I canât see any alternative. The sample pack idea is nice, but how many people on there are creators, and how many of those creators use samplepacks? Theyâd be overlooking singer songwriters, podcasters etc.
Iâd probably guess itâd go the way of Spotify if they had to monetise it - adverts between songs, pay subscription to get rid of the adverts. Still not sure itâll make a difference at this point, theyâre so far in the hole and people will start kicking off if they suddenly introduce things like that without resolving some of the functionality issues.
how about making all memberships paid ones? so you couldnât have an account on soundcloud for free anymore. would probably get rid of all the fake spambot accounts
soundcloud isnât gonna shut down because of spambots or lack of content though, itâs because they canât monetize any of it (for better and for worse). investors want it to be spotify, but that wonât happen
i think soundcloud is just kind of fucked either way. If they do nothing, they run out of funding. any monetization scheme big enough to dig them out of their hole will probably change the site so much, that itâll alienate free users and creators to the point that it just withers away and dies
or otherwise receive funding from entities that donât require ROI. soundcloud is EU based right? it should get support from like EUâs culture fund or something lol
Writer has kinda gash taste but makes a good point:
The problem here, of course, is a combination of the predatory nature of the dying music industry, still unwilling to come to a compromise, and the rising predatory nature of venture capitalism, which expected to see phenomenal growth and solid monetization strategy. ⌠For now, I, and many others, are still listening to SoundCloud every day until it shuts down, looping through favorites, saving tracks, putting out the last piece of music, logging in every day like itâs the last⌠But, going to soundcloud.com these days is not unlike visiting someone with a terminal illness.
They look like theyâre hanging on, but you know that something vague and dark is looming around the corner. Iâm worried that, for internet music culture, whatâs coming is the loss of a place that offered innumerable avenues for creativity, for enjoyment, for discovery of music that couldnât and wouldnât be created anywhere else. And, like everyone who has ever invested enough emotion in an online space long enough to make it their own, Iâm wondering whatâs next.
Used to be a great platform and iâve found tonnes of great music but for my own tunes it made me lazy. Would post clips of half finished stuff, rough mixes etc. And a lot of stuff is simply âlikedâ and forgotten about. Going to focus energy on putting together solid releases with artwork for bandcamp instead
I donât get why there isnât an alternative yet.
Surely the story with these things is âSoundcloud was on itâs last legs and had to shutdown but luckily a replacement was on the horizon. A smart kid from silicon valley had a similar idea but instead of XYZ he XYZ which revolutionized the way we consume music. This new system was not only a great tool for musicians but refreshing and innovative for the everyday listener. Now instead of a place where musicians are liking each other and spam-following we have an insurgence of fans able to find and connect with new music they love, and best of all itâs all free!â
If bandcamp added a feature where you could create/curate playlists a la spotify, with similar artist recommendations, then they would be steps ahead of the competition.
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