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 donโt 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?
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! https://t.co/r7bGGtfRfW
Iโve watched too many talented artists burn out for the wrong reasons.
Not because the music wasnโt 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.
Iโve lived inside that tension.
As Eloquin, Iโve released across UKG, bass and underground scenes.
Played festivals.
Worked with labels.
Built campaigns.
And the thing I keep coming back to is this:
๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐.
Music careers donโt 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.
๐๐โ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฝ.
๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ.
Thatโs why Iโm 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 donโt move the needle?
Iโve 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, Iโve released music as Eloquin spanning from UKG, House to Drum & Bass + Dubstep.
Iโve played festivals including Glastonbury, Boomtown, El Dorado, Nass, Sundown and Gemfest.
Iโve 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:
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐.
๐๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ค๐๐ง.
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.ย To build scenes.
To make strangers feel like they belong to the same thing.
Thatโs why Iโm 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.
Iโll be using this page to share what Iโm learning at the intersection of music, culture, technology and community.
If youโre building in music, creative technology, independent scenes or artist infrastructure - Iโd love to connect.
The future of music is not more noise. Itโs deeper connection.
about 70% of all my festival booking requests for next year so far have been for b2b sets, possibly one of the worst recession indicators to me personally so far. enough
I think there is something to be said in generative sample creation. For example, splice has an awful search function when you search for โwoman who shouts killa soundโ or something, it doesnโt know how to search for that. If you want a small individual samples I think it can be a useful tool but for whole song hooks itโs lazy
So for the past 2 years I havenโt been getting @SoundCloud royalties because I hadnโt 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 Iโve accrued since then? If anyone has had this issue let me know Iโd be interested to find out
@levelsio Same bro 100% self hosted. Would love to hear your thoughts on my app https://t.co/eWefNEtsQq which aims to connect people in the music industry, supporting artists from the ground up.
I hope I'm wrong.
But tonight feels like some sort of invisible line has been crossed that we didn't even know was there. The last time I felt like this was 9/11 when it was clear, without knowing the how and the what, that the world was about to change forever.
Like the rules of the game had been permanently altered and there was simply no going to back to the innocent, peaceful past.
I didn't feel like this when an attempt was made on President Trump's life. If I had to rationalise why I didn't, I guess it's because several US Presidents have been shot at and even assassinated. Somehow it was within the realms of the possible, no matter how awful.
But to murder a young father simply for doing debates and mobilising young people to vote for a party that represents half of America? This is something else.
Charlie's death is a tragedy for his wife, his children and his family. I don't pray often. I am praying for them tonight.
But I fear his murder will be a tragedy for all of us in ways we will only understand as time unfolds.
I hope I'm wrong.
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
@hosun_chung Part of the reason the nightlife industry is struggling in the U.K. is due to everyone being broke and venues canโt afford to keep the lights on.
Elon Musk just vowed to save the UK.
โข UK energy bills rose 60% in 3 years
โข 30% of families struggle to afford power
But Tesla just entered the market.
Now, every greedy energy giant has Musk to deal with.
Here's Musk's plan to save the UK citizens: