SoundCloud is live, bringing music sharing to the masses

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SoundCloud is live, bringing music sharing to the masses

by Jay Hathaway Oct 13th 2008

There are plenty of ways to share music, but most of them are slow or have clunky interfaces. SoundCloud aims to be the first player in the market to catch on in a big way, by making things easy for its users. Soundcloud works like an inbox, so new songs come in from your friends (or from artists and record labels) and you can handle them all in one convenient place. You can also put a dropbox on any site (including MySpace, Facebook, and your blog) where people can click to send you a track.

I love the idea of being able to play incoming tracks selectively before downloading them, and also the idea of letting them stream as one big playlist. Sending music looks to be just as easy. You can send to an email address or another SoundCloud account, and the result looks a heck of a lot better than MySpace Music. Also, there are no file size limits!

If you're a musician, SoundCloud looks like a good place to post your new tracks. Each song gets its own URL and its own privacy settings, so you can decide who's allowed to listen to or download it. Create Digital Music says SoundCloud could be the Flickr of music, and after testing it out, I'm inclined to agree.

[via Create Digital Music]

Tags: Audio, Music, Sharing, SoundCloud, streaming, upload

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