Deadmau5 Shares His Opinion on Soundcloud’s Troubles
It has been a very long month for Soundcloud. The Berlin-based company had to close two branches as well as let go of 40% of its staff. After this happened, there were rumors of a 50-day countdown to the company’s end. Most recently, the company announced funding through Q4 and it’s apparent that Chance the Rapper is responsible.
SoundCloud seems to be in a tough situation right now and they need to find a solution for this ongoing issue. I’m sure they have people working around the clock to figure it out but it doesn’t look good as of now. Luckily Deadmau5 has offered his opinion on the matter. He took to twitter after Chance’s temporary fix was revealed explaining what he would do if he were at Soundcloud’s helm. He also chimed in on what they’re doing to fix the problems currently.
Check out the tweets below.
Just had a very fruitful call with Alex Ljung. @SoundCloud is here to stay.
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) July 14, 2017
Congrats on your new boat anchor. https://t.co/7pr3mcGu8C
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
It may have its flaws, but there's no denying the value of it
— Josh Goodman (@JustJOSH_ingYa) July 14, 2017
The only real value to it is the email / Facebook and twitter account db it has amassed over the years. That's a db a record label wants. https://t.co/iemO7tPJKv
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
I was hoping it would burn, honestly.
— Matt Lange (@MattLange) July 14, 2017
We still have hope, I've got my 40 bucks on Spotify waving a cheque in someone's face for their user db. https://t.co/8B1FmsIfcq
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
I honestly thought we would have seen one of the big companies swoop SoundCloud up for pennies on the dollar, just for their email database
— Josh Carlow (@JoshCarlow) July 14, 2017
Oh trust me. They will. That's the whole point… you think Chance would likely hold up in a bidding war against Spotify? ok. https://t.co/PsNJkGYQq2
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
Discovering talent on Soundcloud to me is like taking a chick on a date and she's on instagram all day. I'd rather deal with a person.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
And I'll tell you what's going to happen, it's going to the highest bidder or tanking indefinitely… neither option benefits indie artists.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
@deadmau5 so, if you had control of @SoundCloud . you think you would be able to do a better job of maintaining and popularising it?
— Priam Music (@priamsplaylist) July 14, 2017
First of all, I'd put money into securing the service, and stop collecting user data outside of userIDS, then I would rebrand it. https://t.co/tiX89agR3M
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
After that, I would integrate a Creative Commons liscense for independent labels to seek liscense from its users on a person to person basis
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
From there, indie artists can then continue to use the platform without being buried by "sponsored content" from whore mongering labels
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
Do you have any issues with the copyright issues from a DJs standpoint? No doubt artist and producers deserve the credit for thier work
— DJ MACE (@iDJMACE) July 14, 2017
Uploaded content can still be screened by most "published music" algos to prevent users from uploading someone's published works. https://t.co/c7EYEFd2cf
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
@deadmau5 you have a talent for business and tech. i ask you, would you make soundcloud yours??
— Priam Music (@priamsplaylist) July 14, 2017
Not for whatever rediculess fucking pricetag tag on a system that would have to be rebuilt anyway. Nah. https://t.co/VbqxAaRmpc
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
The crazy thing to me is you are paying $8 a month for 2 and a half hours of upload time (2 gb maybe) vs pay $8 for Dropbox and get 1tb….
— Collin Sullivan (@SplitHor1zon) July 14, 2017
Well there's the rub. A free service is good and great, but data services and hosting isn't free… so you have to get creative there. https://t.co/3IzkqQvH7d
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
I think you could provide a SoundCloud-like environment by involving label investments, agency subscriptions…
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
Has no one ever thought of charging the major labels to use the site as a bespoke / staffed music resource for new acts? Okay.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
Like fuckin charge Spotify to have liscense to the users catalogues on liscense to rebroadcast music. They can pay artists and site fees.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
In summary, sure. I could turn the SoundCloud shitshow around with a decent team. But why fix someone else's fuckup after paying for it?
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
It might have been worth pointing out that sc is a Berlin based company and they manage to dodge a ton of US copyright laws… but ☕️🐸
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) July 14, 2017
