SoundCloud is an inexhaustible source of new music for Android, iOS and desktops

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

If you are tired of switching radio stations in search of good music, and your favorite playlist in the player is heard to disgust, try the SoundCloud service. Here you will definitely find a new and undoubtedly enjoyable musical experience.

Almost all online music services can be roughly divided into two categories. In the first, Apple Music, Google Play Music, Spotify, Deezer are freely located, which have huge catalogs of legal music, pay all the necessary royalties, but for full use they require a small monthly fee from users. In the second category, there are dozens of small sites that have a very limited selection of music, do not always work legally, but are completely free.

SoundCloud sits roughly in the middle and has successfully combined the advantages of both large bands. Let's figure out how this became possible.

SoundCloud was originally launched as an online platform for independent musicians to publish their works, exchange experiences with colleagues and connect with fans. To do this, each registered user is given the opportunity to download up to three hours of his own music with the possibility of increasing this value when buying a paid account.

Thanks to the efforts of the creators, one of whom is a professional sound engineer and the other a musician, SoundCloud set a fairly high standard of quality from the very beginning and was able to avoid being turned into an ordinary musical trash heap full of low-quality and pirated content. An interesting community of independent musicians formed around the service, and its catalog was quickly filled with unique content. Therefore, it is not surprising that just a few years after the start, SoundCloud cheerfully reported ten million subscribers. Now more than 175 million listeners use the services of this service every month.

What attracts all these people to SoundCloud?

First of all, here you can find completely unique music that you will not hear anywhere else. A convenient filtering system allows you to filter songs by artist, genre, time of addition and popularity. Yes, there are also likes here, with the help of which users express their attitude to the tracks. Thus, the main judges in SoundCloud are the listeners, and they cannot be fooled.

Even if you don't really trust young talent, SoundCloud will still find something to interest you. The fact is that the lion's share of the content here is made up of tracks, which are remixes of popular songs and melodies. Remixes are sometimes so talented that they are just as enjoyable as original pieces.

And the third part of SoundCloud's success is the large number of mixes that can serve as great soundtracks for reading, programming, studying, strength training, running, and so on. If you are looking for the perfect background music for literally any activity, this is the place for you.

As I wrote above, listening to tracks on SoundCloud is free and does not even require you to register. However, if you spend a few minutes and create an account, you can add your favorite songs to your favorites, create your own playlists and subscribe to updates from your favorite musicians. In addition, you can receive service recommendations based on your listening history, explore other users' playlists, join groups, share your favorite music on social networks, and much more.

Getting started with SoundCloud is easy. You just need to open the main page and enter a genre, a musician, or even just your mood in the search bar. In the appeared scattering of tracks, you will definitely find something that will make you say “Wow!”, Add an artist to your favorites and quickly collect a track list for listening. After that, you just have to install one of the mobile applications of this service. After all, you simply cannot part with this music even for a minute.