Hosting/Platforms - SoundCloud vs the world?

[Starsickle]

Hello, everyone. Coming off of May's OSC, I'm running close to the limit on my SoundCloud and - with having gotten my first OST commission finished - I want to start getting a little more serious.

I make games and music. Hopefully increasingly for others.

I'm at about 73% full on my SoundCloud storage. I have dozens of pieces in the works, and that doesn't include future previews for clients.

Artist Pro is $40 a year, and while I don't see a problem with this on the face of it, I don't feel confident enough in my own income to justify it, especially if SoundCloud is going to treat me and my work as a product instead of a customer. I don't even know if I should be giving them money.

So, I need information and perspective. My big alternative is Bandcamp, and I'm not sure if it's for me. I don't see myself as a live performer, and I personally would struggle to call myself a musical artist. I do want to learn and grow and improve, though.

[mixyguy2]

Why not just create another account?

Also check out wix.com. They have a free option and some pretty respectable site-building widgets. I think their max uploads is 500MB, but if you upload MP3s, that a fair amount of uploads.

[BertKoor]

I have my own internet domain, hosted by a small national web hosting company. It costs me less than a take-away coffee per month. There's 2.5 GB disk space available for me. I can do whatever I want.

You'll have to build a website though, but there's probably "turn-key" options for that (random google hit: https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms )

This here is plain and very simple html:
https://www.bertkoor.nl/mp3/

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    <h2 class="subtitle">Liar Liar</h2>
    <p><br/>
        <audio controls>
            <source src="/mp3/KlipsnCreeps_LiarLiar.mp3" type="audio/mpeg">
            Your browser does not support the audio element.
        </audio>
    </p>

ref: https://www.w3schools.com/html/html5_audio.asp

[FranklyFlawless]

You'll have to build a website though, but there's probably "turn-key" options for that (random google hit: https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms)

MediaCMS is basically a self-hosted video platform similar to GNU MediaGoblin or PeerTube. I have actually been thinking about using it for self-hosting LinnStrument videos for quite some time.

[SILICON_SPECTRE]

I just made a soundcloud account to start working on OSC. How many tracks got you to your limit? Are you posting compressed or uncompressed files?