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I wish I could somehow archive some of their content. They have a serious amount of audio data and are the only source I know with annotations attached to specific seconds within a track. I've been thinking about building a music-generating neural network–something that may work especially well for electronic (and often instrumental) music that soundcloud has a lot of. Unfortunately, they have limited their API acces…
It's a huge shame that SoundCloud is likely dying, because large segments of the music industry and literally entire genres of music are solely on SoundCloud. This may sound hyperbolic, but I feel like them shutting down would be the "burning of the Library of Alexandria" of 21st century music
As another mentioned, the Alexandria analogy is best applied to what.cd being shut down last year. Here's an article describing it. https://qz.com/840661/what-cd-is-gone-a-eulogy-for-the-great... I wasn't ever a member, but it's clear to me that an immense body of knowledge was lost when it was shut down. Much more so than SoundCloud shutting down, unfortunate as that may be. edit: anyone who was familiar, how did th…
I think I was depressed for a week when What shut down.
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MP3.com and SoundCloud are not as comparable. SoundCloud has really re-defined how new music is released and how new artists promote their music.
> SoundCloud has really re-defined how new music is released and how new artists promote their music. For promotion Soundcloud undoubtly serves its purpose, but actually releasing the music has to happen somewhere else. And in my opinion the actual re-defining service in that regard is Bandcamp. After all, you can't buy music on Soundcloud, can you?
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>"This may sound hyperbolic, but I feel like them shutting down would be the "burning of the Library of Alexandria" of 21st century music" Except that all the original content still exists and could be made available somewhere else.
could won't
Why would you believe that?
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> SoundCloud has really re-defined how new music is released and how new artists promote their music. For promotion Soundcloud undoubtly serves its purpose, but actually releasing the music has to happen somewhere else. And in my opinion the actual re-defining service in that regard is Bandcamp. After all, you can't buy music on Soundcloud, can you?
You can buy music on Soundcloud.
They should start begging for money, Wikipedia style. I'd happily pay $50-$100 a year for a service I use for like 10 hours a day (I already pay di.fm something like that).
That's how charities, not businesses work.
It's a huge shame that SoundCloud is likely dying, because large segments of the music industry and literally entire genres of music are solely on SoundCloud. This may sound hyperbolic, but I feel like them shutting down would be the "burning of the Library of Alexandria" of 21st century music
As another mentioned, the Alexandria analogy is best applied to what.cd being shut down last year. Here's an article describing it. https://qz.com/840661/what-cd-is-gone-a-eulogy-for-the-great... I wasn't ever a member, but it's clear to me that an immense body of knowledge was lost when it was shut down. Much more so than SoundCloud shutting down, unfortunate as that may be. edit: anyone who was familiar, how did th…
Remember the employee you guys had that said "Comment timelines are neat but this is not enough to establish a working business"? Find him/her - rehire him/her, and fire all of the fucking idiots that ignored them. They should have sold the idea to Google - at least then we might all benefit from it. Instead, SoundCloud, and comment timelines, will be a neat idea strangled by poor leadership.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-20907-4_...
> Danmaku comment is a comment technology that overlays user comments directly on the video and creates a co-viewing experience. It originates from Japan and becomes increasingly popular on video sharing sites in China, particularly among the young generation. This exploratory study investigates reasons for watching Danmaku videos through two focus group studies. The results show that the users who watch Danmaku videos found it a way to entertain themselves, to be in company, to have the sense of belonging, and to seek information. Those who do not watch Danmaku videos, however, complained about the abundance of information, the imperfect information quality, and the look and feel. We summarized scenarios suitable for Danmaku commenting from three perspectives: the content, the complexity of information, and the number of viewers. Possible improvements and new applications of Danmaku commenting were discussed.
https://books.google.com/books?id=MAUqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA512&lpg=...
https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/hicss/2016/5670/00...
It's a huge shame that SoundCloud is likely dying, because large segments of the music industry and literally entire genres of music are solely on SoundCloud. This may sound hyperbolic, but I feel like them shutting down would be the "burning of the Library of Alexandria" of 21st century music
As another mentioned, the Alexandria analogy is best applied to what.cd being shut down last year. Here's an article describing it. https://qz.com/840661/what-cd-is-gone-a-eulogy-for-the-great... I wasn't ever a member, but it's clear to me that an immense body of knowledge was lost when it was shut down. Much more so than SoundCloud shutting down, unfortunate as that may be. edit: anyone who was familiar, how did th…
I'd argue that they are both quite prolific, just different.
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could won't
Do you believe that if Soundcloud goes out of business in a couple of months artists affected will never again make those tracks available on the internet? Why would you believe that?