07-17-2017, 06:17 AM | #1 |
Banned
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 8,563
|
soundcloud may be shutting down soon
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/06/so...ondon-offices/
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/soundshroud/ "The company has announced that it is laying off 173 employees, and it is closing offices in San Francisco and London. The moves are being described as cost cutting measures “to ensure our path to long-term, independent success,” in the words of co-founder and CEO Alex Ljung, who revealed the news in a blog post." "Instead, sources at SoundCloud tell TechCrunch that founders Alex Ljung and Eric Wahlforss confessed the layoffs only saved the company enough money to have runway “until Q4” — which begins in just 80 days." this is the first I'm hearing about this and it kinda really sucks. as of right now, I can't think of a site that would be analogous to soundcloud, aside from bandcamp (sans commenting) and clyp.it (doubt clyp.it could survive a mass migration from soundcloud artists). if the site does indeed go bankrupt and dies off, I think it would have a huge negative impact on the music community, both underground and mainstream. my brother has his music on soundcloud and has garnered 10k+ plays, but all of his stuff isn't available for download. later today, I'm gonna log onto his account and download his stuff, as neither of us have mp3s anymore. I'd recommend doing the same if you need to! |
07-17-2017, 07:24 AM | #2 |
✘ Forever OP✘
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Canada,Quebec
Age: 28
Posts: 4,171
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rEy_BztwnIw
Not great source by any means but I happen to have watched this guy's videos and he talked abiut that. So yeah |
07-17-2017, 07:52 AM | #3 |
魔法少女
Join Date: Jan 2006
Age: 33
Posts: 2,150
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
That really stinks. Some of the music I've discovered was because of SC.
|
07-17-2017, 08:40 AM | #4 |
✘ Forever OP✘
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Canada,Quebec
Age: 28
Posts: 4,171
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
|
07-17-2017, 10:26 AM | #5 |
FFR Player
Join Date: Oct 2012
Age: 30
Posts: 3,799
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
shit :c There goes my almost 500 songs playlist I have saved in Soundcloud :c
__________________
|
07-17-2017, 10:54 AM | #6 |
Banned
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 8,563
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
okay so the chance the rapper thing "saving" soundcloud ended up being a really bad single with young thug
I'm sure thats what the phone call with alex ljung was, but the thing to note here is that even though chance is a huge artist rn and yoing thug is one of the biggest names in hip-hop, a free single isnt going to "save" anything, especially if it's bad (it is). chance historically makes money through brands and live shows, not pure selling numbers. his first mixtape and acidrap were free. I dont remember if coloring book was free or not, but he's also facing legal charges because he screwed over a producer collective when he didnt pay for a beat (or two). young thug also has some seriously shit numbers, with his last album making like 45k sales. again, he makes money through brands, streaming, and touring. the only way chance and yt could "save" sc is if they invested in it. I doubt that'll happen, and I doubt either of them have enough financial power to save the platform by themselves anyway. if sc wants to stay up, they need to get some humility and make some good financial decisions. apparently funds were being used really badly, from a financial standpoint. I hope sc stays up but saying that chance can save it is seriously misguided |
07-17-2017, 11:58 AM | #7 |
Banned
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 8,563
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
oh
apparently chance bought soundcloud lemme verify that shit brb |
07-17-2017, 12:20 PM | #8 |
Confirmed Heartbreaker
Join Date: Jul 2012
Age: 35
Posts: 5,858
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
Chance giving sc a chance
__________________
|
07-17-2017, 01:27 PM | #9 | ||
FFR Player
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: 0.55
Age: 29
Posts: 120
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
Quote:
Quote:
Last edited by Tia-; 07-17-2017 at 01:28 PM.. |
||
07-17-2017, 06:48 PM | #10 |
魔法少女
Join Date: Jan 2006
Age: 33
Posts: 2,150
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
Cool
|
07-17-2017, 07:08 PM | #11 |
Expect delays.
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Montreal, QC
Age: 31
Posts: 4,119
|
Re: soundcloud may be shutting down soon
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
|
|