Make your own music

I always wondered about setting up a hosting site in Aruba, since they have an active WTO ruling that allows them to ignore USA intellectual property.

Worked for me, i did a remix that kept getting kicked, added a 15 sec drop, up and runnin

nice to know it worked for you and only adding 15sec nice.
i wonder how short it has to be to work 5,10??

Or use Mixcloud instead...

I use Mixcrate as a backup...it's solid, but my website is Wix, so people can't just play it from a Widget in there like they do on Soundcloud. Then, you have to have an account to Download. And Soundcloud's audience is just way, way way bigger...has stat counts and all else that help.

If they are really fans then they will follow you to where you move the mixes.

Why are you all so determined to upload mixes to sound cloud when it obvious that they don't want mixes posted up? Why not use mixcrate? Use thefuture.fm, use mix cloud. There are plenty of alternatives that allow you to upload mixes.

None of my commerical mixes have ever got booted my soundcloud. If you go on my profile ever track is instantly recognizable. I wonder what the cut off is


www.soundcloud.com

You have intros on them all.

Intros are for sure the key...but also, putting a tracklist up is where they catch us if the scanning software doesn't catch it first.

I notice that they ONLY catch mine right away if there's no intro.

If they are really fans then they will follow you to where you move the mixes.

^This, x2... its the truth - have an intro and beats running right away. just put up one the othe day where the first track has a sweep at the beginning and I used it, which I don't normally do - rejected. Through the mix in my DAW, took the sweep out and had it start on the beat like normal - mix accepted. End of story.

I saw the other day that soundcloud are now working on licencing deals with a lot of record labels to allow their tracks to be used on SC.
Looks like they may have realized by aiming only at original production they were essentially losing a lot of potential users, especially now the whole world is a DJ.

Hmm for real?? This could be huge, any info on it?

Mediafire is super cheap but I've heard about mixes bein pulled

add little pitch to the song and will work. is being working for me :-)

Do you mean change the song key? I'm not a DJ, but I post iTunes-purchased, VocaLive-app-recorded covers on Soundcloud, and a couple of songs have been rejected--and today I thought my latest one would be torn down immediately, but it passed; whereas, last week an OLD country standard was rejected, lol. I had to change the key of the one today using the Hokusai app--and because even the lyrics for that song are nowhere to be found online and a note from Google search says the DCMA filed a complaint about a result link that was removed (lyrics only), I was SURE the song wouldn't survive on soundcloud. So to the person who wrote the quoted post--do you mean change the song key?
(I apologize for posting in a DJ forum, but your issue is very similar to mine, and if you know where I should have posted instead, please let me know. I'm just so frustrated! And I'm not a karaoke singer, but some of the tracks I use include the word "Karaoke".)
Thank you!

I know this is a long thread and you're not a regular in here so you aren't expected to sift through the entire thing. But if you were to do so, you'd find that the one thing that works universally is to add a short intro to the beginning of any track you are uploading. It doesn't have to be anything fancy or terribly long. It could even just be your voice saying the intro. If I were you, I'd record a short intro that I could use again and again on every track I upload. Maybe something like "this is so&so and you're listening to blah blah blah..." Good luck.

Well just got my Beyonce partition blend kicked off, my dj drop to start, then an intro plus an outro and it was only a quick hitter. I don't think the entire putting an intro thing works

A true intro does the trick. If it gets kicked off after that, it's because someone reported it......

So I have learned this too.....the auto detect thing will not catch songs that have an intro. BUT...they still find songs by the artist or song name, and kick them off after they've been located somehow.

i JUST put a mix up yesterday of 90's hip-hop and it got taken down. so i put a 20 second clip of people talking japanese in a classroom at the start, reuploaded it and now there's no problem.

i suggest that...

i JUST put a mix up yesterday of 90's hip-hop and it got taken down. so i put a 20 second clip of people talking japanese in a classroom at the start, reuploaded it and now there's no problem.

i suggest that...

Any words of support or tips would be HUGE!

- @djmackswell

On Wednesday Soundcloud deleted everything, I mean, EVURY-THANG. My entire profile, all tracks, all followers, all playlists, GONE after 7 years of paying Pro.

Reaching out to see if this has happened to anyone, and if there is any glimmering light of hope to have my account restored in some form.

I ran into similar issues with uploading, the intro work around always seemed to work, it was edits of songs that had made it my account, but were later reported. After the 2nd one I got the notice that I was in trouble. This happened with drum edits, not mixes however.... specifically Frank Ocean and Michael Jackson tracks.

I don't know how bigger name DJs and producers get away with this, or maybe they're just lucky, but I felt like deleting my entire account was extremely harsh.

Gonna start looking into Mixcloud and Mixcrate, but not sure what to do with my edits and remixes which were significantly more popular (and useful for DJs) than my mixes.

Sad day for this DJ over here. Any words of support or tips would be HUGE!

- @djmackswell

Got my 1st notice today on a remix i did... i uploaded about 60 remixes/ blends on cs over the last 2 years ... take the old ones off and load new so have about 30 at any given time....... this 1st notice and take down will be my last !!!!. it wasnt even a whole mix or straight blend it was a remix with a few chopped up elements ...... If yall not up on it use Hulkshare .. its free and unlimited and the widgets work on wix pages ... thats what im usinf to host my files now and put widgets on my website and you can play and downloadwithout signing up to anything..... check it out . www.DJFANTOMONLINE.com go to the music page


SCREW SC ALL DJS TAKE YA MUSIC OFF OR JUST DONT UPLOAD NEW STUFF AND WATCH THEY SITE HUT DOWN IN A COUPLE YEARS !!!!

I....N..T....R.....O

you cant go faster than the speed limit either, never stopped anyone.

Precisely, but when they get speeding tickets, they shouldn't complain, right?

Haaaaaaaaah!!! What happened to the good ok days of just making a CD, getting of your game chair, taking a walk and pass them out? you will more than likely get heard on a CD than a cloud. just cause you have thousands of followers doesn't mean you have thousands of listeners. this should actually encourage most of you to make your own music And stop doin remixes.

you will more than likely get heard on a CD than a cloud.

thats a pretty bold statement.

Haaaaaaaaah!!! What happened to the good ok days of just making a CD, getting of your game chair, taking a walk and pass them out? you will more than likely get heard on a CD than a cloud. just cause you have thousands of followers doesn't mean you have thousands of listeners. this should actually encourage most of you to make your own music And stop doin remixes.

I get 5000-9000 plays a day on my Soundcloud. NO EFFING way giving out CD's reaches anywhere near that....lol. This ain't the old days.

I actually just got a notification about a 3 year old mixtape being pulled from Soundcloud. Took long enough.

My older remixes/edits get pulled off soundcloud one by one lately. I think they are far more active lately.
I got my 3rd strike today, if I can't fight the latest copyright claim within 2 weeks, I think my complete account gets deleted..

www.mixcloud.com ... great platform, great concept, and no worries on copyright since artists actually get paid.

I have mixcloud, but my sounds not even get 1/10th of the plays from soundcloud.

Mixcloud has a different way of counting, a play is only a play when the user listens to it for more than x minutes, with soundcloud any hit is a play. So ask yourself, what is reality.

i can't find any option on mix cloud where people can download my tracks.

Our automatic content protection system has detected that your sound [REDACTED] may contain the following copyright content: [REDACTED] by [REDACTED], owned by Arista. As a result, its publication on your profile has been blocked.

If you are the copyright owner of this content, please notify us of this by submitting a dispute, and we’ll be able to help out quickly. You can file your dispute at the following link: [REDACTED]

If you are not the rights holder, but you have gotten permission to share this material on SoundCloud from the copyright owner, please send us proof of this permission in a dispute for review: [REDACTED]

To learn more about what kinds of content you are allowed to upload to SoundCloud in order to comply with copyright law, please visit our copyright information page.

Thanks,

The SoundCloud Copyright Team

I had a 3 year old Outkast mix taken down 2 weeks ago. No Intro..............I put a scratch intro on it( 30-45 seconds I think) and re uped it. Been up a week with no problem. Comparing Mixcloud and Soundcloud is silly...............Soundcloud, hands down x100 get your mixes and remixes heard. You must have a bonified intro- not just a drop. I have 70 mixes on there and 60 edit/remixes and none have a problem...........

Soundcloud has been busy lately.

www.youredm.com

Haaaaaaaaah!!! What happened to the good ok days of just making a CD, getting of your game chair, taking a walk and pass them out?

"My....aren't I the popular one...." -Ace Ventura


I, live in one of the Ghettos of Cali. I play Vinyl, I still Buy Vinyl, I have SERATO to play my digital Shtuff. But if I find it on Vinyl, its gonna get purchased. Most people that come from ghettos don't even have top of the line cars but they do have too of the line stereos.
Yes they do have USB hookups, iPhone jacks, sd card reader, sat radio but what do they always want..."Aaaaaaaaay MIL!!!! Can you make me a Freestyle CD for my Ranfla?"
That CD will get passed on worst than an STD from your corner "MEAT MARKET!"
Yeah, I don't get thousands of plays (even though a play can be 5 seconds cause I get bored easily), but I'm not complaining about Soundcloud.
Maybe Soundcloud just wants to remind the cloud community, "You can Scratch on it, you can put 45min intro on it you can even remix on it.....BUT IT'S NOT YOUR ORIGINAL SOUND, YOU'RE A RENDERED COPY OF AN ORIGINAL".



"But I ain't wanna gossip.....so you ain't heard that from me" - Benita Burrell.....in living Color.......

I just received this e-mail. So that's the end of soundcloud for me.


Hi there,

Our records show that you have received multiple copyright infringement notices relating to content uploaded to your SoundCloud account. These notices were sent to you in response to takedown notices we received from copyright owners.

We take copyright infringement very seriously. Our previous notices made it clear that further infringement notices would result in the termination of your account in accordance with our Terms of Use, and we now have no alternative but to terminate your account with immediate effect.

Your account, your sounds, your followers and stats have been removed from our platform, and you are permanently banned from returning to SoundCloud.

We're sorry to have to take this action, but SoundCloud is a place for people to share their originally-created sounds and we require our users to respect other people's rights.

SoundCloud Copyright Team.

SoundCloud Support Manage Notifications

damn, was yours a free or paid account? i would be that they are being more lenient on paid accounts, and are tyring to clear out the free accounts. i think i have 30+ mixes up. plus 5-10 orig tracks and remix/mashes.

Paid account. My soundcloud is still up at this moment (4 hours after the e-mail), but i don't think it will last the day.

soundcloud.com

is this a way to get us to download your tunes? lol

R-Tistic is there a reason why you stick with Wix?

I feel like they've really fallen behind the times. Flavors.me, Squarespace, and a few other sites are still easy to use and more up to date as far as looks and features.

Soundcloud Boldly Releases New App, Allows Universal to Flag Your Account, and Quietly Announces Data Mining, All in One Month
June 27, 2014 at 8:20 pm
Written by Nappy

Back in February, I penned a speculative article in regards to SoundCloud‘s interesting choices in venture capitalist partnership, and a comment was left by someone that said my opinion “proves that you have absolutely no understanding of how the SoundCloud business model works or how venture capital works and should be prefaced as wild conjecture.” Obvious political and strategic moves were made alongside a series of partnerships with companies that have the ability to cross-pollinate all social media platforms and mine your data for profit, but we’re apparently just bloggers that have no idea how the real world works. Though there was a lack of concrete evidence to back our claims, the writing was on the wall, and all we had to do was sit back and wait.

As it turns out, all you have to do is read a little bit and connect dots to stay months ahead of economists, and SoundCloud’s new policy for cookies spells out exactly what we speculated. In a nutshell, the new guidelines state that you will start being tracked as of next month, your information will automatically be collected if your account is hinged to Facebook or Google+, and that you need to send a handwritten letter to Germany to opt out, but refusing to comply may result in termination of your account. It confirms our assumptions, and hints further at SoundCloud aiming to monetize or sell in the coming months. This announcement came quietly in a single notification that I haven’t seen since it popped up on my home page a couple of weeks ago, and has since eclipsed by the release of their new mobile app, which has been met with mixed reviews.

The most interesting move, though, is one that nobody is really speaking on–and it’s the most frightening. SoundCloud seems to have given Universal the keys to the car within the last month, and is allowing the media giant full access to flag accounts’ records without any communication whatsoever with SoundCloud. We’ve seen an insane wave of song removals, copyright notifications, and account terminations on behalf of SoundCloud in the past month, but seeing that majors now have back end access to systematically scrape all of their content without having to answer to anyone is crazy. Below are a series of emails to and from SubFM DJ Mr. Brainz, who had his account flagged directly by Universal with no involvement from SoundCloud at all. (visit the article to see the letters; they're screenshots)

The question posed by Mr. Brainz warrants discussion. Is a BBC mix somehow more important? Are heavily-trafficked accounts less likely for a major to flag? Are majors going to tiptoe around big acts and chop away at the novice musician until they control SoundCloud? We’re also curious what Universal’s issue is with SoundCloud, and we’re scratching our heads as Warner, Interscope, and Atlantic are using Soundcloud heavily, and Universal seems to have a hands-off policy with the platform. The most notable account strikes in recent weeks were against Kaskade, who complained publicly and now claims the ball is already rolling to start his own music platform. We’re curious about what the next step is for musicians that are fed up with corporations killing their vibe.

Mine kept getting taken down as well. If you add a 20-30 sec gap of silence before the actual song or mix starts SC has a harder time of pulling copyrighted content during the processing. All of my stuff is for free download from transitions to all sorts of genres so feel free.👌 www.soundcloud.com

I hear a lot about hearthis.at
It has a beautiful design, and no copyright issues (yet). I really hope this is going to be the new soundcloud.

My profile:
hearthis.at

I hear a lot about hearthis.at
It has a beautiful design, and no copyright issues (yet). I really hope this is going to be the new soundcloud.

My profile:
hearthis.at

put an intro/drop or some sound effects at the beginning works everytime

I uploaded a mix today and it was taken straight down. I think their software is as good as youtubes almost.

I can try the intro, but think it won't work any more.

I wonder if Carl Cox has his mixes removed?

I will take a look and listen @Remy. Out of interest (as I haven't listened yet) is that what you would do anyway or do you do that specifically as a method to avoid take down?

the industry will never win this war they are fighting.

...and yet, ever since the days of Napster, iMesh, Morpheus, etc. they keep trying this whack-a-mole thing.

...and yet, ever since the days of Napster, iMesh, Morpheus, etc. they keep trying this whack-a-mole thing.

Yea its a loosing battle they actually already lost and just don't realize it. When you have to threaten the little guys like sound cloud and mega upload just flex your dying power its clear you lost the battle cause most artist want their music shared and played in as many markets as possible why would they depend on a industry that does nothing but take away from the creative avenues instead of embracing

I think SC's detection is terrible. All you have to do is drop the track in audacity and click add "silence" to the start of the song. 15-20 secs is all you need if it's too much dead air then add an intro right before the song. It's really that simple👍

Make no mistake, they are getting BETTER at it...Both in terms of technology and common sense...

The technology will only get better as everything becomes digitized...it's just a matter of waiting it out and flipping the switch when everybody's got minimal alternate routes to take aside from the digital divide.

The common sense part is doing stuff like charging .99 cents for decent quality music files, so cats won't be pressed to try the Napster / Freeloading route....much less of a headache...and they make SOME money....

I have to disagree here. Them shutting down places like sound cloud only sharpens their tools, and forces SOMEONE to have to start throwing some cash out there to get the same type of services...

It ain't about intellectual property, it's about cashing a check...

I'm looking at it from a technological viewpoint first....

Take for example, them damn Whitelabel releases...

Jawns encoded with cats email addresses and passwords...

Can't play them CLEARLY unless hooked up to the RIGHT equipment...

It can EASILY be implemented into songs behind the scenes right now...

Mandate all digital releases to have this type of footprint...a Trojan back door if you will.

Throw a switch somewhere on firmware updated enabled hardware, restaurant jukeboxes, ipods, ipads, iphones, DVS software, etc...the sky's the limit.

No more "Freeish" Soundcloud type services, hell...imagine if they mandated that clubs, bars, or anyplace that has "Electronic Playback of Music" through some type of house system, got fitted with an sound detection scanner so cats can get paid or something.

The technology is ALREADY there....it's just waiting for the market to get flooded, and someone to throw the switch. IMO.

Frankly stated, the entirety of Copy Protection schemes are one big game of whack-a-mole that will continue and continue.

You make a good point Johnny, however I believe the hackers will be able to quickly figure out how to unlock files once a trend like this becomes standard there will be hack app almost as quickly as the type of technology you speak is deployed. Im looking at it from the stand point that people are always going to find a way to hack a security or exploit a vulnerability in the software so they can manipulate the audio file in the way they see fit by either cloning encryption (hard to do but doable) or cloning whatever mechanism needed to unlock said audio files, hope that makes sense,

Guys, after countless tries I managed to upload my track to Soundcloud. Just used a slight pitch correct and added some reverb to the vocals and it worked out. Hope this works for you too.

Y'all might as well place bets as to how soon you WILL be shut down...

lol, c'mon y'all....The technology is only gonna get BETTER at recognizing the music, and the amount of people still using Soundcloud is dwindling, so now they can focus on who's left....

Y'all might as well place bets as to how soon you WILL be shut down...

Soundcloud really need too short their act out , especially with licensing. For me I'm not out for profit . Just a bedroom dj looking for a little exposure and perhaps a break . Along the way original artists work is getting exposure too. How many of us have discovered tracks in mixes and then ended up paying for them ? It's good all round . Things stay the way they are then Soundcloud will be the only loser !

I was a Pro member and my account got deleted too.

All my subs, consistantly high play counts. Gone! : (

Man...this blog has been very informative. I'm new in the game and ran into these issues over the weekend while trying to upload my mixes. I'll be sure to give an update once I try to a few of these tricks. Question though.....Are you guys RE-recording the entire mixes when you add these intro's/white noises? If not, how do you do it?

lol, c'mon y'all....The technology is only gonna get BETTER at recognizing the music, and the amount of people still using Soundcloud is dwindling, so now they can focus on who's left....

Y'all might as well place bets as to how soon you WILL be shut down...

Soundcloud is full of bootlegs and remixes it's absolute bullshit.

^ So true Remy and I only cared for sound cloud to market myself i never charged anyone for any of my downloads. My question to them when the banned me was "What artist or DJ hasn't sampled someone else's work" just saying.

Yup, they just hit 3 tracks in my page that have been there for years

i tryed to upload a mix today put couldn't....so i went to mixcloud

GTFIH with that. Ive been to your soundcloud tech, you werent sampling or remixing shit. You were just coping and pasting 1 track into another and calling them transitions lol

GTFIH with that. Ive been to your soundcloud tech, you werent sampling or remixing shit. You were just coping and pasting 1 track into another and calling them transitions lol

GTFIH with that. Ive been to your soundcloud tech, you werent sampling or remixing shit. You were just coping and pasting 1 track into another and calling them transitions lol

And never said I "remixed" anything...

Soundcloud is full of bootlegs and remixes it's absolute bullshit.

For example here is an original to trap edit... and regardless of that before my sound cloud got deleted I had over 1,000 downloads on every single "edit" I did. Why the hell you are questioning me I have no idea...????

soundcloud.com

....your defense for your songs being up....







So you took 1 song and pasted after another. ..9f course you're getting 1,000 Dls, your giving away artists music on 2 for 1 packs

ppl do this all the time with editing? So what's really the problem with it? Why are you so concerned are you part of the RIAA? I didn't just paste over it I transitioned from one bpm to another which is why it sounds so smooth. That's really all editing is is cutting, pasting, making an intro/outro. Are you the song police🙏 don't take me to jail

I was informed that they only take down mixes when they have been issued with a takedown notice by the produced/label.

We all know the alternative is other sites, but if I load a mix to soundclud it gets thousands of listens. If I upload it to mixcrate or mixcloud I will be lucky if it gets 10!

Dont get so buthurt. Im just saying, dont use the excuse that soundcloud is full of remixs and bootlegs when the shit they took down from you isnt a remix or a bootleg

For the first time EVER this has happened to me after I've uploaded SEVERAL edits, remixes and tapes. Even actual FM radio broadcasts. Mix cloud isn't my favorite. If anyone finds a similar alternative to Soundcloud aside from MixCloud, please let me know.

Instead of trying to game Soundcloud with crossed fingers every time you have to upload a mix, you should be spending that time in setting up long term strategies for your online presence.

Website > social media > mix platform. With everything pointing back to your website.

Why put all of your eggs in one basket and put yourself at the mercy of a company who has made it clear that they no longer want your content on their system?

HearThis.at

thats really the soundcloud alternative that actually works and the U.S cant use their silly copywrite stuff to block at least not yet its a german company

saw that recently. .at is actually an austrian domain.

its not bad but it seems a bit cluttered.

sony is the big player in banning mixes right now. one of about 3-4 mixes of mine (out of 60) was for a madeon song. i tried it several ways and it never stayed up. after reading the below article it made sense.

www.stereogum.com

Just received two strikes in two days. Pretty pissed as I'm a premium pro unlimited account holder, paid up until Nov 2018. I'm guessing they won't refund any of that $$ I gave to use their service, ey!

I haven't even uploaded anything new for around 6 months. Never disputed anything, as they just would notify me that they were taken down due to copyright infringement. I never made a claim, case or disputed. Another mix was taken down last week and all of a sudden now I'm getting "strikes". I got one two days ago, I emailed them to ask why I had, they replied every time they take a mix down I get a strike against my account. Today I received a second strike - no mix was taken down or any action on my behalf taken so I'm flabbergasted as to why. I've just put all my mixes on private and moved everything over to mixcloud around 2 months ago anyway. Thank god I don't rely on Soundcloud anymore. Just pissed cos I've paid pro unlimited account til 2018... For nothing!

Like see who's mix can be taken down the quickest...

plus the user doesn't have the option to download if they want to,,

I got one strike against me.... I am afraid to get another one..... *gulp*

I got two take downs during the #BeyonceAlwaysOnBeat fun *within a day of each other (and had just been hit about an old mix just before it

I mean, the truth is that 99% of the Soundcloud users are violating the terms ANYWAY by posting up stuff they don't have the rights to....Doesn't matter if it's free for download or not...

It's not supposed to be there.....PERIOD...

Doesn't matter what you THOUGHT it could be used for..

Doesn't matter if you THINK you're giving the artist "Free Publicity" by remixing their jawn and making it "Hotter"...

The Music Companies Give Zero F*cks about that....and NOW the technology is there for them to leverage it...

It was starting to become more of an annoyance then a joy to run those websites

and then more links. and when ur putting something on Soundcloud - on ur own page - u are promoting YOURSELF.

If people are not already using the "download" link on Soundcloud to send people back to their site for the DL, than they're already wasting a prime opportunity and I can see why they're the types to miss out on the bigger picture

that have a lot of shitting flying over their own heads.

specially with the rise of most people doing browsing on smart phones and small tablets these days

You're promoting what, your mix and then what? That you and every other jackass can put two records together? What about what else YOU have to offer? You're illustrating my point.

In my specific case I don't put up mixes to promote myself, most of them are for friends, relatives & colleagues who request and ask for them

In my specific case I don't put up mixes to promote myself, most of them are for friends, relatives & colleagues who request and ask for them - and more importantly enough, enjoy them. and Soundcloud makes it easy to access them with their phone app, and they can DL if they so choose. end of story here for me.

your business doesn't rely on this shit

Not sure what ur point is..

yeah, I have enough business already,

your business doesn't rely on this shit,

yeah, I have enough business already, thank you.

bad july 4th weekend shamann?

I mean, the truth is that 99% of the Soundcloud users are violating the terms ANYWAY by posting up stuff they don't have the rights to....Doesn't matter if it's free for download or not...

It's not supposed to be there.....PERIOD...

Doesn't matter what you THOUGHT it could be used for..

Doesn't matter if you THINK you're giving the artist "Free Publicity" by remixing their jawn and making it "Hotter"...

The Music Companies Give Zero F*cks about that....and NOW the technology is there for them to leverage it...

Y'all keep an eye on that Apple Music, and how soon your library will be a victim...

lol... Stay tuned.

. The conglomerate is cooking up something

you would think pro members would get some slack lol

It TELLS you right in the Term Of Service what you CAN'T use SoundCloud for...

lol....

That long ass thing that I was supposed to read....... yea.........

How do record pools get away with giving away or selling music (With Monthly Membership like Franchise)? Is it some kind of deal they use with the labels?

Two more mixes removed..... But no strikes..... Good thing though.

What did they take down with you? I had this discussion with a Soca Dj friend of mine who feels he's safe because well... Soca. But I reminded him that he also plays remixes, and the algorithms change and might eventually pick it up. Knowing what you play, it made me think of that.

So far, changing the pitch on all the final mixes by 4 to 8 percent + through Audacity or Adobe Audition and uploading them has worked. I saw it on a YouTube video.

Some D-Bag at the record companies is probably reading that comment right now and asking their nerds to re-adjust the algorithm accordingly.

Y'all need to start placing bets....

hearthis.at

I even got the verified check mark next to my profile. Early adopter...you guys need to get on this ASAP.

Hey Remy, is your Soundcloud page getting pulled down?

hearthis.at

I even got the verified check mark next to my profile. Early adopter...you guys need to get on this ASAP.

I signed up upon your recommendation. Uploaded 2 rush mixes to test it out. Got an email a day later stating that my Hip-Hop Mix was number 10 on the "charts" for the week but it had less than 20 plays. Don't understand that but I ain't mad. lol. No download option it appears.

I signed up upon your recommendation. Uploaded 2 rush mixes to test it out. Got an email a day later stating that my Hip-Hop Mix was number 10 on the "charts" for the week but it had less than 20 plays. Don't understand that but I ain't mad. lol. No download option it appears.

I signed up upon your recommendation. Uploaded 2 rush mixes to test it out. Got an email a day later stating that my Hip-Hop Mix was number 10 on the "charts" for the week but it had less than 20 plays. Don't understand that but I ain't mad. lol. No download option it appears.

So when you choose to import from Soundcloud, does the sound quality get reduced in any way?

how do you get your name verified??

RIP to my soundcloud page..... It was just taken down today....... 2 years, 500,000 plays and 33,000 downloads later...... :-(

Toast to my soundcloud page..... :-(

RIP to my soundcloud page..... It was just taken down today....... 2 years, 500,000 plays and 33,000 downloads later...... :-(

Toast to my soundcloud page..... :-(

Y'all act like the Soundcloud people ain't reading this forum.

you have to be a premium user so it doesnt do that, premium users get all the features that should be free

So, after reading this thread, it's pretty obvious that Soundcloud is removing more and more DJ mixes.

What I want to know, is how are there still entire companies dedicated to sharing DJ mixes that exist on Soundcloud? For example, Red Bull, Boiler Room, THUMP (Vice)...and not to mention all of the majorly popular DJs who post mixes all the time.

I'm not interested in the techniques to beat the algorithm, but I am interested in whether or not there a way to get a blanket license?

if there is we couldnt afford it

you make a point but to be honest I dont think anyone cares about DJs like that.

Again, a LOT of y'all don't understand the DJ game at all.

You LEGALLY don't have the RIGHTS to create, post and play your own REMIXES (or regular songs for that matter) for an Audience.

PERIOD.

The labels used to PAY cats like Shep Pettibone and Larry Levan to make their mixes.

There were 2 places that allowed "Remixes", that was the RADIO and CLUBS (that paid that ASCAM fee or whatever).

Mobile DJ's "technically" aren't supposed to exist....if you went' STRICTLY by the law of Song Performance....or the songs you COULD perform, nobody cared about.

Fast forward to a time when mobile DJ "Equipment" took off, of COURSE the companies want to make money...

Record companies put a blind eye to the game because it supposedly "Helped" sales of songs, UNTIL everything became digital, and folks could get 1st generation copies of songs for free....THAT was the problem.

So now they want to ENFORCE decades old rules when it comes to Song performance to cut a check.

PERIOD.

Shep Pettibone and Larry Levan to make their mixes.

Soundcloud is partnering with major rights holders. They're also partnering with select artists, DJs, and companies. Thus, those artists, DJs, and companies *are* legally allowed to post that copyrighted music because they are receiving permission from the rights holders.

The music business is more complicated than a couple paragraphs.

nm

^^THIS^^

Oh werd?

Name a DJ that they've partnered with.

Then name ANY song that the Record Company gave that DJ the "Rights" to post the copywritten music.

What do you think the "On" program is? They're partnering left and right.

From their own website: "The world’s leading audio platform debuts new creator subscriptions, including a beta Pro Partner level featuring Red Bull, Snoop Lion, Chris Hardwick, The GRAMMY®s, The-Dream, SModcast, The Guardian, Blue Mic, KQED and Blue Bottle Coffee"

Source: soundcloud.com

That was TWO YEARS AGO. You really don't think they've done *even more* since then?

Apple Music Overcomes Copyright, Streams Remixes, Mash-Ups & Bootlegs
Peter Rubinstein
March 15, 2016

In a defining move, streaming service Apple Music has received a leg up on competitors. Following a newly formed partnership with Dubset Media Holdings, the service now has the ability to stream remixes, mash-ups and DJ mixes for the very first time.

Dubset is an organization involved with over 14,000 publishers and record labels, allowing their extensive roster of content to be utilized and streamed without fear of copyright-oriented consequences. The secret to this ability, however, rests with a form of technology called MixBank.

Using algorithms similar to those of Youtube and Soundcloud’s copyright detection service Zefr, MixBank scans remixed content with the intent of discovering the original rights holder. The company can locate the source, compensate them accordingly and even allow rights holders to limit the amount of times their material can be used in mixes.

This new partnership, some say, is a more effective alternative for remixers and DJs than Soundcloud’s highly controversial system. By giving rights holders more control over their work and allowing listeners to access previously forbidden content, the potential for an exodus across services is now in the balance.

So far, no word has been given as to the exact starting date for Apple’s inclusion of mixes on their service.

Hopefully this is the wave of the future!

Sony and SoundCloud have done the deal everyone was waiting for
March 17, 2016
By Tim Ingham

Exclusive: Sony Music Entertainment has not only licensed SoundCloud, but taken equity in the streaming business as part of the deal.

Watertight sources have told MBW that contractual terms have been agreed between both parties, following on from similar agreements with Warner Music Group in late 2014 and Universal Music Group earlier this year.

The world’s second largest record company, Sony will not only receive stock in SoundCloud, but has also been invited to participate in the Berlin-based platform’s next funding round.

Having all three majors on board means SoundCloud is now free to launch its much-mooted subscription service in the coming months.

(There is no word about Sony/ATV signing a licensing agreement for publishing rights – if one is still required. But with Sony Corp announcing a $750m acquisition of the Jackson Estate’s share in the company this week, SoundCloud must feel its chances have been given a boost.)

In addition to WMG, UMG and Sony, SoundCloud has also signed licensing agreements with Merlin, which represents 20,000 independent labels worldwide, in addition to publishing collective the NMPA.

“Sony will not only receive stock in soundcloud, but has also been invited to participate in the platform’s next funding round.”

All of these deals have been signed on the basis that SoundCloud adds a subscription tier to its offering sooner rather than later.

Last year, Sony and SoundCloud appeared to be a fair distance away from a deal.

The major removed content from some of its biggest artists in May 2015.

Sony-signed producer Madeon was upset enough to tweet that the music company was “holding [its] own artists hostage”.

Such problems have now been consigned to history.

According to SoundCloud’s latest accessible annual fiscal reports, the Berlin-based streaming service lost €39.14m ($44.19m) in 2014 on revenues of just €17.35m ($19.14m) – without any significant royalty payments to rights-holders.

Within those figures, administrative expenses (staff and other business basics) grew 67.8% to €47.74m ($52.7m) in the year.

Despite these severe losses, SoundCloud’s headcount grew by 21% to 236 people in 2014 – with an average annual wage of €79,980 ($82,253).Music Business Worldwide

Sony-signed producer Madeon was upset enough to tweet that the music company was “holding [its] own artists hostage”.

somebody needs to make a site just for djs

LOL it's a whole, whole lot of them. Issue is they have 10% the audience of Soundcloud, and aren't as efficient, easy to use, etc. etc. Mixcloud and Mixcrate, eh I'm not a fan of either of them.

LOL it's a whole, whole lot of them. Issue is they have 10% the audience of Soundcloud, and aren't as efficient, easy to use, etc. etc. Mixcloud and Mixcrate, eh I'm not a fan of either of them.

Y'all know Mixcrate is a wrap, right?

www.mixcrate.com

We started Mixcrate in Spring 2010 with the ambition of building a community site where DJs can discover and connect with other DJs and their fans. It has always been our goal to provide a welcoming home for all levels of DJs - influential and up-and-coming. As a result, we built one of the most supportive DJ communities in the world.

Mixcrate has been a side project built by a handful of individuals just as passionate as the DJs we served. We have been a self-funded website - working during our free-time, balancing life while supporting our other personal endeavors.

Unfortunately, Mixcrate received a letter from a respected entity in the record industry. While Mixcrate does not believe the site violates any laws, we do not have the means to operate under current conditions. It's with deep regret that we must shut down the website.

Thank you for the support through the years. If you have enjoyed and discovered new DJs through our site, please continue supporting them and the art of DJing.

The only time a goodbye is painful is when you know you'll never say hello again, so we'll just say, we'll see you guys later.

— Mixcrate

hmmmm... did you check the site?

Absolutely. It's business as usual. I was literally listening to a Jazz mix when I read the initial post. lol

Are you conflating Mixcrate and Mixcloud?

Mixcrate is definitely gone... Mixcloud is not.

So far, my man Johnny is the only one that has heard this.

Absolutely. It's business as usual. I was literally listening to a Jazz mix when I read the initial post. lol

You know what... I think I am. Dag my bad... well I guess on that, did anyone of you cats actually use Mixcrate?

And, you can trust anything I say is Gospel.

Don't get ahead of yourself.

thank you Soundcloud, why don't you do like youtube ??

Record sets with independent acts so you won't mega-corporations with money to throw away looking for more ways to take money to throw away.

At the rate things are going, Soundcloud may not be around much longer.

In case no one has seen the reports: techcrunch.com

SoundCloud is here to stay.

Hey everyone,

There’s an insane amount of noise about SoundCloud in the world right now. And it’s just that, noise. The music you love on SoundCloud isn’t going away, the music you shared or uploaded isn’t going away, because SoundCloud is not going away. Not in 50 days, not in 80 days or anytime in the foreseeable future. Your music is safe.

Along with each of you, we’ve built this incredible creative community of artists, podcasters, DJs, producers and more who are the driving force in pushing culture forward in the world. That’s not going to change. Last week we had to make some tough decisions to let go of some of our staff, but we did this to ensure SoundCloud remains a strong, independent company.

Thank you for the outpouring of love and support. Some of you have asked how you can help–spread the word that we’re not going anywhere and keep doing what you’re doing–creating, listening, uploading, sharing, liking, and discovering what’s new, now and next in music. SoundCloud is here to stay.

Peace,
Alex

Fake news (?)

Last week we had to make some tough decisions to let go of some of our staff...

^ Fake news (?)

blog.soundcloud.com

Chance The Rapper Just Saved Soundcloud
Matthew Meadow
July 14, 2017
News

Well, here you have it folks. Chance The Rapper just saved Soundcloud.

While the reality of the situation is probably infinitely more nuanced, there’s no doubt that Chance’s place on Soundcloud and his influence on music at a higher level could have a positive effect on the streaming platform.

Yesterday, when nearly all of the EDM industry insiders were calling the death knell of Soundcloud, the site quietly released a statement clarifying that they were funded through Q4, and the popularized “50 day” statistic was a load of bull.

However, this didn’t stop many people from already calling time of death, possibly leading to a self-fulfilling prophecy. And then, like an angel in the night, Chance appeared…

[tweet]

“I’m working on the SoundCloud thing,” Chance tweeted at 11am yesterday. And apparently he did just that. The man already responsible for revitalizing much of Chicago is apparently now responsible for saving one of the biggest streaming services ever.

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Praise be to our new savior, I guess.

SoundCloud’s Investors May Terminate the Company In 24 Hours

Paul Resnikoff August 10, 2017 20

On Friday, SoundCloud’s existing investors will determine if the company lives or dies. So you might want to back up your catalog.

The walls are caving in on SoundCloud. And its entire future is now hinging upon one vote.

Earlier, Digital Music News reported that the beleaguered streaming service was entertaining rescue investment from two groups. But according to a just-published report, those newer investors need to be approved by a bunch of older investors. And that’s not guaranteed.

The vote to rescue (or not) comes on Friday, August 11th, according to Axios writer Dan Primack. Citing a memo leaked to Axios, Primak notes that the incoming ‘rescue’ investors Raine Group and Temasek would receive preferential treatment. Which basically means that other investors would be de-prioritized, receive worsened terms, and have a harder time recovering their cash.

Ljung has warned that if the rescue package isn’t approved, the company won’t have enough money to survive. It would introduce a dangerous tailspin as employees jumped ship and the money dwindled to zero.

So essentially, a ‘no’ vote terminates the company. Or at least drastically reduces its chances of survival.

Existing investors would face some raw deal terms. In the case of an eventual fire-sale or liquidation, Raine and Temasek would get to recover their funds first, along with any other investors participating in this ‘Series F’. Sounds like a bad deal, except that the alternative is destroying SoundCloud forever.

SoundCloud is asking for an additional $170 million. The Series F sharply plunges SoundCloud’s pre-money valuation to $150 million.

One option for existing investors is to keep the company afloat and accept the bad terms. Then, work like hell to either liquidate or sell the company, a move that Ljung has previously resisted.

Others investors participating in this ‘Series F’ round include Union Square Ventures, Doughty Hanson and Atlantic Technology. So that complicates the analysis and decision matrix a bit.

Existing SoundCloud CEO Alex Ljung is obviously urging investors to vote yes. But here’s the kicker: ReCode has just reported that if the rescue round is approved, Ljung will probably be fired. In fact, a massive leadership shakeup is almost a certainty.

Accordingly, Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor would assume the CEO helm, according to the Recode report. Whether Ljung would fight to remain CEO is another question.

Earlier, we’d heard that investors loved Ljung. But love has a funny way of turning into hate.

Over its multi-year history, SoundCloud has burned through more than $230 million. That doesn’t even include an additional $70 million in loans, undoubtedly accruing massive interest.

Meanwhile, attempts to launch a premium tier have floundered. SoundCloud Go has largely underwhelmed and failed to amass any subscribers. Spotify, meanwhile, has 60 million paying subscribers.

Incidentally, Spotify apparently passed on a deal to acquire SoundCloud. That could play into the current decision, especially the analysis of whether SoundCloud is actually sellable or not.

Investors rescue embattled SoundCloud with $170 million lifeline
The company laid off 40 percent of its workforce in July.

The struggling audio-hosting startup SoundCloud has secured a financial lifeline, with two investors putting up almost $170 million to help the company stay afloat, according to Billboard. As part of the deal, SoundCloud will get a new CEO, the company announced in a press release.

The German company's service is one of the most popular ways to store audio files online, but it has struggled to find a viable business model. As we reported last month, the company was forced to close its San Francisco and London offices and lay off 40 percent of its staff. The company's losses have steadily widened in recent years, reaching €51 million ($60 million) in 2015 and more than $150 million total between 2010 and 2015. Financial results for 2016 aren't publicly available yet.

Until this deal, it looked like SoundCloud could be forced to shut its doors before the end of the year. The new funding will give the company at least a couple more years to figure out how to become a profitable business. The company launched a subscription music service last year, but that didn't generate enough revenue to avoid last month's layoffs.

The company will now be led by CEO Kerry Trainor and Chief Operating Officer Michael Weissman, both of whom held similar roles at Vimeo, a video-sharing site that is a subsidiary of IAC.

Has anyone heard anymore about this? www.digitaldjtips.com

Yea I do I have one remix on apple music. Google mixbank and sign up. The only problem is I signed up 2 years ago almost and submitted that track and they just posted it in Itunes this summer. So its not fast at all.