lol soundclouds not going anywhere. they just fired a bunch of people because theres no need to waste money on ...a bunch of people. Plus those people were living and working in offices from some of the most expensive areas in the world. It's a smart move.
read more:
SoundCloud >> The Official SoundCloud Blog
And now with the extra savings, they want to start paying out to artists and creators.
ya just be careful and smart. When the media takes a sensationalized story and misreports it ... the people panic and freak out, so research the truth and don't follow blind hysteria.
Soundlcoud's not going anywhere. The three major labels, plus countless lesser label all support and actively help fund Soundcloud. Soundcloud is in a crossover phase right now attempting to function independently of investments by earning and maintaining profits without having to rely on their investors. But the investors are still there, and soundcloud isnt going anywhere. Pissed ex-employees are just stirring up a little trouble, because ya ... a lot of them were laid off.
Annnnd SC has most of its assets, if you will, in it's around
50 million active users and over
150 million monthly listeners. Those numbers have
a lot of value. If worse comes to absolute worse, they just sell their company to be acquired and run by a new company with deeper pockets.
PS:
...with all that said, ...yes, do also put your music everywhere you can. Diversify your music library like you would your IRA.
PPS:
...Chance the Rapper.