I'll follow this discussion with interest because I love to hear about
alternatives.
Although apparently, Soundcloud itself is less convinced that they will
close down.
This is what they posted yesterday.
https://blog.soundcloud.com/2017/07/14/soundcloud-is-here-to-stay/
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2017-07-15 20:42 GMT+02:00 Steve Sergeant
[naturerecordists] <>:
>
>
> So it appears that Soundcloud.com is going away.
>
> What are the alternatives out there for hosting sounds under public
> domain or Creative Commons licenses that work for you?
>
> On 7/15/17 1:58 AM, rapsac [naturerecordists] wrote:
> > No, don't do that. Soundcloud is in trouble because they tried to
> > compete with Apple and Spotify and hence have to pay large amounts of
> > money to record labels. Sound recordists are not a part of the equation
> > https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/soundshroud/
> >
> > On 2017-07-06 23:33, Steve Sergeant
> > [naturerecordists] wrote:
> >> Like many other nature sounds recordists, I depend on Soundcloud.com f=
or
> >> my work to be heard [ http://soundcloud.com/stevesgt/ ].
> >>
> >> However, it seems that they're in some financial difficulty.
> >>
> >> [
> >> https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/soundcloud-slashes-40-staff-
> financial-reality-hits-hard/
> >> ]
> >>
> >> If you are currently a free member and this is an important outlet for
> >> your work, it might be time to pay up.
>
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