Fif-TECH-Teen: MixCloud
Last week was SoundCloud week. This week I will be informing you, the Tattletech readers, about yet again another fantastic site, one that has a few things in common with SoundCloud: MixCloud.
MixCloud is a fairly new website, launched in 2008 by four friends and Cambridge University graduates: Nikhil Shar, Nico Perrez, Matt Clayton and Sam Cooke (ed: no, not that Sam Cooke). Their plan? Establish a website with the intention of building a home for radio presenters and DJs to share and promote their shows without having to use file sharing sites.
Mixcloud lets you listen to the best radio presenters and DJs in the world. You will find talent like the resident DJ at Space in Ibiza, Carl Cox, or famous Slovenian DJ and producer Uroš Umek. You will find loads and loads of other great DJs, producers and radio presenters as well. The other amazing thing is that you can easily get recognition in the scene by uploading your own DJ mixes, podcast, or even your very own Radio show. Cool, right? There are no boundaries; anyone can listen to your “Cloudcast’s” (what MixCloud call your mixes, podcast, or radio show) around the world and the same goes for you, you may listen to anything in any place.
This idea reminded me of SoundCloud because you may also upload any type of audio, but MixCloud seems to have thing over SoundCloud, a thing that made me to sign up to MixCloud in the first place: I love the fact that when you sign up (for free) you may upload as much content as you please. When you sign up for SoundCloud for free, you are only allowed 120 minutes of content before upgrading to a Premium account and spending from twenty-nine to five hundred euros a year, depending on the premium account you purchase. This is not so cool for DJs uploading long mixes, like me. I recently uploaded a mix to SoundCloud and I only have about sixty minutes of audio left, which is the equivalent to one good mix, so that is not so cool.
On the other hand, on MixCloud you can’t download songs and remixes like you can on SoundCloud, due to copyright issues. I would suggest having both an account for MixCloud for all mixes, podcast or radio content, and on SoundCloud if you are into producing songs or remixing songs.
Overall, I thoroughly recommend this site because it is an easy way of “getting your self out there” by having the power to upload your work in a matter of minutes and share it.
Great job MixCloud, you guys nailed it!
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