SoundClick

I've been a Soundclick member, as both a listener and artist since 2003. They are the oldest music hosting site on the web (since 1997). They did go through a rough patch for a while and needed some updating around the time when a lot of other hosting sites started appearing. This period caused some bad reviews. However, a number years ago they did a remarkable job of refurbishing their site - both for listeners, and for artist administration. Speed, graphics, and useability are all now first rate, and subsequently, they've attracted a lot more high quality independent recording artists. I also like the fact the public can listen to music without having to become members, though there are some advantages to membership.

My band began using this website close to 20 years ago. It does everything a music site should do and more, with Millions of other artists to share and compete with on their daily charts. Because it is independent there is obviously a lot of very amateur music on the site. But lots and lots of incredible Talent as well. You can stream music for free, you can purchase and download music as an artist you can get paid for selling your music on the site.

These guys have a bad rap and not sure why. They have a product and service that's been around for an eternity in this fast paced digital age. I think people expect every free site that has a pay-upgrade option to give away the farm and be a non-profit organization. I have been on the site for over 15 years and the one time I needed help they were right there. I am not affiliated with the owners, not a paid endorser, and not a fake reviewer. Just a recording artist that was glad to have a venue for early music releases when there was NONE.
Big thanks to the SoundClick folks!

https://www.dimarzio.com/artists/michael-rogers

SoundClick.com admin are NAZIS. Expect to be discriminated against, expect a holier-than-thou attitude when emailing them, expect unilateral decisions made with YOUR account and YOUR music without any explanation.

SoundClick has been in decline for years, and I could never figure out why until I had to deal with their admin and support staff. They are a shining example of how NOT to run a business/website. Absolutely zero appreciation for their customers.

This site won't "wow" you. It doesn't have a very sleek interface and it's a bit hard to navigate sometimes. It's been around for quite a long time and not much has changed since it started. That said, there is a LOT of music to listen to. It's original music. You can buy music if you like. It is functionally sound.

If they updated the site with a sleeker, more modern interface, it would go up to 5 stars for me.

REASONS TO USE
[1] Lots of content
[2] Original content

REASONS TO LOSE
[1] Interface is a bit clunky

I remember that I had an issue with Soundclick.com a few years ago and every now and then I would think about how rude the Cust Service person was to me. I had an issue with them in 2014 (I did not recognize a second charge on my account). After 2 emails regarding my situation - And No Reply - I disputed the charge. I found the original email from them today 11/29/17 and I would like to share it here. If this situation WAS my fault (?) I still in NO WAY needed to be spoken to like Lady "Byrd" spoke to me on just the very second sentence...

Hello,
We responded to your email in regards to the banner ad on 5/22/14 at 5:56PM Eastern Time (please see the attached email file of that reply for proof). Do you not keep a record of your purchases when you make them, or at least make a mental note of it? Since you purchased two promotions in May, it should not have been hard for you to identify that there were to be two charges that would appear on your statement that month for your purchases. That was not by any fault of ours, and there was absolutely no reason to dispute it with your credit card holder. If you had made several purchases on SoundClick that month, that might be more understandable in having issues with recognizing each individual charge. But you have only made two promotional purchases on SoundClick, so that charge should have been easily recognizable by you. Either way, you still owe us $25.00...

It goes on a bit more but I NEVER paid them the 25 bucks they said I supposedly owed and never went back to them.

When a website fails to *respect or care* for its artists who made them what they once were? Well, it's doomed to FAIL! They just *deleted* many artists accounts, without giving them a heads up, so what does the future hold for soundcrap, aka soundfail? It will be nothing but a GHOST TOWN website, because they totally BLEW IT HARD! + THEY SUCK!