Migrating Mixes to Mixcloud
Backstory: Soundcloud changed the nature of their service last week, switching from five uploads / month for their free account to a “mixtape” policy with a total duration. As such I’d have to pay €9/month to host six or seven mixes. I can do that for free right here on my blog. But it’s nice to discover mixes that other DJs are making so I’ll keep my Soundcloud account and start posting my own mixes elsewhere.
So I decided to give Mixcloud a spin. I’ve heard good things and they’re part of my personal network. I’ve already posted two of my mixes, Sunday Old School and the Larry Levan Funk Mix I made for Mike which has been making the rounds.
One of the surprising cool features of Mixcloud is the requirement to provide a full track-listing for each podcast or mix (Mixcloud actually pays royalties for mixes played based on some form of radio rules). These listings are cross-referenced, so you can click on the name of any artist and discover any other mix containing that artist.
For example, I had a Quadrophonia track in my mix through which I discovered another old school mix for FACT magazine containing the same track. And within the mix was two excellent tracks on R&S records by Outlander and Second Phase that I knew well as samples, but never knew the true origins. This feature alone is quite sexy.
There’s no API (yet) but there is an RSS feed and embeddable widget. We’ll be talking to them very soon about Cloudskipper =)
Here’s the disco funk mix Jesse’s mom is currently getting down to:
