Cloudkillers??? Has anyone else tried this...

[Gridkeeper]

I'm not going to share that information with you Mr Gridkeeper, we've only just met

Cool, I understand

Yeah I work at Cloudkillers. Unpaid volunteer and moderator. Been in the music industry for 23 years. Spent much of that time cutting vinyl and mastering cd's for major labels and many dance labels of all genres. The names Duncan. Pleased to meet you.

[Dustwyrm]

ok now im past having arguments about cloudkillers for fun lol. I'm limited on money as im going to a 50k a year school, and the only speakers i have are $100 studio monitors. What speakers u think i would need? also, im planning on figuring out how to dj using just my launchpad and midi keyboard... probs gunna need more controllers for that, might just get a turntable/mixer all in one thingamajig... still exploring my options.

iv seen skrillex. what do u mean by cheat? never really looked into how he does it.

Schools understandable, I went to Penn State, as Im sure rayman can attest, its not the most expensive school in the world, but its an investment none the less. On a low budget, for speakers, Id think about starting a save-up fund for some better monitors Adam and Yamaha both have really good studio monitor lines... With a good set of monitors with a clean response curve, youll fairly rapidly feel the increase in your workflow after your ears adapt. A good set of nearfeild monitors is step one for anyone who wants to produce.
If you actually want a small PA rig, theres a comapny called b52 that do 4x15 stereo loudspeakers + 2x18 subs, they're expensive from a consumer standpoint, but also, a million fold cheaper then some of the great systems out there, and worth the investment if you wanna get into the house party/renegade circuit. This is worthless as a producer though, DJ luxuries like.

As for what to learn mixing on, I learned how to beatmatch on a numark cdmix1, back then they were a couple hundred bucks, nowadays you can get one for right around 49 american used. I definately recommend learning on CDJs or turntables before you really get into software DJing... Software can become a real annoyance if it doesnt function 100%, and that sorta stuff can really discourage a newbie. Also, learning your basic in-ear beatmatching on a traditional pitch-fader system will be the single most valuable asset to yourself as a DJ, itll make it possible for you to play seemlessly on virtually any setup your ever put in front of, because youll be doing it by ear.

the joke on the mainstream producer dude was just one about all-pc DJs, and how they'd be lost in front of a traditional DJ rig.

Had to comment here. I went to Penn State too, class of 2009

[elyhess]

I'm not going to share that information with you Mr Gridkeeper, we've only just met

Cool, I understand

Yeah I work at Cloudkillers. Unpaid volunteer and moderator. Been in the music industry for 23 years. Spent much of that time cutting vinyl and mastering cd's for major labels and many dance labels of all genres. The names Duncan. Pleased to meet you.

:O

[wub]

I think a lot of people on here would rather earn their listens than pay for them. It's like enjoying the love of a beautiful women vs. visiting a prostitute.

Either way you're getting laid...the only difference is whether you pay for it or not.

[Sexual_Chocolate]

I think a lot of people on here would rather earn their listens than pay for them. It's like enjoying the love of a beautiful women vs. visiting a prostitute.

Either way you're getting laid...the only difference is whether you pay for it or not.

yeap, this pretty much sums up how i feel about it all.

if you're cocky enough & believe you can make it without any hard work, then sure, this is the ting for you.

[MrMush]

To get your music heard anyway possible.. good or bad... and to do it by not spamming.. is not cheating to me.. its all about having it marketable or just gettin it heard.. the listeners have to do the rest.. you can promote as much as you want and get no listeners. So whatever helps is always a option.
Thats my opinion

[MrMush]

So i can understand how this would be a lazy thing. Mainly you want your tracks heard on a dancefloor. Not a forum. I like the forum for critique and knowledge and disscusion. If you really want to improve as a professional you need dancefloor reaction. So by thinkin this site is the key for success then no. Maybe just as another help

[Gurnumsbug]

So I checked it out..and it's actually not a terrible site as some people have stated.
I found a couple tracks I actually liked and genially gave critique on.
The only problems I have with it is, some people spam the shit out of the site..
You get the same ghastly horrid track over and over again even when you skip it.
Most people using it are brostep, house, and a couple trance artists..
Also no genre picker..I do NOT want to listen to trance all day..

[paradigm001]

Soundcloud

nuff said

[Terpit]

your just retarded

Gold.

[cloaked_up]

clud killers is for losers

no ifs buts nothing

its wack

says everything i need to know about you.
fake

[3rdeye]

clud killers is for losers

no ifs buts nothing

its wack

True that.

Shit like this is the 2013 internet equivalent of a fatcat label exec's cheesy cock, and I for one am not prepared to suck it.

[BonerJams04]

deep metaphor

[Murder Musket]

People that use cloudkillers seem to care more about what the waveform of their tune looks like than how the tune actually sounds. Songs that have obviously been cloudkilled generally sound mediocre and generic to me. I can understand people wanting to promote their music, but if your music is good enough it should promote itself. Kind of. What I'm saying is cloudkillers is overkill imo.