SoundCloud adds private track and playlist sharing to iOS making it easier to collaborate and share your work discreetly before it’s 100% ready to be publicly available.
In a blog posting, SoundCloud announced, ‘Whether you’re getting tips from your college roommate’s producer friend, emailing mom to get her perspective (spoiler alert: she’ll LOVE it), or pitching your favourite music blog for feature consideration – collaboration is key. We’re the only audio streaming service to offer private track and playlist sharing because enabling your workflow will help you to create the best possible upload. With the introduction of private track and playlist sharing on iOS, you can now maximize collaboration on the go, making it easier than ever to share demos, refine content, receive feedback and promote your work.’
How to share a private track or playlist on SoundCloud
- You can share a private track or playlist the same way you share a public link via the fullscreen player menu at the bottom of your screen. (You must be the owner of the track to share one, meaning you cannot share someone else’s private track).
- Once you think it’s ready for the world, you can make a track or playlist public on your mobile phone. You’ll know if you’re public when the locked icon is gone.
- Decide you want to go back into stealth mode? You can easily switch back to “locked” status, so your track / playlist is unavailable for discovery.
Private track and playlist sharing is already available on Android and the SoundCloud apps can be downloaded either in the Apple App Store or Google Play.
