r/soundcloud

Hello, everybody. I used to be pretty active in this sub, reviewing people's music and making playlists of the best i find from the sub. I took a pretty long hiatus after my dog passed away bc there was just so much else going on in life too. I wanted to reach back out and start community building w yall again if you give me a chance. Drop your original song, no remixes, I do not review ai slop.

I was also going to message the artist asking if they wanted to collab, as I loved his voice, the track had no likes or comments yet so I was going to jump on and support the guy. I was thinking once again "damn I love SoundCloud and the random tracks it suggests"...

But sadly, it appears to be an AI account. I can't believe the amount of tracks (>150) that have been uploaded under that account alone in about 2 months time since its creation.. I am agitated that I keep getting shown AI content on SoundCloud, it's not what I'm here for.

I have been uploading to and listening on the platform since 2013, and I LOVE it. I fucking love SoundCloud. I don't use anything else.. But my faith in the platform is starting to dwindle. I do NOT support AI music, I do NOT want to listen to AI music.

I am in FIRM belief that AI music is going to slowly kill the music industry, especially by drowning out artists who are starting out. I think it is a scam, and unfair to real artists.

I think at a bare minimum (if they don't prohibit the upload of AI generated music/accounts) that we should at least get an option in the settings where we get to choose whether we are shown it or not, and I think, to be fair to those of us who spend days, weeks or months making a track, the setting should be OFF by default.

What can we, collectively as THE users of the platform, do about it?

The amount of AI slop songs that get recommended to me and added into radio stations is too damn!
Please just add a toggle switch or something that filters out songs that use AI. Fucking clankers are taking over.

Is there any reason that most of soundcloud playlists are now ai generated songs? Especially in jazz and deep/afro house? Shouldn't atleast soundcloud put ai tag on these kind of musics?

Any genre, but I want none samples used and to read the lyrics first.

Go! I want something to work today, if contacted very late night just another day the opportunity,

For those looking for an engineer. I will deliver if contacted soon your song worked fast if few stems/trackout.

Hello, SoundCloud community, does anyone know what is happening with the June payments? My payment has not been processed yet. I opened a support ticket, and they replied:
“Hello,
 
Thank you for reaching out. Our payments team is reviewing your payment currently and will complete the payment or contact you with more information within the next few days. ”

I know that larger payments can go through a manual verification process. In my case, the upcoming payment is over $670 USD. My account is not new; I have had my distribution account since 2023, with consistent activity from my artists on Spotify, YouTube, and other platforms.
I have also had reports above $500 USD in the past, so I understand that there may be a verification threshold. As far as I know, everything is in order. I correctly declare and tax the income through my label, and I have the music licenses/agreements properly uploaded for every distributed track whenever required.
However, the process is taking quite a long time. We are already on the 5th, and my SoundCloud account still does not show the payout. The money still appears in my balance.

send me your songs i wanna hear them

Music for a horror PixelArt Videogame

https://on.soundcloud.com/XrpcFtBsqAP4dIpP8N

So I noticed two likes on my recent track this morning, and I was thrilled bc it happened to be from two major labels (>1k followers) that release music of genres that I'm actually producing in. Just to be immediately psy-slammed through a table by the fact that the song did not get played and the likes weren't even actually there. It's (still) showing up in my notifications tho.

I'm used to this like/no play behaviour by random bots but these aren't bots... is it just a new method of spamming me (without messaging me directly) to check their content? BC I did go and check their profiles. Since the likes were somewhat closeby (two hours in between) they were prob maintained by the same guy at that time that went around and insta-like-unlike songs with certain hashtags.

Anyone else experience a similar thing ? Yes, I did not name the labels bc tha's prob not allowed and I don't want them to get harassed, lol, even though it's kinda dickish what they did to me...

I'm a hip-hop/rap/digicore vocalist with not really any traction but I enjoy working with others to push music out there and make new friends with like minded music interests.

Not trying to promote, but looking to network and reach out and meet new people as well as of course collaborate!

I would love to listen to your tracks and discuss it ONLY if you are serious about collaborating, as I mostly want to branch out, but in the back of my head maybe one day make a group as long as we fit, as that is one of the best ways to really make a name and make it with music.

If anyone is interested just let me know and send your track, I can send one of my own if you're seriously interested in working together, and we'll take it from there 😁💎

PS - I also make most of my own cover art and enjoy doing so, so if that's something you're interested in as well, let me know