SoundCloud Go - Your favorite music and new discoveries, offline and ad-free

@colemercer Awesome to see that you guys can finally launch this! Offline support is really key. What's the roadmap for Soundcloud Go? I'm thinking of recommendation, community, "radio" features for example. Cheers!

@hfauq Thanks Hugo! We've got plenty of REALLY cool stuff coming up that I can't talk to specifically, but launching this service is the first step. In the mean time please tweet or DM me any feedback or ideas you have, we love feedback. I think you'll like what we're working on given your thoughts already :)

@hfauq offline rules, especially for long dj mixes. reinstalled the app 👍🏼

@colemercer I'm a huge fan of Soundcloud and excited to try this product. Soundcloud's search hasn't always been the easiest to find specific songs with. Have any improvements been made on search? Also I have a suggestion, Soundcloud go previews are only the first 30 seconds of the track which doesn't really let me know the overall 'feel of a song', is there a way to have the preview cover a more 'meatier' part of the song/mix?

@killa_kyle Unfortunately not yet on the preview question. With regards to search, we're actively working on making it better and that process will be a faster one now that we've taken this big step with a subscription platform :) Thanks for your feedback.

@ranidu Hey there! You can find out more about how the subscription affects current creators here and there's some info on the pricing: https://blog.soundcloud.com/2016...

@colemercer @ranidu I read that link – there's essentially a free trial and then an additional $60/year that Premium artists have to pay (an additional 46%.) That seems a bit unfortunate. SoundCloud doesn't exist without the people making the music. Since the artists have supported your service with their music AND their hard-earned dollars, I'd like to see you supporting the artist with this streaming service: micro-payments for content that we _listeners_ are paying for (a la Spotify, iTunes, etc etc) would be the norm. A free "Go" subscription should be a given. I've been a long-time fan of SoundCloud, but this feels a bit slimy.

@jhampton @ranidu Thanks for the input Jeff. Now that we've gotten over this hurdle you can expect a lot more good stuff coming up. Feel free to send any more feedback in the future.

@jhampton @colemercer @ranidu Whoa, charging already-paying artists is total bonk.

@colemercer @jhampton @ranidu Whenever I read fluff snafus like “you can expect a lot more good stuff coming up” I cringe a little. Hope it’s not as good stuff as not having a repeat button for the past six years. Not letting artists pick up the bill is all the “good stuff” that matters for now.

@rrhoover @colemercer @bentossell This is a cool idea, and something that I think music fans always like. I'm wondering, though, how it's going to work out when SC releases its new subscription model. It might prove challenging to adapt to that if the new model is meant to be an evolution of the SC paradigm. Seems like it might be moving in two opposite directions if things aren't clearly demarkated.

@rrhoover Expanded catalogue means they're going to ingest (parts of) the catalogues of the labels they've done deals with.

@shloky Makes sense! Thanks for the feedback.

@tylerswartz Thanks a lot for the kind words Tyler. We're going to be adding a lot more features soon, so be sure to send any more feedback you have. As far as a queue, I agree :) We'd love to see that happen and I'll make sure the rest of the product team sees the request!

@colemercer glad to hear it! I'm sure you've got a long list of features! Now the fun part, figuring out which one to build first 😉

@tylerswartz that's where the fun part of being a PM comes in as you know :)

@anakirekanti We've got you covered - keep your eyes peeled for some cool stuff we're launching soon! Thanks for your feedback.

@anakirekanti i'm with you there too. I've always felt a little cumbersome trying to find stuff on mobile.

@anakirekanti @colemercer i think the discoverability problem is kind of like starting with a new twitter profile. You know how they automatically suggest people to follow? Same for soundcloud - start following a ton of people who post great content. Eventually you'll have a feed with great music coming in. Then when you like something, you can 'heart' and/or repost it. edit: not sure what kind of jams you're into, but you can follow me if youd like - i'm fairly active on soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/jincay - and since this is PH, you should also check out Fred Wilson's profile too: https://soundcloud.com/fredwilson

@j_nce @anakirekanti True Jince. We could do a better job of helping more casual people find great curators and creators to follow though! We're working on it :)

@anodigital @jolyjerome Thanks Brian - wish I could elaborate more on this but can't at the moment unfortunately. Just know that we definitely hear your feedback and are working on a lot of good stuff. Many many SC employees are creators themselves FYI so we definitely hear you :)

@colemercer @anodigital @jolyjerome How many of those SC employees that are creators pay for premium accounts?

@p_ngu @anodigital @jolyjerome If they use the employee discount, then they've at least paid it in the past. Brian, BTW, in the blog post it describes how people that pay for creator accounts get a discount on SoundCloud Go :) https://blog.soundcloud.com/2016...

@evannite I think it is because Apple takes 30% for subscriptions via the App Store so this combats the loss.

@brendan_o @evannite That's correct!

@amellin94 Hey Alec - good question! We will have more info coming soon on the blog. Thanks for the kind words.

@colemercer oo that sounds a bit daunting haha I hope it's good news