Soundcloud question.

[sbando]

Re: Soundcloud question.

This way the people who rip tracks from SC and Youtube will reap a 128kbs version anyway. So in the end: the files will still be available through blogs or zippyshare but in really poor quality.

[Devil's Dandruff]

Re: Soundcloud question.

It strikes me that not so many people are that fused about the download option. I looked on my Hulkshare and the number of plays far outweighs the number of downloads. You are always going to have a problem when you let people download and keep music for free. Maybe soundcloud should have had an app that lets you download and store for 7 days (like the iplayer).

[sbando]

Re: Soundcloud question.

That's true. No d/l option anymore after two strikes (you still pay the same money).

[D.Williams]

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[DIDI]

Re: Soundcloud question.

Quite funny actually, my bookmark still says Dashboard- Downloads for free. . They sold out to the record companies.

[D.Williams]

Re: Soundcloud question.

^^^^ You said it best man

[sbando]

Re: Soundcloud question.

Let's be honest: DJs/producers, both professionals and wannabes, made SC great. When, lest we forget, a Pro Plan would cost you 500 dollars. Since you could find any imaginable set (with a pinch of warez here and there) on SC, sites like ours almost lost their reason to be. Everyone had an account at SC, everything was happening there (2011-2012?).

SC basically started as a platform for dance music people, their offer being: give us your money and you can post all your mixes!
All of a sudden they told us: sorry, you can't post mixes here, you're out, no refund, no second chances. "This place is for "sounds", ie: your own compositions. Only to find out that samples were forbidden too, not to mention edits and remixes.

All in all, a great deal.

[AchtungBaby!]

Re: Soundcloud question.

Both of you can be easily correct, valid points for sure..


From the way i see it, i think SC is trying to be "the first" platform of that kind (Mixcloud, Hearthis) of moving their initial conception to some sort of Spotify..


Formidable competition? Definitely yes.


Unique? Definitely no.


Overvaluing the worth/appeal of their content? Not sure why.


If they offer this thing in the right way, pretty sure they will find a niche to subsist earning money (and maybe without legal issues)


But what do i know? Nothing lol

[Jenks]

Re: Soundcloud question.

I think they're greatly overvaluing the worth/appeal of their content.

[thebanned1]

Re: Soundcloud question.

looks less like 3 years in the making and more like a last minute scramble trying to salvage the platform after major label scrutiny.

they probably offered them a deal rather than suing them in court... i've not had the pleasure of trying this out ( its not available in the uk yet ) but from reading up on it i really don't see anything unique about it

[Jenks]

Re: Soundcloud question.

, they say its been 3 years in the making!

looks less like 3 years in the making and more like a last minute scramble trying to salvage the platform after major label scrutiny.

[thebanned1]

Re: Soundcloud question.

Well, in my opinion business decisions not always are easy and confident to take.. And many times risk is proportional to earnings.. Looks like this is an "all in" play for them and honestly i see potential in it even considering some weak issues

you have to admit its up against some pretty formidable competition, they say its been 3 years in the making! i think if they had launched it 3 years ago then imo it might of stood a chance but i think the competition will just under cut it out the market simply because they have a larger customer base

[AchtungBaby!]

Re: Soundcloud question.

if i were sc i wouldn't feel confident in my new business model,
personally i can see this falling flat on its arse and that will be the end of sc

Well, in my opinion business decisions not always are easy and confident to take.. And many times risk is proportional to earnings.. Looks like this is an "all in" play for them and honestly i see potential in it even considering some weak issues

[thebanned1]

Re: Soundcloud question.

if i were sc i wouldn't feel confident in my new business model, it just doesn't have the pull that the likes of spotify, apple music and google play have plus sc has pissed off a lot of its customer base who will never use the service again

personally i can see this falling flat on its arse and that will be the end of sc

[Jenks]

Re: Soundcloud question.

125 million songs!!

124 million of them are homemade dubstep cuts.