Music Community SoundClick Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

Music Community SoundClick Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- SoundClick.com, the leading independent artist music community, today announced the celebration of 10 years in business.

Since 1997 SoundClick has been offering bands and artists a platform to gain recognition and market their music to an ever-growing audience.

"In the beginning we offered each artist a custom-designed webpage which took a couple of days to build for every single band," remembers Tolgar Canli, co-founder of SoundClick. "Today, with 90,000 new songs uploaded each month this wouldn't work anymore".

"Technically, we really grew along with the Internet. Today, almost all parts of the website are user-generated. The art is to make it look like every page is still custom-designed," adds Tanju Canli, the other co-founder and twin brother of Tolgar.

Ten years in business is a long time, especially on the Internet. So what's been the winning formula for SoundClick? "It probably sounds old-fashioned, but listening to our audience has been the key," says Tolgar Canli. This has led to the large portfolio of services SoundClick offers today. From streaming and selling MP3 downloads to networking with other bands or fans, the main focus is on being a true artist music community. That also means catering to the music business. Over 500,000 songs on SoundClick can be licensed either for a fixed fee or with the popular creative commons license.

"We've seen so many trends come and go, that over the years we picked and fine-tuned those ideas we considered having true staying power with the people," says Tanju Canli. "First we concentrated on services that the bands and artists could use in the real world. So offering a one-click solution to sell your songs in the digital age was important, as was the development of promotional vehicles we give to the bands and artist. Lately the networking with fans has become crucial, that's why we strengthened the social community aspect."

Launched in January of this year, the social community network adds to the impressive numbers of SoundClick statistics. SoundClick counts more than 2.5 million unique users every months and its catalogue offers over 2.5 million songs by now.

So what's in store for SoundClick for the next 10 years? "Obviously, you can always become more popular. Not only to musicians, but to music fans as well," says Tolgar Canli.

"We still have a ton of ideas in mind to always offer more and better services to our users," add Tanju Canli with a smile. "We very much look forward to the next 10 years."

About SoundClick:

Founded in 1997, SoundClick (http://www.soundclick.com/) is today the leading independent artist music community on the Internet. Rooted in offering professional web services to bands and music artists, it has grown to be one of the most trafficked music communities. Bands and artists can stream, sell or license songs in MP3 format. The social networking community offers comprehensive and customizable services as well, including blogging, photo and video uploads, and customizable user radio stations. The music that can be streamed or downloaded comprises over 2.5 million songs by over 300,000 bands and artists. Each month, the site gets 4.6 million visits by over 2.5 million unique visitors. For more information please contact Tanju Canli at (530) 380-6765 or 10years@soundclick.com.

   Press contact:   Tanju Canli of SoundClick   (530) 380-6765   10years@soundclick.com   

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CONTACT: Tanju Canli of SoundClick, +1-530-380-6765,
10years@soundclick.com

Web site: http://www.soundclick.com/

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Profile: International Entertainment