like i say i dunno how much it costs eric forss hooked me up with a lifelong pro account because i was there since the beta, but with a pro account i can see who is listening and when, this is INSTANT GRATIFICATION heheh also i caught a friend of a friend listening to my hip hop stuff and that lead to a colab etc so it is usefull info. the thing gives you breakdowns in graphs etc of your listeners and download stats and you can have many more tracks up i think.....
anyway this guy saying that the drop box is "simply an ftp account" (teknonotice?) his "resident artists" still use yousend it etc? PPFFFFFT.... man you sound like you are scared of a little competition from the soundcloud crew... ftp/yousendit/megaupload are all good options but on sendspace or megaupload who the f4ck knows who else will get up in your shit
seriously soundcloud is QUITE different than myspace or whatever and the fact that most "techno" artists are on there, makes the concentration of bussiness connects astounding.... and another thing, soundcloud isn't about "pimping your profile" like facebook or myspace, it's just artist based music distribution. the flash player widgets and tracking ability of your music make the thing a WIN.