oliver l.

Can't complain to much, I'm a bit of a soundcloud addict but they have failed artists a bit, and what's with the volatile pricing!?

They have some good initiatives like Soundcloud Go+ for students. That's a positive.

The negative is that Souncloud premier/montization is some kind of cruel joke for most folk.

I am one, I took the leap of faith when I heard that I could release tracks directly on soundcloud - It's right there in the subscription page (at the time of writing)

And then guess what, when I have a track I wan't to release and navigate to that option I get a page saying that I am not eligible but to keep building up my soundcloud - It took a a bit of working out as I fit all of the criteria but essentially a large part of my gigs and following is in south east asia, Bali, Thailand etc. and apparantly these plays don't count

So anyway that's another $130 or whatever just for a star by the name.

I can't be to critical because I am always on soundcloud scoping out music, it's one of my favourite apps - Prices have gone up though.

When I first signed up a pro account was a few dollars a month and you could add go or go+ for not much more!

The price has quadrupled?(Citation needed) in just a few years.

Also I would like to talk about go - I bought Go+ Many times to hear tracks from my favourite artists only to learn that 'This track is not playable in you're country'!

I did a tour of the U. K and the Biggest pop star of the U. K was not allowed to be played in the UK even Robbie Williams and thats weird. I was living in Australia and could play some select tracks at Electric Lady Studios by Courtney Barnett but when I moved to Bali I couldn't play the tracks at a later date as they were 'Australia Only'

That's a werid situation. So that's what I have to say about Soundcloud Go & Go+ I just don't bother anymore because I don't wan't to be dissapointed to find that I can't stream the artist because of some territory block! It's a fundamental flaw to Go & Go+ no?

Anyway all said still love soundcloud, some of the best electronica to be found anywhere on this site, dripping with talent, hope soundcloud will rise to the challenge of supporting it's artists more - They pay for Pro and Pro Unlimited Accounts give them premier, monetization and other perks, forget stats and the 'spotlight' feature - let artists have the ability to re-arrange their tracks pro or free as a first and then add the features that people want for pro and unlimited.

Also the adverts are long and repeat. Sometimes I am signed out of my pro unlimited account for various reasons and hear the same advert 4-5 times in a row! The adverts are long and boring, I think about sending my links to people do they sometimes just get a long boring advert and don't bother listening to my music? It's something like 30 seconds (Which is excessive and ridiculous) and it plays before the track, don't know what the solution is but it sucks balls in it's current presentation.

Anyway 4* for now let's get it to 5*

Thankyou