essentially "a social network for musicians". Positioning themselves as yet another subscription service where Joe Average can listen to Taylor Swift is a huge misplay.