Soundcloud getting rid of groups

**Kwal** · 07-28-2016, 10:34 AM

yeah there were some good groups out there i ran my own which was moderated as well

i just never actually knew anyone who logged onto soundcloud and started hunting in groups for music... it's natural to just check your stream instead.. im sure people do it, but i just cant imagine that many people really do it anymore.

wanna get noticed? make a fire track, send it off to a collective label for release consideration.. or pay a channel or two a few bucks for reposts. there is NOTHING wrong with slingshotting your work out there if you worked hard on it

**Deejaesnafu** · 07-28-2016, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by Kwal

i just never actually knew anyone who logged onto soundcloud and started hunting in groups for music... it's natural to just check your stream instead..

personally i avoid my stream since its overbloated from promo groups with junk due to me getting all the free tracks that i do, and i browse actual groups for things like mixtapes that can be downloaded for car rides .... so i will miss the feature..

**Kwal** · 07-28-2016, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by Deejaesnafu

personally i avoid my stream since its overbloated from promo groups with junk due to me getting all the free tracks that i do, and i browse actual groups for things like mixtapes that can be downloaded for car rides .... so i will miss the feature..

yeah i figured people still used it, although youre in charge of your stream... clean up your profile as you download the tracks lol. go back, unfollow those extra pages they tack on and go into your settings > connections > and revoke access to the ones you dont want and youre fine. you just gotta stay on top of it as you go

**Seth Hollender** · 07-28-2016, 11:52 AM

I have the same problem with stream clutter. I follow a lot of artists and pages that I support either because I know them personally or I like a lot of their work but that doesn't necessarily mean that their music is exactly what I want to hear when I'm looking for something new. The groups are a great way to find genre specific music and artists that I haven't heard yet without having to filter through quite as much noise.

Also if you rely only on your stream you're not really hearing much you haven't heard before unless you take a lot of time and effort to find pages that share things you really want to hear and don't overshare to the point of cluttering your stream. How will anyone find my mixes without groups unless they have already heard of me or follow another artist who happens to repost me?

**daviedavedave** · 07-29-2016, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by Deejaesnafu

personally i avoid my stream since its overbloated from promo groups with junk due to me getting all the free tracks that i do, and i browse actual groups for things like mixtapes that can be downloaded for car rides .... so i will miss the feature..

Yep, I used groups to find new tracks as well as to promote my own.

I'm sure it'll be possible to adapt, but I feel like I'm not as well versed on collective labels as I need to be...

**Jester** · 07-29-2016, 02:08 AM

75 less clicks for me every week then

**telamon** · 08-08-2016, 11:32 AM

So I tried adding a mix to Groups and I'm getting a message saying SC is removing them on August 22. But I can't add to Groups right now. I don't get it.

**Chael** · 08-09-2016, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by telamon

So I tried adding a mix to Groups and I'm getting a message saying SC is removing them on August 22. But I can't add to Groups right now. I don't get it.

Had the same issue myself this morning