TODAY I WAS ON SOUNDCLOUD LISTENING TO ONE OF MY OLD MIXES LOOKING FOR SOME TRACKS I USED TO PLAY AND IT STOPPED. NOTHING COULD BE PLAYED NOT FROM ME OR ANYONE ELSE.
CLEARLY, MIXCLOUD SERVERS ARE DOWN.
HERE WE GO...
LATELY, MIXCLOUD HAS BEEN GETTING A LITTLE TOO ARROGANT ABOUT HOW THEY ARE DOING THINGS, AND SOUNDCLOUD STARTED TO RUN CIRCLES AROUND THIS DINOSAUR.
THE CHARTS HAVE TURNED OUT TO BE A WASTE OF TIME. MY LAST MIX GOT TO 16TH WITH ONLY ONE PARTIAL PLAY. IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE TO ANYBODY. I WILL TRY SOON TO UPLOAD A BLANK MIX AND SEE IF THAT TOO WILL CHART.. REALLY...

2 DAYS AGO I TRIED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR TO UPLOAD MY LATEST MIX AND FOUND OUT THAT BECAUSE I USED 4 TRACKS FROM THE SAME ARTIST OVER A 2 HOUR MIX THIS MADE IT UNSHARABLE. AND REJECTED THE UPLOAD 6 TIMES.
NOW, IF A DJ CAN NOT PLAY WHAT THE FUCK HE OR SHE WANTS IN A MIX THEN ALL THIS BULLSHIT ABOUT MIXCLOUD DOESN'T TAKE YOUR MIX DOWN IS SCIENCE FICTION. THE SAME MIX HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO SOUNDCLOUD WITHOUT A PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH I HAVE A LOT LESS FOLLOWING ON SOUNDCLOUD THAN I DO ON MIXCLOUD I STILL MANAGED TO GET 18 PLAYS IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS WITHOUT PROMOTING OR ADVERTISING THE MIX ANYWHERE. ON MIXCLOUD WITH A DECENT FOLLOWING I'D BE LUCKY TO GET 2 PLAYS UNLESS I START BEGGING PEOPLE TO LISTEN TO MY SETS. WHICH I HATE DOING.
THIS OTHER BULLSHIT ABOUT CURATORS ... WELL, I'M STILL TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS OR HEAR FROM ANYONE WHO GOT THIS BUILLSHIT WORKING.
MONATIZATION IS NON EXISTANT.
SUBSCRIPTIONS, LET'S NOT EVEN TALK ABOUT IT.
USERS HERE ARE ALL PLAYING THE "FOLLOWING GAME", HOPING THAT BY FOLLOWING AN ARTIST HE OR SHE WILL FOLLOW HIM OR HER AS WELL.
NO ONE LISTEN TO SHIT BUT THEIR MIXES.
IF YOU ASK POLITELY A FEW PEOPLE WILL QUICKLY PUT A fav AND EVEN A REPOST ON YOUR MIX BUT LISTENING TO IT...? NHA! TOO MUCH EFFORT.
MAKING YOUR SHOW EXCLUSIVE TO ENCOURAGE YOUR FANS TO SUBSCRIBE DOESN'T WORK. I TRIED AND IF ANYONE OCCASIONALLY WOULD LISTEN TO SOMETHING OF MINE, BEING EXCLUSIVE MADE ME LOSE FOLLOWERS.
LIKE MOST UK INTERNET BUSINESSES, AS PER USUAL, MIXCLOUD IS ANOTHER FAILURE AND I THINK IT IS DESTINED TO DIE SOON.
I AM NOW WONDERING WHY THE FUCK I KEEP PAYING THESE PEOPLE MONEY FOR A PRO SUBSCRIPTION? IF IT IS TO COVER THEIR SERVER SPACE, I CAN GET SERVER SPACE A LOT CHEAPER AND I CAN SET IT UP THE WAY I LIKE AND NOT THE WAY MIXCLOUD LIKES.