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Soundcloud might be closing it's cyber doors..... Just a heads up to the folks here who use it.... http://www.factmag.com/2016/02/11/soundcloud-financial-report-44m-losses/Might want to CYA with regards to your songs up there.
You can find my music at: www.herbhartley.comAdd nothing that adds nothing to the music. You can make excuses or you can make progress but not both. The magic you are looking for is in the work you are avoiding.
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Oh ohhh
That is not great news...
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I don't like the sounds of that!
It's my favorite of all the sites out there, I like the fact that you can get feedback on the songs you upload.
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And do it for free, right Dave?
This is the problem. Nobody wants to pay for anything to do with music. Companies use the model that they come up with a cool website that people really want and then sell advertising for it. But then you (and I'm not getting on you personally, just speaking generally) surf all over the web looking for ad blocking software so you don't have to look at that crap and they can tell that's happening so the ad rates go down.
If Soundcloud started charging a subscription fee that would allow it to stay in business would you pay it? And I doubt it would be some stupid little number like ten bucks. I don't know the details but they already have some kind of sub service and obviously it's not enough.
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They've been infused this year with millions in backing. Their losses are very similar to what Twitter and others did before going public. With 200+ million members I'd suggest somebody would buy them out before they actually went under. But what the heck do I know.
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I agree that Soundcloud has an attractive layout that is good for musicians or people searching out new music, but I wonder what percentage of the ordinary Joe Public know about it. Probably not a lot.
Having a quick read thorugh the reasons for soundclouds lack of money it seems they gave all of their 200+ workforce a massive pay rise, averaging 70K$ or so.
Anyways there is always youtube.
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Not seeing into this, but there might be a chance that the payrise has something to do with going out of business. It may put their staff in a better negotiation position for future jobs...
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And do it for free, right Dave?
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If Soundcloud started charging a subscription fee that would allow it to stay in business would you pay it?
Bob Hi Bob, I have the pro account over on soundcloud, the cost is $55 per year. So yes, I would , and did, pay for it.
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I pay for it too ($7 /month). A couple of years ago, and after using it for free for a few years, I thought it was time to contribute. I reasoned that it's well worth $7 per month to me. I hope they don't close down. It's a great site!
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I knew that Dave as soon as I wrote it... Sorry for assuming too much. BUT, obviously what you guys are paying isn't enough. As for them giving their staff a big pay raise I doubt that was done simply because management are nice people. That's the industry standard pay rate for tech nerds. If they didn't do it they would start losing those folks. Have you guys read any articles about what it's like working for Apple or Google? Great places to be. In fact here's one article about that: http://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/salary-database-shows-the-highs-and-lows-of-silicon-valley-p#.vyr1VYx9WMedian salary's at both Microsoft and Apple, over 100K. Bob
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Doesn't matter...another site will take their place...that's the "nice" thing about being the product (those 200+ million members served to advertisers)...someone else will always want to take it.
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