Comments on: SoundCloud’s size does matter, but it’s not the only metric to watch

By: Winston Smith

Winston Smith — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:08:16 +0000

delete & migrate…soundcloud killed the music.

By: #t3xradiomag

#t3xradiomag — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:33:39 +0000

I always felt that SC was not nearly fan friendly enough to justify the promo part of their pitch. Being a part of the promo experience I came to realize that it seems as though there were far more music creators than music consumers, and in my opinion, this reason alone is enough to discourage a sizable chunk of producers and indie artists from becoming premium members.

Fortunately, the SC ecosystem did in fact provide an environment for some amazing apps (http://mycloudplayers.com – for one) to emerge, which compensate for some of the logical and marketing failings of SC itself.

I find the “next SoundCloud” to be just as dull and esoteric as it always has been. The only feature which I am actually glad to see is “Repost”. Now, at least it would be theoretically imaginable for a track to go viral within SC itself. We’ll wait and see I suppose.

By: Dave Linabury

Dave Linabury — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:29:48 +0000

I have to disagree with you, Steven. I am also a pro user and I’ve always felt that the track listing approach was old school. It’s what made MySpace’s music player terrible. People have short attention spans now, so if they get through one entire track—and repost it—that’s a win.

By: Observer

Observer — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:28:09 +0000

I like Soundcloud. Shame to hear about Steven’s experience in the other comment and maybe this will be the downside for them in terms of paying customers. The quote from Wahlforss “We’re basically accepting any kind of user – it’s a broadening out.” may well sum it up. But if they are going for scale then they obviously have the technical backing to get there. I read somewhere that there is 10 hours of audio uploaded every minute. You have to have the infrastructure or arrangements in place to deal with the changing demands ( http://ow.ly/fOA2c ). Let’s just hope that the changes don’t drive off the paying subscribers like Steven or it might become another good idea which doesn’t have the legs.

By: Steven O'Brien

Steven O'Brien — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:43:46 +0000

As someone who pays for a premium account on Soundcloud and depends on it to run a business, this is a disaster. The new design is a nightmare. I certainly don’t want to do it, but I’ll be canceling my subscription and moving onto another service if serious issues aren’t addressed.

Why on Earth would they think it was be a good idea to remove the “list of tracks” from sets? What about completely limiting and breaking the spotlight on the front of my profile page (the one that I paid for…), meaning that potential clients, instead of seeing my most successful and popular tracks, will now see some confusing nonsensical sets without tracklists and those pieces I dashed off in 5 minutes last night. This is ridiculous.