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Soundclick is best to me (Sorry DMusic!)

RobertMcDade	Date: May 9, 2005 @ 11:42 AM Of all the ones I have seen, Soundclick is the best, but never fear DMusic, your the 2nd best! lol... www.soundclick.com to see for yourself.
furiousBall	Date: May 9, 2005 @ 3:12 PM been there...yawn, DM bitchslaps Soundclick and then takes it out back and buries it in the sand
RobertMcDade	Date: May 9, 2005 @ 5:32 PM Not really....as far as page designing goes, DM doesn't have much to offer, but it does a better job at keeping song statistics and the comment interface is much easier than soundclick...but overall, soundclick has more people, more customizable page features, and more simplified yet effective layout.
jordanthegreat	Date: May 9, 2005 @ 5:46 PM ah hem, i think furious ball was referring to the mushroom slap, if not then i am.
pog	Date: May 9, 2005 @ 6:13 PM :rant:" id="134033">
Dizeazed	Date: May 9, 2005 @ 8:08 PM They're neck and neck for me... They've both got their pros and cons... I prefer DMusic cause it's more user friendly... and there's an actual community for interaction between artists. Not to mention... the BEST smiley icons.
TameasDust	Date: May 9, 2005 @ 8:53 PM interaction bvetween artists and listeners ... whereas soundhick is of the opinion that listeners don't have a valid opinion ... so go huck a buffalo
Dizeazed	Date: May 9, 2005 @ 9:34 PM hug a buffalo!!!!.. Oh TameasDust... that was below the belt...
BOWILLIE	Date: May 9, 2005 @ 10:20 PM that sounds like fun..hug it then huck it..hmmm...
zedsalt	Date: May 10, 2005 @ 11:29 AM Well, if you're going to huck it, you should at least hug it first, maybe take it out for dinner and a movie? Do buffalo have the same diet as cattle? Y'know, there's a whole field of buffalo right across the tracks; I think I'll go experiment...
BOWILLIE	Date: May 10, 2005 @ 11:50 AM a bunch of dates in that field huh?
zedsalt	Date: May 10, 2005 @ 12:02 PM No, Bo', it has become obvious to me that a spontaneous display of affection to a buffalo, even a domesticated buffalo, is NOT a good idea. I repeat: NOT a good idea.
furiousBall	Date: May 10, 2005 @ 12:17 PM words to live by, my man, words to live by
popdem	Date: May 10, 2005 @ 6:46 PM they're all good to have to be honest... the more you are out there the more exposure you will get...
TransAutobot	Date: May 10, 2005 @ 7:04 PM well for all you guys that have unprotected computers and ur uploading at Soundclick... Well goodluck to your comp. Soundclick has so much bugs/viruses/adware on the site. Last time I was there my comp picked up on some adware and viruses. Thats why I dont trust that site.. Who knows what else you could be getting when you upload your music. So if your comp is a pos with no protection, you better start looking to buy a new one.
RobertMcDade	Date: May 11, 2005 @ 1:38 PM Um....not exactly sure what your talking about (Trans) with the virus/adware thing, i've never heard that side of it before....but anyways, I actually do believe that DMusic has the advantage do to the fact that there IS an interactive community, that is actually my MOST enjoyable feature of this site, and the reason I am changing my opinion....I think DMusic is better than Soundclick, BUT a small suggestion, MAKE IT TO WHERE YOU CAN PUT PICTURES NEXT TO YOUR SONGS, lol...that would make this site perfect.
furiousBall	Date: May 11, 2005 @ 1:52 PM duly noted, we're feature gathering right now for a bunch of cool stuff coming soon.
iOrbit	Date: May 11, 2005 @ 2:49 PM I prefer Dmusic because of the community
LilVIetBalla	Date: May 11, 2005 @ 8:44 PM soundclick is CRAP yo. crap.. ya hear me????? CRAP!!!!!!!!!!! yellow CRAP!!!!! and y u be sayin that in Dmusic anyways? noone wanna hear yo criticizin. lol. but an opinion is an opinion.
smooka	Date: May 11, 2005 @ 9:37 PM sound who?
BOWILLIE	Date: May 12, 2005 @ 11:54 AM i am at several sites.. and the key word here is ..song comments and interaction..and that is why dmusic will be here for years to come.
onewhodreams	Date: May 12, 2005 @ 12:04 PM There's a few good things I like about Soundclick, one being their message boards. They have a very dedicated group who will give you an honest detailed review of your songs and post them. Dmusic is the best of course, but as popdem said it, the more you are out there the more exposure you will get.
zedsalt	Date: May 12, 2005 @ 12:45 PM Y'know, I've been on Soundclick for a couple years or so, and I've never checked out their message boards. I'll have to look into that.
Lux-Aeterna	Date: May 12, 2005 @ 2:01 PM huh!? soundclick is best? why? I'm unbelievable COMPLETELY!!!!! LOL!!!!
Dizeazed	Date: May 12, 2005 @ 2:29 PM tries not to wonder what these message boards are... cause he's never heard of them... and is a DMusic trooper
furiousBall	Date: May 12, 2005 @ 2:52 PM i've never checked out their message boards either...must go see
RobertMcDade	Date: May 12, 2005 @ 4:46 PM The message boards are on each individuals page. It's a link that says "Message Board". It is nothing compared to the interaction on this site though...in fact, most people completely over look it...Which is why I only have like 2 posts when my page has been up for a month now...sigh
furiousBall	Date: May 12, 2005 @ 4:51 PM oh yeah, the artist boards aren't as popular as the forums - seriously post whatever soundclick features you'd like to see here. there's a meeting tonight we're gonna get some cool crap going for you guys. feel free to note me, email me, send smoke signals, give me the finger whatever with your ideas...
onewhodreams	Date: May 12, 2005 @ 5:50 PM How about a new Chart system?
shadowself	Date: May 13, 2005 @ 4:05 PM The original poster mentioned that it's the page design that makes Soundlick better. (unintentional typo, but I am leaving it) Excuse me, I am off to buy a Ford Pinto. It has this awesome naked lady airbrushed on the side of it. I could get a Ferrari, but it's all boring and plain red. Pinto is BETTER.
gothian	Date: May 13, 2005 @ 5:19 PM Any now and then some come with that stupid statement...... yeah right, and I prefer Coca-cola over Pepsi, so fuc**ng what?
RobertMcDade	Date: May 13, 2005 @ 9:04 PM cough cough Indiviual Song Pictures! (remembers the forum thread already started about that)
MonnieB	Date: May 14, 2005 @ 9:50 PM I've dared to go to Sound click and it's like a ghost town... yeah there are indeed lots and lots and LOTS of people there. But you can't really... Just shoot the breeze with people like you can here... And the commenting system here is just incredible... I have no complaints here... I WILL NOT BE MOVED!!! shakes a cane at
mdearing	Date: May 18, 2005 @ 2:48 PM I agree with onewhodreams. A chart system would be good for DMusic. Another suggestion. It was kind of hard for me to find where the music was on a particualar user's home page. I need a big MUSIC or MP3 icon or I'm lost.
Dizeazed	Date: May 18, 2005 @ 7:18 PM ^^^ Agreed. I've noticed that a lot of new-comers are very "lost" when tryin' to find people's/their own music.
Alexsy	Date: May 18, 2005 @ 11:06 PM i just sort of randomly stumbled on this site, but i'm totally hooked. it's a great place. all sorts of interesting music on here. and people that seem invested in the community ... engaged ... it's cool.
DjInsertCool...	Date: May 20, 2005 @ 7:31 PM Hey what about myspace? I know it's kinda big now, but isn't that a good thing? The only downside is a four song limit but that's why we have more than one music site right?!
leflaw	Date: May 20, 2005 @ 9:26 PM I'm taking this all in.
Veracohr	Date: May 21, 2005 @ 12:04 AM I'll tell you why not MySpace. I wanted to get a music page there, but I accidentally signed up as a regular user. I tried to delete that account so I could sign up under the music part, and I absolutely cannot. One day I even spent about half an hour constantly redoing the account cancel procedure. I have written multiple emails to them in an effort to get that account deleted so I could use the same email address for a music account. If it's that hard to get something so simple done, it's safe to assume they'll be difficult with other things, so I said screw it.
onewhodreams	Date: May 21, 2005 @ 12:07 AM Hey I did the same thing Veracohr and got my music account set up on the same day. I think I just deleted everything and started over. Anyway myspace is cool, but it's pretty huge
Frenchchocolate	Date: August 6, 2005 @ 9:25 PM I like MySpace best, too, but both MySpace and Soundclick have so many errors. I also think a lot of people on MySpace are huge freaks, but I can ignore that for the most part. The only reason I vote for MySpace is because so many people are there...which...I don't know why being "huge" is a bad thing if you've got music you want heard other than there are so many other people there trying to be heard. It's not hard to market on there, though...join groups and add people who like your kind of music. You can't do that with other sites...you kind of are just lucky if anyone finds you on most sites other than your fans. But anybody serious about getting their music heard is going to be on as many sites as they can, regardless of what they think is best or which has the most errors.
Frenchchocolate	Date: August 6, 2005 @ 9:27 PM Also, if you're going to release a CD or anything, it's good that MySpace has song limits. You don't want to just give everything to listen to all away to the fans for free!
onewhodreams	Date: August 6, 2005 @ 9:44 PM RobertM.... do you still feel the same way as your original post? And as for the "Message Boards" on Soundlclick... I believe it's the link at the top of your page titled "Community".
mattbanx	Date: August 6, 2005 @ 10:15 PM SoundClick is tops with the features. I go strictly by email and not message boards. But I like at least having the option if I feel I need that. For all the pitfalls that are on any site, I have to say that the administrators at SoundClick have been pretty responsive with any conflict there is. The only real problem I can see, and this is with all sites, is having too many genres or not enough. But that is a small worry, really. Audio Street I found is good too. They have a choice of hi and lo streams like SoundClick and their administrator is adding even more features. I can not speak for the individual sites marketing capabilities. I'm not at that point. I have an account at My Space. I have not done that much on it except upload a couple of songs on their site. But I have received some emails from engineers which is cool. I would like all the help I can get with my recordings. No one on My Space has tried to spam and scam me yet. I think SoundClick would also be the best for traffic. I have a feature on Windows that ranks how popular a site is. As of 3 months ago SoundClick was 1,100. And that is out of all sites on the net combined. I hav'nt checked it lately because I normally use my Earthlink browser. There has to be almost twice as many users on that SoundClick now. MP3 sites are growing at an incredibly fast rate. And I love it.
Engine11RDenny	Date: August 6, 2005 @ 10:40 PM No Doubt DMusic is number one! I've never had any problems with the site and the Administrators - Coders are the best on the web. Namely Rhthesinner & Fu-dog [not to leave anyone out] Sound click is a good site to.... If they get the community format integrated into their site the people on soundclick will go nuts!!!! Which only shows DMusic is way ahead
mattbanx	Date: August 7, 2005 @ 12:57 AM And DMusic is great too.
Jazzmary2U	Date: August 7, 2005 @ 11:20 AM Wasn't My Space just bought up by some corporate entity?? Seems I read about it ... where.... on DMUSIC!!!
Jesuszilla	Date: August 7, 2005 @ 4:24 PM Never had a proper look on Soundclick. The design reminds me of all them annoyingly pointless portal/search websites you find in Google searches. And whoever thought allowing artists to have flash on their pages was a good idea should be hung, drawn and quartered! I really hate flash, especially flash with sound. Leave it for funny flash animations I say! Am I right? Am I right?
ChillinBuzz	Date: August 8, 2005 @ 11:26 AM I'm on several sites including MySpace, Soundclick, here (well duh) and Zebox amongst others... with the exception of MySpace, none of them come close to the interactive abilities of DMusic. and even then, MySpace may have the strength to overtake DM but itll never have the atmosphere, the class nor the stubborn loyalty. ever. MySpace? PooSpace.
onewhodreams	Date: August 8, 2005 @ 11:42 AM I found a new site that a few of us DM'ers are on. http://www.mixposure.com/diane-jessurun I'm kinda likin' it... DM will always be #1 though!
2step-4eva	Date: August 8, 2005 @ 1:40 PM no offence to anyone here but i think acid planet has more quality music...especially for dance music/electronic, but the forums there are crap and there is no community
furiousBall	Date: August 8, 2005 @ 4:08 PM And to add to ChillinBuzz's point about Myspace, watch for new features coming soon. Those of you that chat/email/note me know that a mini-"MySpacing" of DM is in the works. We'll do what they're doing and do it better. We're making more feature additions than ANY of these sites mentioned, just watch what we roll out!
tsand19151	Date: August 8, 2005 @ 4:14 PM I'd like to be able to update a track without losing all the comments.
shadowself	Date: August 8, 2005 @ 6:19 PM Frenchchocolate: "You don't want to just give everything to listen to all away to the fans for free!" I do.
shadowself	Date: August 8, 2005 @ 6:30 PM And re: MySpace - that site is so incredibly unreliable that I removed my music from it. Also, they downsample your music so your streams sound like ass, and do not give you a hi-fi option. Soundclick? I'm rather indifferent. Nothing there makes me want to check out other people. It's like between every account, there is a 10-foot high wall. No one knows or cares what anyone else there is doing. I have a number of songs there, but I never check for comments because I know there will never be any. It seems to be there solely for profit from ads and not because they have any interest in the music community.
furiousBall	Date: August 8, 2005 @ 8:45 PM duly noted tim, if you promise to root for the igles for one game this year, we'll do it.
onewhodreams	Date: August 8, 2005 @ 9:03 PM :think: I'm very curious as to what this means... :nod:" id="147962">a mini-"MySpacing" of DM is in the works. I'm very curious as to what this means...
pangtera	Date: September 24, 2005 @ 1:23 AM Soundclick looks like a giant pop up ad. Uploading is so tedious. PureVolume is very sleek, although uploading a song can take quite awhile, even a 3MB song using DSL. DMusic's counters seem faulty and the criteria for getting on the top 20 listens table is to lenient. I went to a site that had only 40 page views yet the songs were hit over 100 times and downloaded over 50 times. The servlet integrity should be checked into. And then for the top 20 table, users who listen to their own music should not be a factor in placing an artist in the top 20. But DMusic has a solid community, with many chances to collaborate in forums and give feedback to other users.
BOWILLIE	Date: September 24, 2005 @ 1:25 AM i have been at sound click.. personally that site can kiss my royal ass. but thats just me.
GeneHilbert	Date: September 24, 2005 @ 2:43 AM Sound Click.......... Sterile..... Garageband...... Reviewers tend to be - not all……. I do have buddies I have met there - but most I've encountered for the most part are arrogant, ignorant, not interested in you and are non interactive…….. Bands Back Stage...... Lyric is a dear friend….. a music loving and caring professional..... Any serious musician should consider cross linking and being active in her site....... Tell her I sent you….. for a little extra credit……. Dmusic....... Kicks-Ass........ I can't recall anyone from here ever becoming a chart topping megastar..... but no where else can you receive instant unbiased feedback on your tunes...... Developing a global fan base so effortlessly by simply being involved and interacting.... with other artist. Market yourself, host your website and sell your CD’s Instantly interact with quality players - some better in which you can learn if you desire...... Some not as advanced, in which you can give constructive ideas and opinions to help guide their paths and open doors....... Meeting and having the opportunity to collaborate with players of your own caliper, with equal interest. Or just having the availability to players which you would never have the opportunity to meet otherwise…………
K3VIN	Date: September 24, 2005 @ 11:29 AM DmUsIc OwNz Me
Intergalacti...	Date: September 30, 2005 @ 8:25 PM I shall never betray dmusic the only other place i have my music is on myspace and thats cos... well it as easy to set up and didn't take any bother. Dmusic is so much more friendly others I've come accross aree much more business like, to be honest I've never tried soundclick but all the bigger ones are like no ones allowed to be friends this is for music only
shadowself	Date: September 30, 2005 @ 8:42 PM Myspace ass-ifies the sound of your recordings by downsampling.
Intergalacti...	Date: October 1, 2005 @ 10:02 AM i ..... wouldnt know what that means
shadowself	Date: October 1, 2005 @ 10:08 AM Myspace will shrink the filesize of the song by lowering the bitrate. The result of this is that the music sounds a little bit "grainy". If you have a song posted here that is also on Myspace, compare the two. You'll notice the one posted here will sound so much better. I removed my Myspace account because I couldn't handle what they did to my recordings.
TameasDust	Date: October 5, 2005 @ 4:10 AM shenaniganz - I Need a Sheep http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=258431 too bad they ain't here nice cover of scotland the brave
robbydadrummer	Date: October 6, 2005 @ 6:50 AM is the soundquip debate still going on? pffffffffft. sorry, been there... not nearly as friendly as this place.. and they don't close your forum here for mentioning someone else... seems way too biased over there for my tastes...
plungerboy	Date: October 26, 2006 @ 8:24 PM Soundclick only allows 128 KBps mp3's for non members. Download.com however forces 192 Kbps which is alright because all my songs are 192 anyway.
bmccosar	Date: October 26, 2006 @ 8:32 PM On 6th Oct 2008, robbydadrummer said: .. and they don't close your forum here for mentioning someone else... seems way too biased over there for my tastes... This has happened? Wow. Kind of odd for a Creative Commons aligned site. I guess Macy's still doesn't tell Bloomingdales.
TruonGLe	Date: October 27, 2006 @ 1:34 AM well..... Dmusic is more of a community thing. we all have identities, a lot of socialization. soundclick...... is just simple for hosting music and it is a large data base. for.... unoriginal mainstream hosting. LOL. yea i said it.
leedsquietman	Date: October 27, 2006 @ 8:49 AM Holy another thread long since dead has arisen from the if you like being restricted to 128 Kbps uploads, the worst interface in history (even the redesign when it had a gazillion bugs was better than soundclick's), spam from people trying to sell beatz made from Fruity Loops presets and no community to interact with, then soundclick is an excellent choice. Perhaps this thread can be put to bed for another year now ??
bmccosar	Date: October 27, 2006 @ 9:09 AM "That which is dead is not dead, which can forever lie . . . ."
ShadowDad	Date: October 27, 2006 @ 9:10 AM "Fruity Loops presets" - hey that's me
zedsalt	Date: October 27, 2006 @ 11:18 AM One thing it IS indisputably better for, though, is exposure. All of my streams and downloads here added together are unlikely to ever equal my best day for one song at Soundclick. It's funny that someone mentioned the interface. That was among the first things that I thought when I saw the redesign- that DM's a lot more like Soundclick now in regards to navigation. I think the most harmful misconception, potentially, is this silly idea that it's the people who were most accustomed to the old interface who are finding the new one most difficult. It is, obviously, the people who are visiting DMusic for the first time who suffer the worst.
zedsalt	Date: October 27, 2006 @ 11:20 AM And for the unaware, the user who started this thread goes by "TLK" now. He's one of our rap battle award winners.
ShadowMom	Date: October 27, 2006 @ 12:47 PM I've been here long enough to say... there are no more lost n00bies running around our halls now than there were before the redesign. That's why we try to greet them all and they have a handy list of people to go to with questions. It's easier for them, because it's a one-step process. For all of us who have been here a while, it's a two-step process. You have to unlearn the old way, and then learn the new way. And it isn't that much different.
leedsquietman	Date: October 27, 2006 @ 1:37 PM Soundclick is not indisputably better for all of us, I personally get many more hits here at DMusic - but I was here first and put more effort into being a contributing member here, I subscribe and try to interact regularly. Soundclick is a site I rarely visit or care about, hence my experience here is a much more positive one. I just don't like it at all, but each to their own. One thing I'll put in it's favour is it's 'charts' section if you care about such things, I mean you can go back several thousand positions which is a bit more impressive than a top 20 that can easily be manipulated by self-streaming. However, that's about all I can think of that functions better than dmusic.
aflunky	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 12:16 PM I like this site the best www.riaa.com Anytime I think I have it tough, I just think of all the moron punk bands that work for these guys
zedsalt	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 12:24 PM I never said anything about "better"...there are as many different definitions of that as there are users...but I am nothing short of shocked that you get more hits here. I wish my own experience better reflected the amount of effort I've put into the two sites. I've visited the Soundclick forums twice, posted one reply, told about 1/250th as many people that I have a site there as I've informed about my artist site here, never checked out the charts there, checked out the charts here once when a friend pointed out that I had four tunes in the top twenty of the "Other" category...in sum, my experience has been that the more people that know the hosts exist, the more attention the work gets. I'm getting ready to change the focus of my site here to better match DM's strengths...or strength, rather...the great community.
leedsquietman	Date: October 28, 2006 @ 7:53 PM That's pretty impressive. Yeah, things work differently for different users. I think for me, it's just a case of what you put in, you get out, I posted 33 times on the message - bored at soundclick as opposed to over 1,000 times here. Although your experience seems to be a polar opposite. Also, it seems certain genres/geographical stuff is affected by various influences, for example most of the cubase.net users from the UK have soundclick accounts but virtually none of them have dmusic accounts (in spite of my best efforts to spread the word !), whereas we could use some more regular contributors of European origin here imho, we have a very dominant North American presence. I think that someone/some people with a wide social influence at soundclick must have passed some good word of mouth reviews about your music to get the results you have experienced - but if it works for you, then that's great!
vzeye	Date: December 19, 2006 @ 6:18 AM For me, Soundclick is great for country music. I have two current songs in the country charts there, one in bluegrass and the other in country-pop. DMusic is weak in country, but everything else about this site is much better, especially the feeling of community.
Rodrica	Date: December 20, 2006 @ 4:57 PM DMusic has a far better URL for artists - artist name.dmusic.com. Much better for promoting your music and putting it on your literature. A real cost-effective alternative to your own website! DMusic allows far greater flexibility regarding bitrate - you can upload at any rate - subscriber or not! Much better if you are looking to promote your material in top quality sound. DMusic is more generous with space for tracks and pics for non-subscribers. DMusic has many more great features for subscribers and is very reasonably priced. DMusic has the best music community on the web. DMusic has a specially dedicated interactive net side to the site including our pioneering journals and unique shoutboxes. Nuff said
leflaw	Date: December 20, 2006 @ 5:17 PM "A real cost-effective alternative to your own website!" I like that!
JanTosh	Date: December 20, 2006 @ 9:57 PM I love DMusic. I poked around other places before, but this one's the best.
Tallisman	Date: December 23, 2006 @ 5:40 PM Dmusic is killer, with the potential to be stellar... some more users and artists... few bugs worked out... and boogie!
AceHenshawIII	Date: December 27, 2006 @ 7:14 PM soundclick:even though its obvious your songs get hits and alot of repeat plays, you dont get alot of community response to your music. the most i've got was "wow cool stuf! hey check out my tunes"
Alleon	Date: December 28, 2006 @ 10:19 PM We are members of soundclick also. And now here. I love what both offer. We get pretty good comments there and so far here to. Both sites are easy enough to navigate if you give yourself the time to learn. I do like the looks of soundclicks VIP. Check it out: www.soundclick.com/claudelarente I have a MySpace account to but don't think I'll stay there. Noella