What is the best way to share original music?

[Saul Goodman]

I opened a SoundCloud account a while ago and have forgotten my login credentials. But while I was noseying around I wanted to listen to something that caught my eye. I clicked on it and SoundCloud wanted me to login to listen to it. This doesn't seem like a good way to share your music because if I want to share it with a friend who doesn't have an account then how will they hear it?

YouTube seems like a good way to share if you also know how to make a video. Not sure if I want to do that or care to do that.

I know nothing about Spotify or if I could use it for my purposes.

What else is out there? I know you can't avoid compression issues with streaming platforms but who has the least compression?

[LucSulla]

Google Drive. You can upload it there and share a link so that anyone with the link can listen. You just need to make sure set it up that way when copying the link. 

[geoff_hartwell]

You can also make a “video” of a photo or logo and your song super easily. A slideshow if you’re feeling daffy, and a Lyric video if you’re ambitious.

But a YT video of your song with a photo or logo will get it happenin quick. My caveman way might be to copy a logo file on top of another 20 times and make that a slideshow video with your track as the soundtrack (don’t hate, technology just hates me!)

buuuuut Than any human with a phone could listen to it lol

[Jakeboy]

YouTube is easy. Use CDBaby to get on all the major streaming platforms or you can load direct to Bandcamp for free and they have a great audience and anyone can use it.