Let me just start by saying that I love Soundcloud. I use it daily, when my connection permits it.
It’s just such a great service for any person interested in any aspect of any sort of music whatsoever.
You can be an artist, fan, promoter, publisher, whatever, and still get something out of it.
Soundcloud is a truly great social music network. It’s a great way to share new tracks and albums; Soundcloud has a feature called ‘sets’ which allows you to upload multiple tracks in sequence, so your listeners can listen to them all in one go. It’s great for uploading albums! Here’s my own soundtrack/mini album.
The great thing about being an artist on Soundcloud, is that you can see what your fans think of your work, and read all of their feedback directly on your track. Comments are even timecoded so that a comment can be placed at a particular moment in a track. What a great way to listen to your fans analyzing your entire track; it’s free information you can use to improve on areas that need work!
Using Soundcloud, artists or labels can share new tracks with the world, fans can like, share, and comment on them, promoters can get in touch with artists, the list goes on. It’s simply brilliant.
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