Soundcloud copies the best feature of Spotify

[Alva Dua]

One of the best features of Spotify , which neither Apple Music has been able to implement as wisely as that of the European company, is Discover: a function that allows users to discover new music based on musical recommendations made by the platform based on the previous listens of the users, both by type of song, genre, artist ... and it really is one of the most acclaimed functions of Spotify Premium Free APK.

 

 

Now, the streaming company whose bankruptcy rumors are constantly looming since its subscription service has not just started up and the rest of its monetization solutions cannot keep up without external financing, has invented a "new" thing. The arrival of this new music discovery ervice is expected to try to revitalize your subscription list.

The function, called The Upload , works in a similar way to Spotify's weekly discovery system, but logically adapted to the type of content on Soundcloud and the listening habits of users of the service. Upload is now available through the Search tab for company users , through the iOS and Android apps, and through the Discover feature on the Soundcloud website.

 

For now, and waiting to see how it works in real terms, according to the company it will allow users to discover content recently uploaded to the platform, which is related to user tastes , so that the more content we listen to on SoundCloud, the better the recommendations of The Upload.

[john]

The trouble is, Soundcloud suffers from all the issues other OMDs suffer from… artists make terrible music fans. Yes some can be ok, but it depends how they encounter music. If an artist encounters another artist on the platform, they see an equal, and often like things they never listened to, screwing up any algorithms on the platform, and where they like they look forward likes in return. Ie the like has nothing to do with liking music and everything to do with trying to get large fan lists… mainly for misguided reasons and bragging rights. Unfortunately it makes for unresponsive fan lists when an artist releases new music, which is discouraging.

 

Meanwhile listeners share the platform with these spammy artists. So far listeners have been a second class citizen on the platform. Soundcloud themselves don’t release data (or at least they didn’t) about what percentage is artists and what listener but not artist. I suspect that pure listeners are very much in the minority making listener subscriptions pretty low to start with. That won’t change as long as they mix the front end interface like they do.

 

Spotify has a different interface for artists, and a separation that means that artists largely encounter other artists as listeners. They have no inter-artist social tools on the listening platform. It’s a fundamental difference with huge consequences.

 

I use both platforms. I use Soundcloud as an artist/listener, but I use Spotify as a listener/playlist curator/artist. It makes a bigger difference than discover will IMO.