SoundCloud should let two creators/ creator & labels to collab post a track just like how instagram does. It expands reach and exposure, and sometimes you don’t want to post a track twice taking away from a label, but want it showing up on your page too. What do you all think?

As more AI slop pours onto the web, music & arts, the less people will want to be on their phones as no one can discern what is real anymore. There will be a gravity towards IRL shows, human curators and localised communities, which is why I’ve built Nekta.vip

For the last few months I have been working on a production community. Five modules built for UKG and bass — not generic production advice, the actual work of getting a track from stuck to sent out. Limited spots only! Doors close tonight. Midnight. whop.com/eloquin/set-ready-f…

New samples presets and ableton project file in this months patreon pack! See what you can make with this months batch I would love to hear them! patreon.com/posts/june-sampl…

I’ve watched too many talented artists burn out for the wrong reasons. Not because the music wasn’t there. Because the system around the music was never built for them. Somewhere along the way, independent artists were sold a single answer: - Post more. - Stay visible. - Feed the algorithm. Turn every studio session, every show, every quiet thought into content. So now the modern artist has to be a musician, a marketer, an editor, a strategist, and a full-time algorithm analyst. Somewhere underneath all of that, they still try to make something that actually matters. I’ve lived inside that tension. As Eloquin, I’ve released across UKG, bass and underground scenes. Played festivals. Worked with labels. Built campaigns. And the thing I keep coming back to is this: 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀. Music careers don’t get built by attention alone. They get built by trust. By repeat listeners. By people who show up. By scenes that carry a sound forward long after the algorithm has moved on. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗴𝗮𝗽. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲. That’s why I’m building @nektalabs A network built around how artists and scenes actually connect, not how platforms want them to perform. Promoters, managers, label folks, artists - where do you see people losing the most time to things that don’t move the needle?

I’ve spent 10 years of my life making music. Immersing myself in all aspects of the industry - Producing, Performing, Promoting - practically living in it. As an artist, I’ve released music as Eloquin spanning from UKG, House to Drum & Bass + Dubstep. I’ve played festivals including Glastonbury, Boomtown, El Dorado, Nass, Sundown and Gemfest. I’ve run labels. Built campaigns. Worked with artists. Watched scenes grow from nothing but sound, energy, trust and community. And the deeper I got into music, the more obvious one thing became: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧. Artists are told to build audiences, but not communities. Fans are treated like data, not people. Platforms reward attention, not connection. And music is increasingly being shaped around what performs online, instead of what moves people in real life. That never sat right with me. Because music was never meant to be just content. It was meant to gather people. To create identity. To build scenes. To make strangers feel like they belong to the same thing. That’s why I’m building Nekta. A community-first music network for artists, fans and scenes. - No engagement traps. - No algorithm to game. - No pressure to perform for visibility. Just artists, fans, and the culture that connects them. I’ll be using this page to share what I’m learning at the intersection of music, culture, technology and community. If you’re building in music, creative technology, independent scenes or artist infrastructure - I’d love to connect. The future of music is not more noise. It’s deeper connection.

So for the past 2 years I haven’t been getting @SoundCloud royalties because I hadn’t signed up for the artist verification, I was getting roughly $20 a month and that was before I had as many followers as I do now, what does that mean for all of the plays that I’ve accrued since then? If anyone has had this issue let me know I’d be interested to find out

Whatever your views, he was open to debate and was a really sincere and authentic person. Real loss. Anyone that celebrates death is sick @charliekirk11

Legends in the game start to finish ❤️

Is anyone else getting the same bug on @SoundCloud when trying to share private tracks it generates a new private link every time so no one can listen to it??

First release of 2025 ‘Lose My Mind’ is out now 🤡 Stream/buy: cygnusmusic.link/7epdoar

Having water on your bedside table is a godsend until you knock it over onto a wall socket and cause the entire house circuit to shut off 🤣