SoundCloud Review and Invites

To put it short: SoundCloud is a social network for musicians and professionals in the music business. At least that’s the market the website is aiming for, other users (like me) can also join if they are lucky enough to get an invitation. No other website that I know of gives the user that much control over the music that he is uploading to the SoundCloud website.

It all starts with an upload obviously. Not your usual pick a song and hit a button type of upload though. You do pick a song but can add a wealth of information to the upload including an extensive description, genre, bpm, record label, catalogue number, release data, track number, keywords and even a buy this track link.

Artwork can be added as well and a decision has to be made if the song should be publicly or privately accessible. If the latter is chosen users can be picked from the list of followers and followed or by email. Emails will be send to users with a direct link to the song so that they can access it at the SoundCloud website. Those users have to chose a password for the first time and can use that password to access that song and any other that they are invited to.

Users with access rights can leave comments that are attached to a specific time of the song which is another interesting feature.

Public Songs can be embedded in websites like the example above. The color of the player can be selected freely. Users can jump to any position of the song. I’m a bit surprised though about the lack of player controls. There is only play and stop. Downloads on the other hand are blazingly fast.

SoundCloud offers some interesting unique features to its core audience. I have three invites up for grabs, if you want to give it a try leave a comment. I pick three random ones tomorrow.

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Tags: artists, business, musicians, professionals, soundcloud
Categories: Music and Video, The Web

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6 Responses to “SoundCloud Review and Invites”

1. m0nk says:

   July 11, 2008 at 4:03 pm

   Hi, I’m making my music and was very interested in this review. I would be very happy to get one invite. Thanks in advance.

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2. kainen says:

   July 11, 2008 at 4:09 pm

   i’d like an invite, thx

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3. Emil says:

   July 11, 2008 at 4:15 pm

   You Already got me into DropBox,

   Thanks!

   Reply
4. Blake Handler says:

   July 11, 2008 at 5:07 pm

   I’m a musician, Microsoft MVP and work with one of the largest distributor of original online content . . . not only would I love an “invite” — I could USE an ‘invite” (^_^)

   Thanks in advance for your consideration

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5. Damian C. says:

   July 11, 2008 at 9:46 pm

   Hi Martin I could really use an invite
   I hope someone still has one =]
   THANKS!!

   Reply
6. Marty says:

   August 9, 2008 at 3:34 pm

   Dont supose theres an invites left :?, could really do with one.

   Reply