Here's a site designed around musical collaboration. I just created an account but have not dived in very deeply yet:

http://www.indabamusic.com/

Well I guess it safe to say that the SOundclick staff are a legend in their own mind. Really isn't it childish to worry about where you stand on the soundclick charts? I'd be more interested on being on the the Billboard charts. Actually I'd be more concerned with making money with my music rather than chart standings. Someone at soundlcick needs to get a clue. I just canceled my VIP account. Who needs it anyway?

When I hear great songs that people post on soundclick that may not be available for download, I can add them to my station and not have to go hunting for them.

Unfortunately, now you will. Because of Soundclick's current policy, your station links will now become broken if any of those artists update their mixes.

I listened to "Without a Trace" and "Bulletproof" on mixposure.com. Sound quality was definitely better than MySpace or ReverbNation, but I still clearly heard the telltale artifacts of MP3 re-encoding. I brought up two other randomly-selected tunes to verify that it wasn't a flaw in your recording - it's not. The others had that same annoying high-frequency phasing.

I will say this about mixposure.com, though: the overall quality of the material seemed superior to soundclick, based solely on the fact that I played 4 songs in a row that didn't suck! Soundclick won't yield that kind of consistency, more like play 20 to find 1 good one.

So is the mixsposure model the same as SoundClick? IOW, do you get limited file sizes and lower-quality files for a free account, but are allowed larger files and higher bitrates with a paid account? Is yours a paid account?

EDIT:
mixposure is indeed similar to soundclick, except more complicated. Instead of just free vs. VIP accounts, mixsposure has no fewer than SEVEN types of accounts, ranging in price from $30 per year to $135.00 per year.

A free account is very limited. Maximum of 5 songs. But you can go up to 192kb/s, which is much better than any other free account I've found. (But why do they sound so bad? I'd expect more from that bitrate).

All of the paid levels allow 320kb/s files but still impose limits on the number of songs and the total disk space used. A paid account is less expensive than soundclick, but free accounts are very limited.

Mmm, don't care for that site, either. Sounds a lot like ReverbNation. The song is growing on me, though.

Soundclick obviously know of the abuse? Do they not know who the offenders are? Why not just delete the accounts of the abusers?

It would be amazing to see a boycott large enough to make them think twice but i doubt that`ll happen.

The only reason i used Soundclick is the easy update, when your trying to get help and fixing mixes it`s essential.

So i guess soundclick is basically useless to me now and i`ll just have to figure something else out.

soundclick is basically useless to me now and i`ll just have to figure something else out.

Precisely where I am, Alan. Looking for alternatives while hoping Soundclick gets their act together.

julibee, your pm inbox is full. I guess you're a popular gal.

Please email me directly: davet (at) abcevent.com

Yikes! Sorry, Dave... I cleaned it. Grrr... Is there any way to upgrade that thing so I can have more than four messages?

Janet, my pottery site is here.... I think my pottery looks like my music sounds, but probably not everyone can see that. :)

Ouch, Keith. Before you hurt yourself (please don't, the song's not worth it), understand that I'm no pro! And, I've really only begun in mixing.... Only a year or so... so, I don't know that you should hold Reverbnation entirely responsible. However, I'll be sending the wav to bitflipper, so we can let him be the judge. Probably I should not have been the test subject.... Alas.

Have no fear, Julibee, my test will be entirely objective and backed by science.

And stop apologizing for your song! Maybe it's just because I've listened to it a dozen times, but I like it.

ORIGINAL: Tolgar Posted: 15 Jul 2009 01:47 pm
Thanks for your input. While the draft/final version does sound interesting, I think it also has some drawbacks.

So what I like the best so far is the following:
- Activate the song update feature again (obviously no protest there)

- Songs that are updated...
...+ are immediately removed from the charts of that day
...+ lose the current charts point
...+ keep all other information (description, lyrics,...)
...+ keep all statistical data
...+ will still play if you posted a link to the previous version on any other site or board

This way it won't be possible to gain any advantage for the charts. And it still makes this feature available for all artists that like to update the song version from time to time.

ORIGINAL: Tolgar Posted: 15 Jul 2009 10:14 pm

Okay, we have now reactivated the song upload feature.

As discussed here, the song is immediately removed from the charts of that day.

Thank you all for your input! :up:

You have to be impressed with the outcome!

ORIGINAL: blipp
Who really cares about soundclick chart positions anyway, it means absolutely nothing in real world terms?

It DOES mean something in real world terms:
I have to admit - i met a girl in a bar who was asking me about being a musician. I'm sure one of the reasons she came home with me was because I was in the "top 5 in the indie music charts."
I wasn't lying exactly...

+1 for Mixposure (iMusciscene)

I actually found them before I found Soundclick (who's site I found to be quite user-unfriendly at the best of times)

There's some great people over at Mixposure - never had a single problem with any of them.

Maybe they're TOO nice

I'm still getting this message when I try to update a song. Has it really been changed yet?

Due to constant abuse this feature is no longer available, sorry.

While perusing SoundClick alternatives, I came across these interesting possibilities:

cherrypeel.com
"a community where music fans have the power to decide what is worth listening to"
Typical sound quality, some high-frequency artifacts
Here's a sample of a pretty good band out of Victoria, BC that I discovered on cherrypeel.com: Immaculate Machine

Alonetone.com
Non-commercial, "a damn fine home for musicians". Has no player, just downloads, material is weak, the forum is pretty dead. But I love their philosophy. Free, no advertisements.

Jamendo
All material is covered by the Creative Commons license, and only free downloads are allowed, no selling. A great philosophy, but I didn't immediately find a lot of good listening material there.

F3music
Free account is rather restrictive: 10Mb file size limit (same as SoundClick), 128kb/s (same as SC), and 30Mb total storage limit (SC has no limit). $7.95 a month (lower than SC) if you want to upload high-quality files.

The search continues, but at this time I have to say SoundClick still offers the best free service.

Here's another: Boost Independent Music.

This one seems most like SoundClick in mission and format, except that you apparently do not have the option of giving away songs for free. At least, I've seen no freebees yet.

Best thing about BIM is the sound quality is good. I assume that since all titles are for sale, they encourage high-quality MP3s.