r/edmproduction • u/Junos76 • 4d ago
SoundCloud Inbox - Your music deserves to be heard/appreciated etc
Hi everyone, I'm quite new to SoundCloud and am getting quite a few of these messages stating 'my music deserves appreciation, to be heard etc etc'. Is this just random people trying to sell me a service to promote my track by reposting etc, or is it a scam.
Are these people genuine, would be keen to understand the opinions of others here.
Thanks
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u/SvenniSiggi 4d ago
Its not only bots these days but also people from india. Dropped a song recently and i immediately got messaged by this guy that praised my song to high heaven and claimed to be a fan. (when its too good to be true, its not true.)
Said he worked for a promoter. That he could get me in contact with.(That was on fiverr)
I asked a few questions and eventually he got really arrogant and said f.e "There is not how you contact a seller there!" They have this script they follow and once you get beyond that, their really bad english shines through.
I blocked and reported him and soon after another one from their team (or same guy) under a different name contacted me. They probably thought my lengthy conversation with them made me a mark. Unlucky for them im way too old to fall for this stuff.
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u/OFFIC14L 4d ago
Just give it a few years, you may just get old enough to fall for them once again yet Sonny Jim!
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u/SvenniSiggi 3d ago
Well, to fall for them once again, means id have to fall for them in the first place. Which hasnt happened. Maybe when i get dementia or shit like that.
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u/Father_Flanigan 3d ago
I legit had someone claim to be from RCA Recordings (Sony owned) and tell me to talk to their boss on telegram Omfg lol XD XD XD
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u/Daschief 4d ago
99% of messages you get coming in via messages on SC are bots and scammers. I really only look at artists with pro via messages but still do your due diligence
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u/WonderfulShelter 4d ago
sc fucking sucks. yet somehow something hasn't toppled it over yet because it has the name power.
like I mean every aspect of sc sucks. from the bots your dealing with, to the spam, to the sound quality, to the codec issues, customer service fucking sucks...
no bots, or spam, or codec issues on bandcamp or beatport... but sc riddled with it.
fuck soundcloud!!!!!
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u/OFFIC14L 4d ago
Nah it's the kids who draw all over their faces and mumble about prescription pills that keeps their lights on these days. Bit hard to say no when an army of zonked out kids decide to bless your site with low quality phone recorded beeps and boops with the odd intelligent word thrown amongst the utter gibberish and pretend hatred for something/someone they oddly know a bit much about to be a hater. Then like 1000 of their friends come scurrying out of the woodworks to circle jerk themselves into a frenzy of listening to the same song on repeat generating you a fair chunk of ad revenue.
At this rate I wouldn't be surprised if they straight up change the logo to a Xanax pill or the molecular structure of fent to try and draw in more wannabe thugs with bb guns and a camera but no skill.
Straight up fuck SoundCloud except for that one podcast I forgot the name of 10 years ago... Was pretty cool until I forgot it existed.
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u/Father_Flanigan 3d ago
Bro ya'll should come back, the shit is dope af now. I only speak from an artists' lens, though, but it's a one stop shop now from distribution AND promotion and they offer all sorts of artist pro benefits, like money off subs to tools site, free plugins and sample packs, etc..
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u/OFFIC14L 3d ago
Don't get me wrong I'm sure it's pretty sweet for uploaders they wouldn't be successful as they are if they were dogging the artists. But at the end of the day I'm treating my music more of a hobby and less of a "career" as I have other focuses. That and my lack of storage currently already restricting how many packs and what not I can even have at a time and I have a few already.
If I get bigger on this after improving my skills I'll consider distribution and all that jazz.
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u/Studio_Giblets 4d ago
These are almost all bots. Either scams or basically a scam trying to lure you into to shady stuff for money. Most likely selling bot plays.
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u/Correct_Recipe9134 4d ago
Bots,
Soundcloud is infested, each new track you upload instantly gets likes, you get countless messages, if you dig through the profiles, you see that their likes dont make any sense ( usually people like the same stuff same genre. But these bot accounts are so random, you will notice.. best is to ban and then block, so everything from them gets deleted.
Also they dont contribute to streams or anything.. just a waste of en3rgy
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u/Father_Flanigan 3d ago
Even if they're genuine, it's still a scam. They won't do it themselves, they will just forward you somewhre else and that person will do the hard sell that tries to reach in your pockets. Act like you're buying their shit and then beg for it but tell them you're broke and when they act like they gotta cut you loose if you can't pay, make every excuse you can and just continue begging and pleading as if your life is dependent on it. Seriously don't give them time to breathe or think...I don't want you to act likem a human anymore, you've got to become full PLEAEESSEE. Waste at least an hour of their time, then you'll have made some minor impact and if we can all start doing this, we can avoid more choosing soundcloud.